On 2009-10-27 16:11:39 +0000, Pam Moore said:

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:26:22 +0000, echinosum
wrote:


'Spider[_2_ Wrote:
;867975']" and b) might
the bulbs have disintegrated into daughter bulbs and therefore not of
flowering size?
I think they probably did, but would have hoped they had matured by
now. I read that they liked being congested and was hoping that all
these bulbs would help.

We prune the tree to keep it upright, and there is open ground to the
south, so the tree isn't much different from a wall in relation to the
bed at its base.

Anyway, I can think of somewhere where they would be genuinely at the
base of a southfacing wall, so perhaps I'll dig them up and put them
there. Though, I think that they might be better watered there...

Dig in some sand/grit if the soil is at all damp there.

Pam in Bristol

Do they have a recognisable lifespan? In my son's garden there are
huge clumps of them that his grandparents planted. They've always
flowered really well in the past but recently have failed to do much at
all. I think the ground probably needs feeding but would that be the
sole reason? Are they just too old? I reckon these have been there 30
years, probably more.
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