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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 1, 2010 20:12:53 GMT
I've had to go back over this thread and see the pictures again, I'm really craving the fresh smell and sight of daffodils now, hopefully we'll start to see some in a few weeks or so.
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 1, 2010 20:15:05 GMT
So were some of your indoor hyacinths from previous years LG? If so they certainly weren't 'stumpy and short on flowers'.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 1, 2010 20:20:24 GMT
Oh yes Jasmine, dug up from the borders because they did'nt do much there, they were'nt all new you know and none of them were prepared at all.
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 1, 2010 20:24:02 GMT
Wow! I will keep mine for indoors next year then rather than plant them out.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 1, 2010 20:25:59 GMT
It really is worth a go I think. I'll just feed them now they've flowered and store them out the back until the autumn.
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 1, 2010 21:51:14 GMT
In their soil or dry? Do you pot them up in fresh compost next year?
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 2, 2010 7:15:55 GMT
I did pot them up in fresh compost Jasmine but they were in the ground during the summer. This year I'll just store them dry. I lifted and replanted most of the Daffs I could find during the autumn too and hope to get blooms this year. They've not done well for the past number of years when they were in the borders. I did however buy over 50 new small Daffs during autumn and they're all planted in pots.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 2, 2010 7:44:26 GMT
Can you see green shoots in the pots LG. Mine are beginning to poke up above the soil but the ones that normally flower in January are nowhere near flowering.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 2, 2010 8:01:57 GMT
Oh yes the green shoots are there Jasmine, and I can see 1 flower. I'm hoping for a lot more 'tho but it's early enough yet. By the way,just before I finish, not all the Hyacinth bulbs I potted up flowered, there were several that grew long leaves but had no flowers, still nothing ventured.... |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 6, 2010 7:49:49 GMT
I've posted in the hyacinth thread but I'll post here too because we've been chatting so much about them. I went back over my book and am coming to realise that the Hyacinth that did'nt flower were most likely the old ones I dug up and those that flowered were the new ones I bought in september.  I'd not recorded which were in which pots but I think it's pretty obvious now. I'm not sure now whether to keep the old bulbs or not  They did'nt flower in the borders which is why I dug them up in the first place, yet FB gets his to bloom well every year. On a happier note the Tete a Tete that I bought half price in M&S at the beginning of Jan have 2 more flowers blooming on them. I'd put them outside a while ago as I thought they'd pretty much finished and that the 2 flower buds left would never open. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 6, 2010 8:33:32 GMT
I bet the tete-a-tete will flower again next year if you find a little spot for them LG.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 6, 2010 9:39:20 GMT
Thanks Jasmine, I'll be sure to hang onto them, I bought tons of little daffs at the end of the summer/start of autumn and hope they all do well for me. I can see lots of buds now on my own ones. |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 6, 2010 12:18:45 GMT
I saw some daffodils out on the way back from the osteopath yesterday. The yellow caught my eye.
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Post by Auricula on Feb 8, 2010 0:12:20 GMT
Loads of daffodils out here, in the hedgerows and on field edges - a very cheerful sight |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 8, 2010 7:28:52 GMT
Pictures would be lovely. ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 8, 2010 7:39:18 GMT
Yes! Send a little spring this way We are due more snow  |
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Post by Auricula on Feb 8, 2010 10:02:00 GMT
Tooooooo busy ironing and packing today LG  Will see what I can do tomorrow when I go to my book group. I love the highly perfumed ones with multiflowers but they don't last long indoors cos of the warmth. We have several vases full of them in the hospice corridor and they smell wonderful ;D |
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Post by Missredhead on Feb 8, 2010 13:08:21 GMT
I havent seen any daffs out yet..mine are just poking through the soil.
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Post by Tig on Feb 8, 2010 13:28:27 GMT
And mine Missy - hope they get a move on soon!
x Tig
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Post by Missredhead on Feb 8, 2010 13:58:20 GMT
Maybe they are just poking their noses out to test the weather ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 8, 2010 14:22:50 GMT
Well I hope they don't pop them back in when they see the cold weather forecast for the end of the week.
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Post by Missredhead on Feb 8, 2010 14:38:30 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Feb 10, 2010 0:18:13 GMT
Bu***r it!! My daffs are about to burst open any day now......and I'll miss 'em And the first camellias |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 10, 2010 3:18:32 GMT
It's a shame Auricula but there'll be plenty still out when you come back again. We went for a long drive yesterday past lots of hedgegrows but not a sign of a daffodil. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2010 4:20:10 GMT
Mine are up about 6 inches/150mm Im looking forward to the flowers If i get any this year |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 10, 2010 7:45:37 GMT
Bu***r it!! My daffs are about to burst open any day now......and I'll miss 'em And the first camellias What a difference you'll notice when you get back Auricula. It'll be greener and the daffodils will be coming out properly...... |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 26, 2010 14:45:02 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 26, 2010 20:54:44 GMT
Spring is well on the way to you I see, those little nodding snowdrops are lovely too. Your daffs are way ahead of mine. |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 27, 2010 9:33:44 GMT
They are the only ones out at the moment LG but it's a start |
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Post by Missredhead on Feb 28, 2010 13:08:24 GMT
Mine are just growing but can't see any signs of buds yet..
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I'd not recorded which were in which pots but I think it's pretty obvious now. I'm not sure now whether to keep the old bulbs or not 
They did'nt flower in the borders which is why I dug them up in the first place, yet FB gets his to bloom well every year. 
Will see what I can do tomorrow when I go to my book group. I love the highly perfumed ones with multiflowers but they don't last long indoors cos of the warmth. We have several vases full of them in the hospice corridor and they smell wonderful ;D
