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Post by wendya on Mar 28, 2014 8:54:17 GMT
Can someone advise me please, cyclamens, crocus, dafoldils, as this is the first time i have had these plants, do i need to let the whole display go back into ground? I heard much better for the plants if you use plant feed and then it dies away its self. I just have long leaves everywhere from crocus etc, is there a way to do this can you tie them together to make it look less messy?
Is it ok to plant new plants next to them before they die away?
Just need advise really?
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Post by Jilly on Mar 28, 2014 18:56:25 GMT
The best thing really wendya is to let the foliage die back on it's own (as it's feeding the bulb for next years flowers) things like crocus & cyclamen are fine, as they'll have died back before you know it, Daffodils I know from experience are a real pain though as the foliage takes up so much space. You can plant around them though, in fact it's a good idea to plant something with big foliage to hide the dying down Daffs. Don't know where you've got the Daffs planted, but things like Hardy Geraniums don't mind fighting their way through at all. |
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Post by wendya on Mar 29, 2014 11:54:17 GMT
Ok thanks Jilly, i will tie the daffs together and plant something else near. Just cyclamens really i have them in a big trough on my balcony, first time i have grown them, so I will just ignore and plant other things near as even just the leaf is nice. Still have a few flowers on them too. Thank you
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Post by Jilly on Mar 29, 2014 12:32:11 GMT
If you want to plant the trough up with summer things wendya you can move the Cyclamen into a shady spot out in the beds if you've got space, as they will die back over winter & come back in the autumn. If you can put up with the Daff foliage for about 6 weeks I wouldn't tie the foliage up as that can stop them flowering next year (I know it's a pain :  . I have been known to sort of bend the foliage down & around a bit though, to get other things in  |
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Post by wendya on Mar 30, 2014 11:56:03 GMT
Ok thanks for that tip.
So cyclamen would not mind at all being uprooted and taken to a shady spot, I will have to think about that one. But wont tie up daffs then.
Thanks Jilly
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Post by Jilly on Mar 30, 2014 19:46:37 GMT
The cyclamen won't mind at all wendya, what I do is dig out my bedding cyclamen from the pots & troughs each summer when they've finished flowering & just bung them in anywhere in the beds where they can die down. I usually just leave them to there to flower again in the autumn & buy some more for the pots. This is a few of mine & they're just bedding ones (not the expensive hardy varieties).  This was taken in February, but they started flowering before Christmas. |
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Post by wendya on Mar 31, 2014 8:45:33 GMT
Oh they are such lovely plants, I will have to try to find a spot downstairs for a few, thanks
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. I have been known to sort of bend the foliage down & around a bit though, to get other things in 