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.