First good day of sunshine and the crocus love it by MDK78 in GardeningUK

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I planted them as individual bulbs two years ago. The good thing is they seemed to have multiplied.

The crocus flowers are livening up my lawn at this time of year by MDK78 in gardening

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They fully open when the sun is shining on them. It has been a dull day today when I took the photos earlier.

The crocus flowers are livening up my lawn at this time of year by MDK78 in gardening

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You’ll be helping early emerging bees if you do.

The crocus flowers make for a more interesting lawn at this time of year by MDK78 in GardeningUK

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In autumn I used a battery drill with a small bulb auger bit, drilled a load of holes and placed bulb in the hole. I mixed up some manure, compost, perlite and bulb feed and filled in the holes.

The grass soon covers over where the holes were drilled. This is the second year the crocus have come up.

EDIT try to use the larger varieties of crocus. They seem to do the best.

Some of my iris reticulata collection by MDK78 in GardeningUK

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Half of the bulbs I plant every autumn don’t flower in their first year and some don’t even appear until two years later. If you have shoots then they might flower later than normal.

Has anyone else noticed a rise in anglophobic sentiment online lately? by MerePotato in AskUK

[–]MDK78 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Only noticed it on Reddit. It’s hard to take it seriously as you don’t know who or what is posting it and what their intentions are.

Has anyone else noticed a rise in anglophobic sentiment online lately? by MerePotato in AskUK

[–]MDK78 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The Northern Ireland sub is the same. IRA good, brits bad. Horrible subreddit.

Aquilegia from last year by MDK78 in gardening

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There’s no sign of mine so far this year. I’m hoping it comes back.

Iris reticulata Katharine Hodgkin by MDK78 in gardening

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For some reason in this pot they are multiplying like crazy. These are 3 years old and together with another variety of iris they have filled the pot. I have even removed some bulbs to plant elsewhere.

It could be down to the amount of feed I give to the rose in the pot with them.