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Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Last November I presented a talk on "Little Bulbs for Rock and Woodland Gardens" to the Delaware Valley NARGS (that's North American Rock Garden Society) chapter in Pennsylvania. They are a very active group. All who attended were given a little bag with some spring flowering bulbs. I came home with two gift bags of Narcissus 'Ice Baby' bulbs. (My friend Bill who came with me graciously gave me his.) Rather than plant outdoors I decided to pot them up.
Now the nice thing about daffodils is that if you use a standard flower pot (as tall as it is wide) and plant in two layers they'll all grow and flower at the same above-soil height. It's like this: Fill pot 1/3 with potting mix. Set bulbs at north, east, south, west. Fill pot with 1/3 more potting mix and set bulbs at northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest. And one or two bulbs in the center. Then finish filling pot with potting mix.
I watered the pot and set it in our unheated garage to root and grow. As you can see, the results delight me.
And meanwhile, in the greenhouse
where it is warmer than the garage! - clivia is in flower.
Saturday, 8 March
Springtime delights as time changes and galanthus flower in the garden.