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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2006 12:12:15 GMT
Having moved into my new house in February, I desperately wanted the garden to look nice so merrily planted up a load of perennials etc. Anyway, I shoved a load of Gladioli bulbs in all over the place in a bed (basically wherever I could fit them in).
Sorry ... rambling. To get to the point, I don't like where I put them and although they looked lovely in flower, they are not where I want them to be. At the weekend, trying to plant a few other odds & ends at the back of the border, and having a general tidy up the Gladioli were totally in my way and starting to annoy me! (My fault, cos I just shoved the bulbs in haphazardly where I could find space).
So ... I decided to lift the ones that were in the wrong place and getting in the way. I accept I probably shouldn't have done this, but I have and it's too late now. If I plant them in the ground now (still with leaves & dead flowers attached) will they die back and grow again next year? Or have I probably killed them by taking them out of the ground?
Thanks.
(Sorry ... I do tend to waffle!)
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 6, 2006 12:25:13 GMT
Well, it wasn't a very nice way to treat them! Actually if you contine to water them and let the leaves die down naturally they will probably be okay. It might be an idea to take the flowers off though. You need Dee - she's our bulb expert.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2006 13:06:06 GMT
Thanks!
I love the flowers, but they were so in the way that I thought it best to lift them carefully rather than inadvertently trample them.
Fingers crossed for a show of flowers next year from them ...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2006 19:44:41 GMT
They should be OK but may not bloom well, they really need feeding well during their growing season until the leaves start to die back to get the corms really big and plump for next year. Depending on where you live they may not be fully hardy, also depends on if your soil is well drained and what sort of winter we have. Plant deeply for good results 6"-8".  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2006 19:45:51 GMT
They should be OK but may not bloom well, they really need feeding well during their growing season until the leaves start to die back to get the corms really big and plump for next year. Depending on where you live they may not be fully hardy, also depends on if your soil is well drained and what sort of winter we have. Remove the dead flowers and cut back the foliage by about 1/2 on the ones you are replanting. Plant deeply for good results 6"-8". |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2006 10:38:09 GMT
Thanks for your help. fingers x'd
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