crocus 'tommasinianus' & galanthus squirrel/deer proof???

Hi, everybody

I recently ran across this article about certain "squirrel proof" crocus http://www.sunjournal.com/specialsection/fhome05/20050916206.php?DirID=588

Has anyone had a good experience with these tommasinianus crocus??

Just wondering...

Also just found out that galanthus are supposedly squirrel and deer proof...any thoughts on that??

Thanks. t.

According to one of my books galanthus are not as prone to rodent attack as many other bulbs. If in doubt they suggest planting in aquatic pots or putting wire netting above the bulbs under the soil. The leaves are seldom eaten by deer. The species crocus may be less susceptible but then I don't have squirrels!

Galanthophile! I thought maybe you would have an answer to my question! Thanks.

And how can it be that you have escaped the scourge of the squirrel?

Happy gardening. t.

I don't know about deer, but the bunnies sure did eat the tender leaves of my new Tommies last spring! They left a little green on each one, so hopefully that was enough for the bulb to survive & come back next year.

Ah ha!

So the bunnies do like the tommies! That is good to know...and here I had visions of a beautiful purple carpet in my yard next spring...Not!

The bunnies finished off my other crocuses last year, so I was hoping the Tommies were different! Darn.

Thanks for the info, critterologist!

Just get some cats. LOL.

Seriously, once a squirrel has been chased by five cats, they're pretty cautious about coming around...

the squirrels are noticing that i have plants. lol. the first 4 years here, i didn't garden at all. they are still pretty busy with the pine trees...but hearing the bulb-squirrel stories, i'm worried.

t, don't you miss marin?

=)

lol--our cats made friends with the squirrels...so much for our 'watch cats'. And the racoon. I'm glad your cats earn their keep, k., ours are pretty worthless, even though they are alley cats.

Yes, Moonglow, we miss Marin and SF. My daughter lives in San Francisco (clay street) and my DH still has offices in SF (embarcadero) , so we get out there often enough, although we like Cincinnati just fine and we are enjoying it a lot. Just talking with my DH about Bradley Ogden's "Lark Creek Inn" in Larkspur the other day...is that still there?

I found some galanthus at the garden center today so I will try them out. Also some 'tommies' so we shall see...

Before joining DG I had no idea there were so many gardeners who collected Galanthus.

oh, my, t. i used to live on clay street, corner taylor, a short block from grace cathedral. loved that neighborhood.

"lark creek inn" i think will be a mainstay. you must have heard of roxanne's "raw" restaurant. that one didn't last, but the replacement "pizzeria picco" (magnolia and king) is getting great reviews. had no idea "yankee pier" (larkspur) is also part of ogden's restaurant group.

wow, galanthus is snowdrop? i don't know much.

I have heard that one reason the Tommies are less susceptable to squirrels and other rodents is because they reseed alot..in other words they are supposed to reseed so much that they stay ahead of the squirrels. I have not had that kind of luck and I plant about 200 every year. They never bother the snowdrops which do reseed and multiply alot. I love them both with the aconite being the very first sign of Spring.