Snowdrops

Hi all, i have been looking at my snowdrops, and it looks like there just about to flower in a few days time, but there quite bunched up at the moment, is it a good idea to dig them up and pull them apart and replant them singularity? if so do i do it now, or after they flower, please forgive my ignorance as i dont know much at all about gardening thanks, Tony

 

i would wait till they have finished flowering and die back. then lift and divide them then replant where you want them. i would have a hand full then just drop them in the area where you wish them to be. and just plant them where they land up. that way they look more natural when they flower next year.

 

Thanks for that, I just didn't know what was the right thing to do, although i did suspect, flower first, because last year, they didn't flower too much, bunched together too much I guess, thanks for the advice

 

Normally snowdrops are happy flowering all-bunched-up, and they look rather pathetic as singles. However, if you want them to cover a larger area then splitting them up will do the trick, but you'll have to wait a while until the singles are "significant" again.

Or dig up, split in half (or whatever), but one half back and split up the other half to singles (or small-ish clumps). The original "half" will still look significant next year.

Normally snowdrops are transplanted "in the green" rather than after they have died down. You might want to wait until they finished flowering though so you have the joy of that One advantage of in-the-green is you can see a clear mark on the stem where it changes from white-to-green, and that tells you the original planting depth, so you can keep that the same when you replant.

Water then in the first year after transplanting during dry weather, particularly in the Spring when they are building up the bulb for next year.

 

Also they do not really like to be on their own. They do much better if planted in 3s or 5s.

 

Ok i will put them it 5s