It is easy to buy more bulbs than there is time to plant - so it is best to get your orders in early
to be graded, packed and sold from August. Most bulbs are best planted in September so it’s worth getting in orders to mail order suppliers early. Retail sales begin in September, but these can sometimes be limited in range and they may not offer the topsize bulbs that are well worth paying a little more for.
It is easy to buy more bulbs than there is time to plant, as dark evenings in October drastically cut the availableMost bulbs favour a well-drained, fairly fertile soil where there is a reasonable amount of light when their leaves are produced. This is from mid-winter to mid-summer in most cases. This includes some that are less commonly grown but perhaps should be better known. Foxtail lilies , for example, send up tall spires of flowers in yellow, orange, peach, pink or white.
Native snake’s head fritillaries are cheap and reliable. Other species suit borders where the soil is rich and moisture retentive, which usually follows. Ones that have done well in RHS trials include Fritillaria persica Green Dreams and Twin Towers Tribute, flowering as 80cm spires with brown, green and purple bells and deep red-purple bells respectively.
The tall Fritillaria imperialis provide a bold display in red, orange and yellow in spring, but some fail to persist. In gardens where this happens, adding more organic matter and planting a little deep – four or five times the height of the bulb instead of the usual three times the height of the bulb – may help.that mostly need to be in the sun for their flowers to open.
Good ones include Cream Beauty and Orange Monarch and the white, blue and purple chrysanthus Ladykiller. Feed potted crocus until the leaves wither, when they benefit from repotting to flower again the following winter.
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