After removing the lawn and replacing it with a lining then gravel would it be ok to plant bulbs below the lining, would the gravel hinder them coming through, the bulbs in question are...SPARAXIS,RANUNCULUS,ANEMONES and IXIAS.........cheers

rabc wrote:
After removing the lawn and replacing it with a lining then gravel
would it be ok to plant bulbs below the lining, would the gravel
hinder them coming through, the bulbs in question
are...SPARAXIS,RANUNCULUS,ANEMONES and IXIAS.........cheers

The gravel won't stop them at all. Plant away
--
Pete C
London UK

On 8/3/08 17:18, in article , "Pete C"
wrote:

rabc wrote:
After removing the lawn and replacing it with a lining then gravel
would it be ok to plant bulbs below the lining, would the gravel
hinder them coming through, the bulbs in question
are...SPARAXIS,RANUNCULUS,ANEMONES and IXIAS.........cheers

The gravel won't stop them at all. Plant away

Will the offshoots from the bulbs break through the lining where there are
no holes - as in daffodils and crocus which spread and naturalise? I've
never tried this.
Gravel won't hinder the bulbs but I'm not sure about Mypex. It is, after
all, a weed suppressing membrane! Weeds will certainly grow in the gravel
but be easy to pull out.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On Mar 8, 5:18 pm, "Pete C" wrote:
rabc wrote:
After removing the lawn and replacing it with a lining then gravel
would it be ok to plant bulbs below the lining, would the gravel
hinder them coming through, the bulbs in question
are...SPARAXIS,RANUNCULUS,ANEMONES and IXIAS.........cheers

The gravel won't stop them at all. Plant away
--
Pete C
London UK

No, but the lining might Pete!

Judith

Sacha wrote:
On 8/3/08 17:18, in article , "Pete C"
wrote:

rabc wrote:
After removing the lawn and replacing it with a lining then gravel
would it be ok to plant bulbs below the lining, would the gravel
hinder them coming through, the bulbs in question
are...SPARAXIS,RANUNCULUS,ANEMONES and IXIAS.........cheers
The gravel won't stop them at all. Plant away

Will the offshoots from the bulbs break through the lining where there are
no holes - as in daffodils and crocus which spread and naturalise? I've
never tried this.
Gravel won't hinder the bulbs but I'm not sure about Mypex. It is, after
all, a weed suppressing membrane! Weeds will certainly grow in the gravel
but be easy to pull out.

....and the cats will be pleased with a new public toilet

Aitch

Judith in France wrote:
On Mar 8, 5:18 pm, "Pete C" wrote:
rabc wrote:
After removing the lawn and replacing it with a lining then gravel
would it be ok to plant bulbs below the lining, would the gravel
hinder them coming through, the bulbs in question
are...SPARAXIS,RANUNCULUS,ANEMONES and IXIAS.........cheers

The gravel won't stop them at all. Plant away
--
Pete C
London UK

No, but the lining might Pete!

Judith
Erm.........I assumed bulbs planted through holes in lining, not wishing to
insult the OP's intelligence
--
Pete C
London UK

On 9/3/08 07:21, in article , "Pete C"
wrote:

Judith in France wrote:
On Mar 8, 5:18 pm, "Pete C" wrote:
rabc wrote:
After removing the lawn and replacing it with a lining then gravel
would it be ok to plant bulbs below the lining, would the gravel
hinder them coming through, the bulbs in question
are...SPARAXIS,RANUNCULUS,ANEMONES and IXIAS.........cheers

The gravel won't stop them at all. Plant away
--
Pete C
London UK

No, but the lining might Pete!

Judith
Erm.........I assumed bulbs planted through holes in lining, not wishing to
insult the OP's intelligence

Yes but what happens when the bulbs create offsets? You know how e.g.
Daffodils and bluebells spread and naturalise themselves? They might not be
able to all crowd through the original hole!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote:
On 9/3/08 07:21, in article , "Pete
C" wrote:

Judith in France wrote:
On Mar 8, 5:18 pm, "Pete C" wrote:
rabc wrote:
After removing the lawn and replacing it with a lining then gravel
would it be ok to plant bulbs below the lining, would the gravel
hinder them coming through, the bulbs in question
are...SPARAXIS,RANUNCULUS,ANEMONES and IXIAS.........cheers

The gravel won't stop them at all. Plant away
--
Pete C
London UK

No, but the lining might Pete!

Judith
Erm.........I assumed bulbs planted through holes in lining, not
wishing to insult the OP's intelligence

Yes but what happens when the bulbs create offsets? You know how e.g.
Daffodils and bluebells spread and naturalise themselves? They might
not be able to all crowd through the original hole!
Good point. However, I have been trying to get rid of bluebells for 2 years
now. Still got them coming up under stone slabs, working sideways till they
find a way out.
--
Pete C
London UK