Bulbs: Are your daffs and crocus starting to show green? (Part II), 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
JamesCo I don't look to fill a space, i just get what i like and then find a place to put it!

Could you put your fall crocus near tree roots that dry them out? Mine are near an oak tree, and they drink lots.

Steve that sounds almost impossible to have that difference in temps, we do have our dips but not like that! We had 44F today, it was still and sunny and felt a lot warmer than that, at least like 12C or 54/5. Two days ago we had 13C.

I think your pink one is Lady Derby? Pink pearl is mostly darker, not sure if that is offered at garden centres either, will have to look, autumn is the time they sell them. It looks great with Woodstock.

My L. African Queen was trodden on in its first year, I broke it off as I was trying to rescue some selfsets of aquilegia as my partner put compost on. It was only just through the ground, near a shrub and dark maroon. It didn't grow again until the next year, and possibly made a bigger bulb because of that! it made 2 stems last year, its 2nd of flowering.