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16 years ago

These little fellows appear every year whilst my big planting of bulbs is still about 6 weeks? from flowering.Funny about bulbs. On Google one bit of advice was not to feed bulbs.the next offering said that the reason bulbs did not flower was because they were not fed!

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Kiwi_oz
16 years ago
Chas you feed them once they have flowered and then they take the nutrients in, to flower next year.
Heather
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16 years ago
Great to see these blooming Chas..

Strange that about different ideas though I have noticed its the same with lots of plants.

I do things to my plants other people would never dream off like dig up roses on 35 deg days and transplant them somewhere else.
They still survive as I water them everyday for a few weeks. Though for some strange reason all advice is only dig up in the Winter.

So to each his own Chas only you know what works best in your garden..
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golden_wattle
16 years ago
Hi Chas,

My hyacinths sprouted leaves more than a month ago. They're only now showing signs of producing flower stalks.

The photo you posted is of cluster geranium daffodils. They're my favourite bulb. I bought some in the autumn from Tesselaar's bulb nursery in the Dandenongs - the place they hold the tulip festival in spring. Mine haven't emerged yet, but the anticipation is the thing I love most about winter.

Thanks for sharing with us!

GW
triciac
16 years ago
Only about ten of the 40 Earlicheer I planted last year have come up this year and I let the rot down by themselves without chopping off half the leaves as I generally do. Isn't that a pretty sight to see though, yours are so dainty.

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