Help with bulb order please

Just to check - that's all 10 bulbs in one hole?

 

No, I think he means in one ssmall area spacing them around two/three inches apart.

 

ssssorry, looks like a ssnake ssnuck in then LOL

 

I guess then they would be grown in a greenhouse or something until they are flowering? (I don't have a greenhouse...)

 

Should all bulbs be soaked overnight before planting?

 

I've been reading the internet and one guide mentioned using a repellant at the time pf planting - I guess this is a good idea but have no idea which one etc.. anyone do this - do mice/voles normally get a lot of bulbs - I've seen squirrrels in my garden quite a few times...

 

The fans shaped plant i'm afraid I have no idea what it is but bought it from the garden centre to see how it does. Sadly it's dying (I think) it only has 2 leaves left and maybe they are going yellow - it should be evergreen right? I was going to ask if there's anything I can do to save it - would bringing it indoors help?

 

No, only corms. They look like shrivelled up burned horsechestnuts(I`ve burned more than a few hundred LOL)

Nothing can stop the squirrels-I`ve tried everything, and still I have found holes just today where the have stolen my peony look-a-like tulips-the evil little &$&$£$^*$^!!!!

It depends on why it`s dying. Post a close up pic for an id and someone will tell you exactly what it is and what should be done with it.

 

Not necessary, crocus are fully hardy and will be prefectly happy outside.

 

" No, I think he means in one ssmall area spacing them around two/three inches apart."

Yup, he did!

 

So did you mean plant them next spring then but buy flowers not bulbs? Will they flower OK the next year (and years after that?)

 

Yes, and yes, but they are not cheap when they are in the green. I would buy a small bag and soak them overnight like I said, but be prepared to possibly buy one or two next yr. They will self seed but that takes a couple of years before they will become flowerers chuck.

PS, you are asking all the right questions. You already are a gardener.

 

"in the green" means that you buy bulbs which have been lifted immediately after flowering (whereas normally they are lifted when dormant and dried / stored until ready for planting in the autumn, say). They will have a bulb, as you would expect, but also the foliage attached/flower to it. You plant it just like that, and it should flower the following year as normal

 

Come early spring you wiill find that garden centres and maybe outlets like Lidl & Aldi will be selling pots of snowdrops in flower. Just buy half a dozen or so of these and plant them straight into the garden.
I'm not sure that soaking the bulbs will work with snowdrops as the damage will have already have been done by them being dried.

 

Also meant to say, you will get a leaflet with your order from J Parkers giving you basic planting and after-care advice.