On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:30:57 +0100, Alla Bezroutchko wrote
(in article ):

paddyenglishman wrote:
I've found this site but i am a tad wary about buying from
someone i have never dealt with before /
www.greengardenflowerbulbs.nl/ i would be interested if anyone
could help

I bought crocus bulbs from them last autumn. The bulbs were excellent
quality and delivered fast. The folks there were very helpful and
answered all my questions over email.

Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this spring:
http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/


Oooh, that is really lovely!


--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

Sally Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:30:57 +0100, Alla Bezroutchko wrote
(in article ):

paddyenglishman wrote:
I've found this site but i am a tad wary about buying from
someone i have never dealt with before /
www.greengardenflowerbulbs.nl/ i would be interested if anyone
could help
I bought crocus bulbs from them last autumn. The bulbs were excellent
quality and delivered fast. The folks there were very helpful and
answered all my questions over email.

Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this spring:
http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/


Oooh, that is really lovely!


A couple of years ago my son in law was working in the Spalding area, he
bought various bulbs there by the (small) sackful, very cheap as well.
There must be someone on this group that lives that wau who could help.

On 18 Aug, 20:30, Alla Bezroutchko wrote:
paddyenglishman wrote:
I've found this site but i am a tad wary about buying from
someone i have never dealt with before /
www.greengardenflowerbulbs.nl/ i would be interested if anyone
could help

I bought crocus bulbs from them last autumn. The bulbs were excellent
quality and delivered fast. The folks there were very helpful and
answered all my questions over email.

Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this spring:http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/

Alla.

Excellent, just the response i was looking for , thanks Alla . The
pictures are very good .

k my next question is how many bulbs per square metre ?


Also in reply to British bulbs i saw a tv prog on medicinal drug that
highligthed Daffodil production in the welsh mountains somewhere ,
they were extracting a substance from the bulbs that was used in a
drug for ...........err memory or Alzheimers ,how ironic i cant
really remember . But any way the higher altitude made the bulbs
grow into huge sizes ,the substance in each bulb was minute so huge
quantites were needed.

Martin wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:54:31 -0700, La Puce wrote:
Thank you Alla! This is so beautiful. But what is my cat doing in your
garden ;o)

I've got a matching pair
http://www.inetcat.net/pictures/vasya-anfissa.jpg

Impersonating our remaining cat. The other one died a couple of weeks ago, aged
16. :-(

Sorry about your cat Martin. Hope he had a good life.

Alla.

paddyenglishman wrote:
Excellent, just the response i was looking for , thanks Alla . The
pictures are very good .

Thanks Paddy.

k my next question is how many bulbs per square metre ?

People in this newsgroup (Sacha and Mike Lyle - thanks for you advice!)
suggested 100 per square metre. That's what I did.

Alla.

Sally Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:30:57 +0100, Alla Bezroutchko wrote
Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this spring:
http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/

Oooh, that is really lovely!

Thanks Sally. Actually, the pictures don't really do them justice. On
sunny days the smell was amazing and there were bumblebees flying
around. In February it's a treat. I nearly camped out on that lawn.

Alla.

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:54:31 -0700, La Puce wrote:

On 18 Aug, 20:30, Alla Bezroutchko wrote:
Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this
spring:http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/

Thank you Alla! This is so beautiful. But what is my cat doing in your
garden ;o)

Impersonating our remaining cat. The other one died a couple of weeks ago,
aged
16. :-(
Martin

Condolences.
Ours is 17 and still hanging on in there . Apart from being nearly blind,
nearly deaf, arthritis, 20% functioning kidneys and a bad tooth, he's fine
!!
Jenny

On 19/8/07 13:03, in article , "Alla
Bezroutchko" wrote:

paddyenglishman wrote:
Excellent, just the response i was looking for , thanks Alla . The
pictures are very good .

Thanks Paddy.

k my next question is how many bulbs per square metre ?

People in this newsgroup (Sacha and Mike Lyle - thanks for you advice!)
suggested 100 per square metre. That's what I did.

Alla.

If it's possible in the area to be planted, the classic way of putting bulbs
into grassy areas is simply to throw them by the handful and then plant them
exactly where they land. This ensures a natural effect. I once asked
someone to plant some bulbs in a lawn for me and he did them all in rows.
It looked awful!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 19/8/07 13:07, in article , "Alla
Bezroutchko" wrote:

Sally Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:30:57 +0100, Alla Bezroutchko wrote
Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this spring:
http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/

Oooh, that is really lovely!

