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Hi,
I am not sure if this is a problem - but here goes:
We planted a lot of tulips over the past two years in the garden and they are all fantastic specimens - even if we have to say so ourselves - especially after a trip to the Keukenoff Gardens in Amsterdam last year. These tulips are doing well.
BUT - several years ago we bought 100 each of red and yellow tulips in Lidl when they had them. Now - these specific tulips go in containers and are the only ones lifted every year. Last year a lot of them seemed to have crossed - i.e. red and yellow in some, and the other half was paranoid and burned some of them. Now the ones we have left are flowering - some of them are red, some are yellow, some are pink, yellow with a green back, and the colours do not seem to be as striking in others.
Is this clearly a case of tulip fire? Do we burn them all?
Or do tulips over time just fade anyway?
Hi Gerry,
I've been lazy and haven't lifted or split my crocosmia in about 6 years. They are the tall red ones, Lucifer. Before they get a chance to flower, they flop over.
The problem is that the clump is so large I fear that I will damage many of them. It's also hard to get enough spade under them to lift.
I did chip a few away from around the edge last year. I damaged some but the transplanted ones are doing well.
Now is the right time of year so, tips please!
PS love the new website
Something is eating all my snowdrop flowers? Any idea what it could be?
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