{"id":136116,"date":"2023-04-28T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bulbs-past-their-best-you-have-two-options-leave-them-or-lift-them\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T17:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T10:08:38","slug":"bulbs-past-their-best-you-have-two-options-leave-them-or-lift-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bulbs-past-their-best-you-have-two-options-leave-them-or-lift-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulbs past their best? You have two options: leave them or lift them"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI have a tub filled with second-hand compost and bulbs, waiting out the next five months until they\u2019re planted againHow are your tulips looking? It will depend where you live, where you\u2019ve planted them (in pots on a sun-bleached south-facing patio or somewhere shaded and north-facing, where they have quietly kept going for years) and what varieties you\u2019ve gone for. The delicate candy-hued Tulipa saxatilis can bloom as early as March; the inky \u2018Queen of Night\u2019 might be getting going only now.In most cases, unless you\u2019re preparing for the Chelsea flower show (good luck to you, stay hydrated, it will all be fine), some of your spring bulbs will have \u201cgone over\u201d \u2013 as in, flowered then lost their petals. I know, it happens so fast: one moment we\u2019re celebrating the harbingers of spring with snowdrops, Iris reticulata and daffs of all varieties, the next you\u2019re looking at a bed of green stalks and frenzied growth, lightly panicking about how much there is to do in the garden. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Bulbs past their best? You have two options: leave them or lift them<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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