snowdrops - bulbs or in the green?

Most things are rare to me being a newby at gardening :D..like u say armandii i would an easy target buying broken lit matchsticks off a salesman ..if it wasnt for you lot on gc,if im in doubt i ask you all x
jack..i have no idea about bluebells n prices on snowdrops that are unique(the price of the green tear has flabbed me ),its all news too me i reckon we would all prob pay the earth( if we had the money) to look at what we think it beautiful but elite to us xx
or maybe just me xx im hooked

 

Joolz

You now have the bug, no cure apart from growing plants and collecting them will be intresting so see what you choose and we are all fickle on here one minute this next minute that and the weather over the past two years has changed it dramaticaly for me I am now growing tougher plants that can survive the colder winters we are now having 3rd year on the trot
I have tried to work out is it the hunting down and finding that plant you have been after as I tend to go flat when its been planted but get a boost when its in flower , I was after Puppet Lady a hemerocallis aka daylily and now have it , it better flower this year !!!!!

But I want this year Lily Munster & Flutering Beauty both are within my sights

But dont forget you have to sit down like Armandii with a big mug of tea and sit and relax and just take the moment in .........

Spruce

 

We are? I would have thought this winter was entirely normal. A few nights at around -6C, but no prolonged cold spells (assuming this current cold snap does go by mid-week as forecasted)

 

Kristen

Up to two years ago for over 10 years I hadnt had minus 1 let alone minus 5 like Saturday and last year minus 10 for a solid 5 days , I live very close to the coast I dont know what weather Suffolk throws at you but taking in to account I only have 3 agapanthus varieties left from 25 which I built up the collection over 12 years and all grew outside.
I would appreciate you dont quote me as its the norm maybe for you but not for me because its not so take in to account location in the UK first.

Spruce

 

I read somewhere that they preform better when in a clump (although whether plant three or four "singles" close together has the same effect who knows? They'll look better for sure, but you need more bulbs (and each project in my garden tends to be on the "large" side!!)

"Would you advise moving the propagator into a warmer area???"

I'd advise moving the tray the Banannas are sown in (if your propagator has trays?) to a warmer area for part-time, or jacking the propagator up if the propagator can deliver that?

30-35C for 9 hours and 12-15C for the other 15 hours. I suspect mine got 6 hours, but then the temperature would tail off slowly to 10C-18C

I would also water with a seed-fungicide to prevent rotting - like with anything where germination takes a while.

 

Maybe your brother has the Spanish ones Jack? They flower on all sides round the stem, whereas the English ones only flower on one side and thus "droop over" on that side.

The Spanish ones are a menace; I burnt all the ones that were here when we moved in ...

 

Just thinking the next time I am down visiting my Brother I will get a sack and send them off to you (as I say they are nothing special just common English bluebells as you would see in any wood)


When I get them I will give you a shout, dependent on the time of year for planting

Jack McH

 

ive already aquired some daylillies from simbad :D so im on the daylilly addiction:D ,hope you get your wishes soon with puppet lady xx
bottlebrushes ive grown from strongylondon seeds :yess:
and started on fucshia collection now
i lost a lot last winter as i had to go back to manchester for 6mnths(leaving darran in charge) baytree,bottlebrush etc it snowed here bad in dec 11
i would a cuppa with armandii, after all the snow n ice the last couple of days im dreading my pond fish being dead after all his advice :o he does look after my garden x

 

yo armandii,im in the club its only going to get worse ive now got a potting shed and searching polytunnels
p.s.ive got my long sleeve rubber gloves now(from the army place£2..bargain!) so i can empty the other pond :WINK1:
ive covered a lot with straw this yr so i hope that protects some of them

so hope you are feeling better soon xx

 

your fish are so spoilt il have to check fish tomo the gardens still covered with snow at mo:(
i will google primulas and primrose i dont think ive seen any pics of them yet..im soooo green unlike the ferns ive got that many bookmarks for them my head gets in a spin looking at them spotted a pewter lace fern that i quite like aswell along with the rest on the list :WINK1:
once the potting sheds up noone will see me till may i just hope the internet connection will reach that far down the garden
a potting shed party is a must thou also the lastest greentear snowdrop on ebay is at £315 with 2hrs left to bid xx

 

Just finished planting my Snowdrops ... I went with Eurobulbs and bought £100-plus-a-few-pennies to get their 100-free-singles-per-£50 ... so I guess around 1,000 bulbs.

When I get my Ferrari I'm going to get it from them - I expect they'll send me very nearly one-and-a-half Ferraris I know you always get a few small ones attached to the parent, and some small ones that fall off in transit, but even ignoring them Eurobulb's counting was "generous"

Good looking bulbs, quick efficient delivery ... and I've planted a larger area than I had anticipated

Only thing I didn't do was remember to take a photo earlier on today - although a few leaves trailing out of planting holes is perhaps not going to be the most interesting subject!

 

1000! how long did it take you?