Egluntyne Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Having said there was no sign of anything last week, all of a sudden, daffs are poking up all over the garden. Must be a good sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Oooops! I knew there was something I should have done a while ago.... If I plant the bulbs now will they survive until next spring do you think, or will I have thrown off their internal clocks I'll have a check this weekend to see if there are any bulbs showing their heads in the garden, in this part of Yorkshire, yet. They're best planted "in the green", so you should be able to order them online soon for immediate planting - not that you'll get the benefit til next year though. I noticed our first snowdrops this weekend - they're late again this year. The daffs are a long way off yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Our snowdrops are out and daffs are just poking through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Did you know that snowdrops open their petals wide as soon as it gets to 10˚ so that they can be pollinated and that at 10˚ bees will be out. There are more than 200 varieties some so rare that collectors have been known to pay £150 for a single bulb. Me, I just love our own native plain snowdrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Me too When we first moved here,about 20 years ago,I had to move a clump of Snowdrops as they were getting trampled by builders I planted them over the road from me,on a verge & they are now a huge swathe of flowers. As I sit in my office I can see them & I regularly have to defend them from people who want to pick them...so selfish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Did you know that snowdrops open their petals wide as soon as it gets to 10˚ so that they can be pollinated and that at 10˚ bees will be out.There are more than 200 varieties some so rare that collectors have been known to pay £150 for a single bulb. Me, I just love our own native plain snowdrop I was listening to a programme about that on Radio 4 a week or so ago. Apparently, some people go into collectors gardens and dig up bulbs for their own private gardens! One chap had a huge collection in his garden, but it was closed so no one could see it and no one could steal it. I said to hubby, that maybe it wasn't open to the public as maybe he'd been doing that I was joking though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Anybody near Welford Park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Lovley OSH - what is that black blob in the middle - looks like a cat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 yes it does but it's only a tree root Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The snowdrops have been out for about 7 days. The daffs have started coming through in our garden and our wildlife site too. Also the crocuses we have in the verge by the road. Definitely signs of spring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 We have loads of bluebell woods in Sheffield but I've never see a mass of snowdrops like that. Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I hadn't looked for a while - last I saw the green shoots were just poking through. We have one lot of snowdrops out and they are always the first. I have a few different varieties because one year for our wedding anniversary we went to a place that has a National Collection and we bought some "in the green" - the more rare, the more expensive. We had a mixture of reasonable to almost rare (too expensive otherwise). Some are really tall and others are short. Sadly the labels have also disappeared so I have no idea what their names are now. I also accidentally acquired some from my MIL's garden when she gave me a clump of geraniums! The geraniums have long been dug up by the chickens but the snowdrops still come up. The tulips are also growing quite well now, but quite a while to go before they flower yet. That's a lovely picture. Lots of places round here growing in the wild - around Whitchurch, Upton Grey and Alresford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
