The Ups and Downs of Gardening

I was very excited this afternoon when tidying up some pots.  I noticed some very small shoots (see photo) in a pot labelled Tulipa sprengeri.  I got the seeds a year ago from Cottage Garden Society and after receiving some advice sowed them in a deep pot with lots of grits. I was told they would take up to 3 months to germinate – nothing happened.  Now a year later there are shoots!!!  Of course they might not be Tulipa sprengeri – they could be anything particularly as the bird table is close by but I live in hope.

On the negative side I went to plant some Lillumn Regalus corms only to find that some of them seemed softer than others.  I bought them in the autumn from Sarah Raven but decided to wait to plant them.  They were fine on arrival and were nestling in wood chips so I thought they would be fine.  However over the last month the hose from my tumble dryer came loss and my garage was filling with steam and I suspect I may have steamed the corms!!  Anyway I planted them in pots as you never know.

~ by patientgardener on February 23, 2008.