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Too late?
Ree2
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I bought a lot of bulbs for autumn planting and managed to get most of them in, but I got caught up with other projects and now have a few bags still to be planted. Is it too late to plant them now? The temperature has dropped to under 10 consistantly now and we've had a couple of mediocre frosts.
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What kinds of bulbs are they Ree? I would just go for it.
No, plant them now - I'm still planting mine (every time I've planted them all I buy some more
) and anyway, if they're not planted they'll rot, so you've nothing to lose ... but they'll be fine planted now.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
probably be fine. Tulips are usually planted in November. Very early daffs might come up a bit late. What else have you got?
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Go for it.
Thanks for all the replies! As for what I've got, there's some bluebells, tulips (but I'll be planting those up a little later), crocus, some daffodils, and fritillaria (cannot remember how to spell), oh and garlic.
Definitely go for it Ree - for all of them
Good to know I'm not the only one, I found a bag of dwarf iris, drumstick alliums and two bags of narcissus "minnow" on Saturday
I'm doing better than last year when I discovered a missed bag of crocus bulbs in February
