Oh Nut... I went through and filled my online basket at Gee Tee's yesterday and then made myself close the browser without purchasing. Sigh. So tempting.
If i was to buy a few bulbs now wait for delivery prob a week or so and then plant them so say two weeks from now will they be ok and flower well in spring? Does it depend on what bulbs i get? Which would be best to go for?
im thinking of planting daffs along a grass verge outside the house. In your opinion is it best to get just one type of daff or have blocks of different types. It will probably be just a single line about 50 meters long
or is there a certain type of daff that would suit this type of plantting/setting
LG, something someone advised me on this forum (ok it was Verdun), if you have space to protect from freezing it may be an idea to sink your pots into the ground. You may already be doing this but couldn't see above if you are.
novice, choose some that are 'suitable for naturalising' if they're going in a grass verge. Some fancy ones give up after a few years if they're not split up and given wonderful conditions. February Gold is good
Posts
Oh Nut... I went through and filled my online basket at Gee Tee's yesterday and then made myself close the browser without purchasing. Sigh. So tempting.
you're stronger than I, Watery.
I had decided not to. Then OH said how nice it was to have a few (few
) bulbs in pots. So I had to didn't I?
In the sticks near Peterborough
If i was to buy a few bulbs now wait for delivery prob a week or so and then plant them so say two weeks from now will they be ok and flower well in spring? Does it depend on what bulbs i get? Which would be best to go for?
thanks
It depends on what you get. Tulips are best planted late. Narcissi and crocus should be fine as well
Last edited: 26 November 2016 21:49:21
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ok thanks
im thinking of planting daffs along a grass verge outside the house. In your opinion is it best to get just one type of daff or have blocks of different types. It will probably be just a single line about 50 meters long
or is there a certain type of daff that would suit this type of plantting/setting
I planted a huge bag of mixed daffs from Lidl. They have an extended season that way. If you only have one variety, the display will be over sooner
LG, something someone advised me on this forum (ok it was Verdun), if you have space to protect from freezing it may be an idea to sink your pots into the ground. You may already be doing this but couldn't see above if you are.
I would plant in scattered clumps of single types - a block of say, February Gold, another of Mount Hood, another of Thalia and so on.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
novice, choose some that are 'suitable for naturalising' if they're going in a grass verge. Some fancy ones give up after a few years if they're not split up and given wonderful conditions. February Gold is good
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ok thankyou all for your thoughts