Bella wrote in message
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"Spider" wrote in a message:
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I am renewing some planting in my woodland garden, and I need to move
some
colchicum bulbs. Although they are not yet showing, they must be
getting
ready to flower by now. If I lift them in the next week or so, I am
risking losing the bulbs? I appreciate that I could lose the flowers
this
year,
but could tolerate that provided the bulbs survive.
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Now is just about the best time to move them, take care when you dig the
bulbs out. I've dug them out when they have been in flower and they have
all
survived. The time *not* to transplant them is during the spring and early
summer when they are in leaf.

Bella







Dear Bella,
Thank you so much for responding to my question. Not only do I now know
when to move them, but also when not to. Forewarned is forearmed. I am so
relieved to know I can proceed with my job without harming my precious
colchicums. I shall pot them up during my earthworks, then replant them in
much-improved soil. Thanks once again.
Spider