Sounds as if the bulbs were immature and just need to build up strength to flower nicely. Front lawn is also suspicious - did you mow them too...
Thanks for all the help and suggestions. still follwing up the ideas.I've maybe made an oops with the Erythronium though - I had to move a few...
Bee working Scilla Siberica (It's the one I did know :D ) Quite a few about in the sun today and it's great to hear the garden start to come...
Spot on with the last one revin helen :D Thanks! Cambridge 2000 Gallery: Botanic Garden: Dogs Tooth Violet Erythronium dens-canis
So, do you have a steam or diesel powered wheelbarrow? :D Lovely garden and I'm impressed with the layout. You'll need to post pics of the...
OK The first one is Scilla Siberica but any help on the others would be appreciated[img]the clue here is the drooping habit and the blue...
I had one when I lived in N. Ireland and it got frosted right to the base and was a mass of soggy rotten pulp. I thought it was gone but when I...
Gorse, whin or furze. Lots of different local names for this colourfull heathland plant.I like gorse as well and if you can be rigourous about...
I should make it clear, the greenhouse isn't mine but is one of my regular jobs. The house is in two sections, the largest being 8ft wide 7' 6"...
Slow release fertiliser is normally evenly distributed thoroughout the compost (or certainly should be) and opaque, a yellowish brown or off white...
I'll have to get the telephoto out for the Bass Lady G. :D That was taken at the old WW2 lookout post on the Fife Coastal Path between...
After going over the blossom with a paintbrush yesterday I found a bumblebee in there today - they are much better at it than I am :DThe one...
As I expected (though I didn't have the camera with me) A bit of sunshine and the first bumble bees were buzzing and a very brave peacock...
T&M Natural Pest ControlsOr Provado is the recognised chemical method
For supporting vines I use electric fence 'wire' It's a very strong nylon cord with stainless steel wire threads running through it. Virtually...
Depends on what you have:All you are ever likely to want on Arcacia. Australian National Botanic GardensAlso France Monthly: On the Mimosa...
Not as small as yours Waco but I snapped these at work the other day. Barely taller than the crocus. No idea of the var. though, could be quite...
Congrats on winning the March comp and a great theme for April Palustris!There's a chilly breeze outside here today but at least it's dry and...
A weed is just a flower in the wrong place :D
It was only a matter of time.I live within a 30 min drive of Cellardyke, one of the pretty fishing villages of the 'East Neuk' of Fife but it...
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