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Post by Chuckles on Aug 22, 2007 19:38:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2007 20:01:42 GMT
Love those 'parrot' tulips. Hard to believe that fortunes were made and lost on these one time when you can pick them up so cheaply now...
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Post by jean on Aug 22, 2007 20:06:31 GMT
Chuckles did you save any of your old bulbs? Going to try mine again for next year, can't believe they have had it after only one year  |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 22, 2007 20:19:56 GMT
Me throw anything away  never ;D I dead headed after flowering, fed them and hid them out of site by the side of the poly kennel. It's fairly sheltered there and thats where they will stay over winter in there pots. If it's a hard wet winter I'll try and find room in the PK. They really were worth doing for dotting about the place, I had them just sat on the edge of paths and such, lovely. I'll pot these new ones up and put them with the others. I'm thinking of mixing the new bulbs in pairs, in the order I've listed them. |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 22, 2007 20:20:43 GMT
Mmmmmm now do I need any new pots  |
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Post by jean on Aug 22, 2007 20:32:58 GMT
I lifted mine after they have completely finished and they have been hiding in the shed ever since (must get round to clearing the shed out soon - they are in there somewhere ). Got some alliums from my brother so might mix a few in too. |
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Post by piggingardener on Aug 23, 2007 9:00:35 GMT
I had lots of tulips planted in pots but once they had died down, I removed them and dried them out and packed them away in paper bags. I will replant them in the autumn. If you plant a few in smallish pots, you can bury the whole thing in your flower beds, then when the tulips have finished you can whisk the pots out and replace them with something else.  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Aug 23, 2007 9:05:59 GMT
Last year I had 'Angelique' and 'Black Parrot' in pots at the front of the house. They were amazing. I have kept the bulbs but i think I may just put them in the borders rather than give them pride of place, just in case they aren't so good.
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 23, 2007 11:09:45 GMT
I like that idea of yours PG to put pots in the garden and then take them out, very handy  I can't see much of my garden from the house, only a paths width up to the top:( thats why I do pots that I can put on the paths. |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 24, 2007 19:55:35 GMT
Have asked RF to change the title of this thread so that we can post about others bulbs as well Bought some Paperwhite Daffs today to put in a pot, love the perfume of them. While I'm here ;D I've got Oriental Lilys, Snowdrops and Euchomis in pots |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2007 19:50:51 GMT
Always makes me think of winter, I suppose it is time to start the winter pansies too. I like to put pink May flowering tulips at the bottom of wall boxes, purple April flowering on top, purple & blue crocus on them & purple pansies on top. My purple loving neighbour enjoys it so much and I think it looks quite classy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2007 0:35:09 GMT
I'm a bit predictable with my winter pots and mainly plant them out with winter flowering pansies which I buy as plugs, but the one thing I always do is throw in some anemones which I think are absolutely gorgeous in Spring when they come through. I remember the first time I bought them, I thought I'd been ripped when I opened the packet to find this little shrivelled up nuggets. Boy was I wrong!
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Post by Chuckles on Sept 1, 2007 17:14:25 GMT
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Post by Weeterrier on Sept 1, 2007 17:50:32 GMT
Well, Chuckles, if she has given you those, then I think you must be a lovely neighbour too. |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 12, 2007 22:24:20 GMT
Well, Chuckles, if she has given you those, then I think you must be a lovely neighbour too. Bless you Wee, she's a good neighbour too. We have a good relationship, we get on but are not in and out of each others houses, we just have the occasional chat over the garden fence, perfect neighbours. She gave me a bunch of wallflowers the other day and I gave her an everlast Sweetpea. Still not got my Tulips planted I've been going to do them all week. Got some Paperwhite daffs to plant too and I noticed today they have started shooting Must get them sorted this weekend |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2007 17:35:42 GMT
i have some pots at my back door and today i planted tulips and wallflowers in them. they will be lovely when they flower.
I wondered about gravel on the top, does anyone else put gravel on.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2007 19:52:05 GMT
i have some pots at my back door and today i planted tulips and wallflowers in them. they will be lovely when they flower. I wondered about gravel on the top, does anyone else put gravel on. Blacky - First of all HELLO ;D. I planted up a few tubs of Tulips the other week, and put abit of pea shingle on top of them.....I have seen birds pecking at the shoots when they emerge and we also have a squirrel in the neighbourhood |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2007 20:29:05 GMT
thank you gardenhammerete i have put gravel on my pots to stop the birds. they do look nice |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 7, 2007 11:46:33 GMT
Well all my bulbs are now planted, mostly in pots but I did put a few in the garden, can't remember where though thats why I do pots. Pea Shingle sounds nice GH, I have gravel on some of mine like you Blacky, must get OH to brng me another bag ;D |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 12, 2007 9:14:37 GMT
It was sometime after the 12th Oct that I planted these Paper Whites and look at them  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2007 9:59:25 GMT
oh dear chuckles will they be ok with them getting frosted, i hope my tulips pop up yet the wall flowers in my pots are nice and green now, small but look well |
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 31, 2007 12:40:16 GMT
how are all the bulbs in pots coming along. my tulips are just peeping through.
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 12, 2008 16:36:14 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 12, 2008 17:09:20 GMT
Garvota are georgous and I've grown queen of the night which gave a lovely display. I was outside getting some fresh air today too and was amazed at how everything is shooting up all over the place. I love it when you forget what you've planted where and you get a lovely surprise ;D my tulips have moved up just a little this past couple of weeks |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2008 21:46:18 GMT
the bulbs and wallflower in my pots are growing really well. i can't remember what colour tulips i have in the pots now  it seems so long since i saw them last year. it will be nice to see some colour whatever they are. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2008 20:07:59 GMT
Really excited as my first daffy & tulip bulbs are coming through nicely. I have 1 solitary yellow crocus & 1 solitary snowdrop which is odd, fingers crossed, the rest will come through soon.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 16, 2008 7:13:01 GMT
can't believe how much my tulips in pots have grown in the week i've been away, can't wait to see it getting brighter this morning so I can get outside and inspect everything else. ;D
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 18, 2008 7:51:50 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 22, 2008 13:05:01 GMT
It's great when something you planted months ago starts to take off and start to flower Chuckles is'nt it. It is really exciting genie, hope some more have come up for you. I love the scent of wallflower Blacky, just lovely. I can just see the little flower buds starting to come through from my muscari, can't wait to see them |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Feb 22, 2008 16:11:26 GMT
WOW Chuckles, what a fabulous collection! Make sure you take lots of piccies for us to drool over S x |
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yesterday I bought some more Tulips
it seems so long since i saw them last year. it will be nice to see some colour whatever they are. 