Re: Multiplying spring bulbs ???
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Multiplying spring bulbs ???
- From: "* L* P* <d*@olympus.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 05:58:15 -0800
- References: <199802231720.RAA08052@mail.iol.ie>
Mark Speakman wrote:
>
> Query from my spouse Anne, the official household spring bulb planter ....
> conned
> her into putting down a sack of daffs last year, and she expects to see two
> this year as a result !
> Do daffodils ever spread themselves around in the manner that wild
> bluebells do ? Apart from snowdrops, what other spring bulbs are of a
> invasive nature ?
>
> Mark Speakman in Annaghdown, Ireland
> markspkn@iol.ie
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Scilla.
I recently learned how to make hyacinths multiply....when you plant
them, take a knife to the bottom, scoring across the root attachment
area in a checkerboard fashion. Where the incisions cross, bulblets
will form.
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81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8
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