Thanks Sally. Actually, the pictures don't really do them justice. On
sunny days the smell was amazing and there were bumblebees flying
around. In February it's a treat. I nearly camped out on that lawn.

It's a sight for sore eyes, really lovely. I just wish our blasted blind
daffs would flower under the Atlantic cedar. Seeing the leaves waving and
no flowers is incredibly frustrating!


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 19 Aug, 13:43, "JennyC" wrote:
Ours is 17 and still hanging on in there . Apart from being nearly blind,
nearly deaf, arthritis, 20% functioning kidneys and a bad tooth, he's fine
!!

Sounds like our Fifi. He dribbles and makes bubbles around his mouth
when in love. He's in love 24/7 ... ;o)

Sacha wrote:
On 19/8/07 13:07, in article , "Alla
Bezroutchko" wrote:

Sally Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:30:57 +0100, Alla Bezroutchko wrote
Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this spring:
http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/

Oooh, that is really lovely!

Thanks Sally. Actually, the pictures don't really do them justice. On
sunny days the smell was amazing and there were bumblebees flying
around. In February it's a treat. I nearly camped out on that lawn.

It's a sight for sore eyes, really lovely. I just wish our blasted blind
daffs would flower under the Atlantic cedar. Seeing the leaves waving and
no flowers is incredibly frustrating!

I was originally just going to carpet the grass areas with croci but i am trying to think of other really early flowering bulbs to grow thru' the grass .Iris reticulata springs to mind as being early enough .My idea is to let them flower and then mow when they are finished .so i dont want bulbs that flower too late. Any ideas folks ?
BTW i am very grateful for the advice already given and i am
thoroughly enjoying reading comments in this group .
Cheers Dave


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

JennyC writes

"Martin" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:54:31 -0700, La Puce wrote:

On 18 Aug, 20:30, Alla Bezroutchko wrote:
Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this
spring:http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/

Thank you Alla! This is so beautiful. But what is my cat doing in your
garden ;o)

Impersonating our remaining cat. The other one died a couple of weeks ago,
aged
16. :-(
Martin

Condolences.
Ours is 17 and still hanging on in there . Apart from being nearly blind,
nearly deaf, arthritis, 20% functioning kidneys and a bad tooth, he's fine
!!

One tooth, which happens to be bad, or a whole head of teeth of which
one is bad?
--
Kay

"K" wrote in message
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JennyC writes

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:54:31 -0700, La Puce wrote:

On 18 Aug, 20:30, Alla Bezroutchko wrote:
Here are some pictures of those crocuses flowering this
spring:http://www.inetcat.net/crocuses/

Thank you Alla! This is so beautiful. But what is my cat doing in your
garden ;o)

Impersonating our remaining cat. The other one died a couple of weeks
ago,
aged
16. :-(
Martin

Condolences.
Ours is 17 and still hanging on in there . Apart from being nearly blind,
nearly deaf, arthritis, 20% functioning kidneys and a bad tooth, he's fine
!!

One tooth, which happens to be bad, or a whole head of teeth of which one
is bad?
Kay

Agggghhhhh, that logical brain of yours :~))
A head full with one bad one !
Jenny

"Martin" wrote

Our cat was really healthy for it's age, but not eating a lot for the last
year.
4 weeks ago the vet found it had a tumour in it's chest that stopped it
breathing properly and eventually eating. It went down hill so fast :-(
Martin

Still it gives you a excuse to get a couple of kittens :~))

A friend of mine is a volunteer in a program for the socialisation of stray
kittens .....
http://www.zwerfkatten.nl/

I have to restrain myself every time I visit her :~))

Jenny

On 19 Aug, 18:50, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:03:38 +0200, Alla Bezroutchko
wrote:

paddyenglishman wrote:
Excellent, just the response i was looking for , thanks Alla . The
pictures are very good .

Thanks Paddy.

k my next question is how many bulbs per square metre ?

People in this newsgroup (Sacha and Mike Lyle - thanks for you advice!)
suggested 100 per square metre. That's what I did.

We think you need 4 or 5 times that number to get the carpet effect you see in
Holland. Of course after a couple of years of them reproducing, that's what you
will have too. :-)
--

Martin

Ok so ill buy something in the region of 100 to200 crocus per square
metre and let nature take its course .
What other spring bulbs can i use this way thru grass that come early
and can be mown down after flowering , im thinking of Iris
recticulata ? any ideas??