bulbs?

@HarryS thankyou i will take a look and @Spruce i adore alliums but i read somewhere they dont do well in clay soil? i might just get some anyway

 

ok so ive been to morrisons and got the bag of tulips and the bag of daffs my other bulbs came today so i now have 218 to plant! a job for the weekend i think think i may see about getting a bulb planter too

 

spade and a garden fork

 

ooppppss the count is now 248! its your fault @Spruce hehehhhe i got some alliums too

 

nice remember lots of them are small , just wait till the spring you will thank us all on GC

you can put a lasagna layer in some of the planting holes ie , tulips , then daffs
hyacinths, muscari, anenome, the last three I would put on the outside of the circle as they are smaller growing.

 

@Spruce i am confused! do you mean planting on top of each other? or in groups around each other? sorry if i sound a bit dim oooooooooooooooo i just found the smilies

 

Maria - info on layer or lasagna planting . I put crocus on top of tulips - works well....
http://blog.thenatural-gardener.com/2010/10/planting-lasagna-pot.html

 

@HarryS thankyou i will have a read now this forum is great thanks everyone i am getting quite excited about planting now

 

i bought some multi purpose compost to dig into my soil today do i also need bonemeal?

 

It usually is

 

Be interested to see some piccies when the bulbs come through - sounds like its going to be a gorgeous display

 

will defo take some pics just hope they all come up

 

makes a change from Zigs !!!! , back are you "M"

 

I dont like using bonemeal in the winter months with all the rain it will get washed out of the soil and be of little use to the bulbs , but may be ok if planting and using by shrubs etc but I still think a waste of time and ££ as the plants are dormant and taking up no food etc . (my thoughts)

Maria you have to remember with bulbs 90% of the time the flower is ready and waiting inside so new bulbs nearly always flower 1st year , you are wanting to feed before all the leaves die down to replenish the food stores that was used up so they will flower the following spring , you will soon find out which varieties likes your growing conditions

Treat yourself to some seaweed feed for plants and in the spring before they flower give them a water all over the leaves , works a treat you will see the leaves go greener in days.

Spruce

 

thanks spruce