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Peter, its strange but it could just be down to positioning in a winter like the last one. Full winter sun, so it gets it full on first thing in the morning in January, would be my advice.

I forgot to say use a mixture of John inns no 3 and 3/4 about a quarter of multipurpose, they will be able to stay in the pots longer, if just multipurpose, wash off the roots next year and pot up in fresh about middle of March, they wont mind I do the same and it doesn't stop them flowering

I'd give them plenty of water, as their root system has been disturbed.

Possibly not for the fair, but I remember aeons ago at school having bean seeds and a jam jar with a roll of blotting paper in it which was kept damp. The beans were put between the BP and glass and we could watch how the growing of the roots and shoots occurred at different times.

No, keep top soil for the garden.

Just an update, all the flowers have fallen off now.

Some of the pretty flowers seen on my travels through the woods this morning.A close upAnd some primroses looking very mellow yellow today (alongside wood anemones?)There were other pretty things I took photo's of, but this camera is a nutter and not always gives the desired results....

They may still flower this year silu ... I've known mine come back for a second flush later in the year. Mind you, I'm a lot further south than you, but even so, don't give up on them this year

Brilliant Parts of my garden get quite boggy in winter but not the spot where these will be going, it drains well there. It's just where the dogs have trashed the lawn that suffers. *sigh*Thank you

Great. That's what I thought. It's a hard ob but someone has to do it.

Well Palustris I would appear to have had the same problem as you. Many of the bulbs were of flowering size as when I brought them back from France (roughly April of 2013) I stuck them in a pot in the greenhouse and they flowered. They were sort of in the way so I thought they would do better...

Thank you Spruce

Hi Rosebay, I use a normal small spray and add a drop (1!) of washing up liquid. It seems to loosen the dust from the leaves. If your palm is on a carpet, cover it before spraying as you get the best results if you spray the leaves dripping wet.Walls are also in danger zone unless you are a...

I've just bought a Pennisetum Herbstzauber, at the moment its in a 9cm pot and is quite small, would it be ok in a pot that is H50 x D30 cm?

I have a Veronica in the ground at that remained evergreen this winter. Not sure as to the exact species though. I would expect Veronica to be hardy although in a pot I guess that the roots are more exposed.

Mine is looking similar. It did have one bud but it dried/shrivelled up? I think it got too dry in the greenhouse. I'm going to plant mine in my new raised bed and hope for flowers next year.

I'm feeding my bulbs with a seaweed feed. Hopefully they will return next year.

you could also give it a liquid feed . soon bounce back , also what compost is it growing in and it may need a soak for a hour in a bucket its amazing how the pot can dry out so quickly at this time of year

It's definitely not too late. I'll be sowing marigolds, cosmos, nemophila, linaria "fairy bouquet" and california poppys this week. Most I will direct sow into containers.

You plant them in year one and they will flower in year two, I started some a few years ago in about July and plated them out in October and they flowered the following spring,,,,,once they have flowered cut them back hard.