Is it too late to plant bulbs?

Paperwhites eh!! not heard of them before! look nice though, just did a search on google. Will have to get me some of them next year.

 

I found a packet of 25 Fritillary!..Ok to put in now or would it be best to wait until the Autumn. I bought them to edge my path through the wild layout but forgot all about them.

 

They'll do better in the ground than in a packet, Pal! I've just discovered some daffs in my garage - intend to put them in a big pot, and cross fingers! :D

 

Fair enough Dendy I am soooooo behind with my garden chores that I just might hire you to get things up together for me.... :D

 

you wouldn't care to rephrase that, would you? :rolleyes:

Or possibly just edit it out completely!

 

Yes - put the fritillaries in the ground, Pal. Mine are about 2 inches above now, but cold weather is holding them back.

 

Not at all!.. I need a professional gardener to tend my garden. I have not been able to work in it because of illness and I only wish you lived near by and were here to use your skills on my beloved plot...not a place I would let just any old jobber gardener mess with.. I can tell you!

 

Thanks H-B....I have always wanted Fritillary and bought them from Bakker online. Will they flower this year or build up for next?

 

I assume you have snakeshead fritillary. If so, they do like moist or even wet soil. They famously grow in the water meadows at Oxford and are one of the few bulbs that survive my waterlogged winters. They may flower this year, but it depends on the size and age of the bulbs.

They come in pink and in white. I love them and they are spreading along my paths and throughout the old orchard. More and more each year!

 

Those are the babies!....Fingers crossed for a batch like those..