On 8/3/09 12:51, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:36:21 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 8/3/09 12:35, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:22:38 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 8/3/09 11:29, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

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On topic, tomorrow the snowdrops will go in, how many should I plant
together, in groups of 3 or more? If you answer tout immed I will see
it but otherwise can you email the answer please???? No Martin that
does not mean you can email and give me duff advice :-)

Judith

They'll spread naturally, so I'd put them in clumps of around 5 and let
them
do their thing!

The BBC Garden website has good advice on growing snowdrops. If we had read
it
earlier, we would long ago have stopped buying dry snowdrop bulbs and
planting
them in the lawn.

The ones I sent Judith and Pam are 'in the green'.

Until you mentioned it recently, we didn't know you could buy them in the
green.

The dry bulbs that were planted under trees last autumn have done well, all
are
in flower.

If you get really fresh bulbs, you're fine. It's those desiccated things in
little packets that have been hanging around for ages that are such a
disappointment. Mind you, I'm still gasping at what some people are
charging for them 'in the green'. I saw something like 20 for £12
advertised the other day!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
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