Bulbs: Are your daffs and crocus starting to show green?, 1 by ineedacupoftea

ineedacupoftea wrote:
Watch out folks, he's on a tangent:

I love crocus in turf. One must plant the turf first, then the bulbs, as to not rot the crocus in the wet conditions for sprouting grass. It is not great for the lawn, but it helps to cut it short just before winter sets in (to give the crocus a bit more time to bloom and ripen before the grass needs trimming. The first year rarely works as well as it will in following years. I have probably planted a few thousand crocus in turf in my "career," (but none actually in my own grass!) and now I have it down to 2-3 seconds per bulb planting time.

After some experience, the best way to plant them in a grass area that will see foot traffic is in big clumps, so that a person is physically able to walk around them- It is difficult to tiptoe through a crocus-broadcast lawn! I also strongly suggest not using vernus, (large flowered) Crocus. (See picture.) vernus is not only big, but late enough to be lost in grass at flower-time, and have leaves for a very long time.

I hope to record flowering times compared to mowing times on the other candidates for lawn-planting. Galanthus are ideal. I saw an incredible picture of what I think were Chionodoxa.

I should be able to take pictures of these areas next spring.
Kenton

Vernus begin to bloom where they are broadcast: