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X-Trace: 1073583361 master.news.zetnet.net 8570 194.247.47.30 Path: kermit!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!newshosting.com !news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!news2.euro.net!newsfeed. freenet.de!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!proxad.net!newsfee d.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!peer.news.zetnet.net !master.news.zetnet.net!not- for-mail Xref: kermit uk.rec.gardening:182530 The message from Christopher Norton contains these words: The message from Jaques d'Alltrades contains these words: Some of the woodland round here are carpeted with snowdrops, and later, with bluebells (Bucket type). Woodland! I should be so lucky. Our recently planted wood has possibly not been underplanted yet. We dont have too many woodlands as you know. The local church yard has a fantastic display of Bluebells tho once it comes. Now's the time to start underplanting your new woodland. Don't wait until the canopy closes over, you're just losing time :-). Here's what I did with mine. If you can beg clumps of snowdrops in the green, divide them into single bulbs..even the tiny ones.. and keep the root ends in a pot of water while you work. A fist sized clump will yield scores of bulbs. Plant them between 6" and 12" apart in uneven drifts under the trees. A sharp knife is extremely useful for the job as you can quickly make hundreds of slits in the soil, drop in a bulb (deep is good, with snowdrops) and close the slit with your foot. They will clump up within a couple of years into a good flower display; keep digging up and dividing a few clumps every year. The easiest and most effective way to make a bluebell woodland carpet, is by scattering freshly collected seed as soon as it's ripe (July, here in Scotland).Anyone nearby who has a bluebell colony will normally give consent for this; make sure the source is the native bluebell and not the stiff Spanish one. Just mix it with some sand or old potting compost to make it go further, and scatter it thinly wherever you want bluebells. You don't need to prepare the area in any way or cover the seeds; bluebells will germinate in weedy soil, grass etc, and pull themselves down into the soil by their own roots. In the first spring they germinate like grass; a few flowers will appear in the third year. From then on, your colony is producing seed which you can use to extend it. Red campion and foxgloves are very easily naturalised the same way. Foxgloves are biennial, so you need to scatter seed two years running to obtain flowering continuity in the early years. If you like celandines (I do) they can easily be spread by divided roots, the new plants will seed freely so make sure you really want them. Janet. |
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