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Janet wrote:

Well, having made a mistake with Ornithogalum umbellatum, I would
like to compound it :-)

Basically, I am looking for other bulbs that might naturalise in
grass and flower immediately after the main spring ones. The obvious
candidates are bluebells, but I had to get rid of them on the grounds
of thuggery. I can find plenty that flower a bit later, together
with snake's head fritillaries, but not in the April slot.

I don't want ones with broad leaves because of the effects on the
grass - daffodils are just about tolerable, but tulips and Allium
ursinum would not be.

Have you thought of the camassias, and native grassland orchids?
Both naturalise well IME .

Camassias, yes - I have cusickii, and it has spread well. It might
be worth moving some of it.

Orchids, no. I wonder which would do here? They are all critically
dependent on the right mycorrhiza being present. I will think on
that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.