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Dec 19, 2016 1:26 PM CST
Name: Rick Moses
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Ginny, I haven't had a problem with critters attacking lilies, hyacinth or daffodils. Tulips and crocus are a completely different story. You might as well skip the planting for those and just set them out in a bowl. At least that way, they won't tear up your garden Hilarious!

Deer and rabbit also love to dine on hosta at any stage of growth. And the more expensive the plant,the quicker they will devour it Grumbling
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Dec 19, 2016 8:39 PM CST
Name: David Laderoute
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Powell Gardens (of which I am a member) used to plant 10s of thousands of Tulips. They now plant None. A couple years back, the deer discovered them. At my place, I cannot keep Tulips in the ground and only treat them as annuals at best.
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Dec 19, 2016 10:00 PM CST
Name: Ginny G
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They plant thousands of tulips here every year for our tulip festival. I'm not Dutch so I plant daffodils instead Whistling Whistling No one has mentioned deer. But if they bloom early we have a stem festival Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing
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Dec 20, 2016 9:33 AM CST
Name: Gary
Wyoming MN (Zone 4a)
I am Dutch. I plant and enjoy everything!
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Dec 20, 2016 9:51 AM CST
Name: Ginny G
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Dec 20, 2016 7:42 PM CST
Name: Annette
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Rick, thanks for the info about the netting and the link, I appreciate it I tip my hat to you.

Ginny, I plant daffodils around my lilies, and they don't get bothered by the critters as much.
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Dec 20, 2016 9:43 PM CST
Name: Ginny G
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Good idea Annette. I have some mixed in here and there but can add more. Maybe alliums too.
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Dec 21, 2016 4:03 AM CST
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Occasionally I have had deer eat the foliage of my 'Purple Sensation' alliums, but not the blooms or buds. They will also eat the young tender shoots of unions planted in the kitchen garden. Other alliums have so far been safe. They have never eaten any of my lilies or hosta. While I'd assume some Swedish deer will have developed a taste for hosta, this is actually a plant that is repeatedly mentioned in lists with deer safe plants here.

Mixing other bulbs with daffodils or even Fritillaria imperialis have never saved them here, yet it works for other gardeners in Sweden.

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As some of you already know, this year I started spraying with Trico(there are several Trico products, the one I used was specifically called Trico Garden) so I don't need to protect my tulips with netting anymore. What I used to do was however to grow Tulips in pots (actually large buckets meant to mix concrete in) in the green house and then I put them in the boxes in the picture above. I could then simply hang a bird netting over the trellis at night or if we weren't at home and hide the net behind the boxes during the day. A few clothespins were helpful to attach the netting to the trellis and I just used some bricks on the front of the boxes. As the deer didn't dare to come so close to the house during the day if we were at home, this worked very well. I grew both early and later tulips for a long bloom season and swapped the buckets as the season progressed.

I started a thread about Trico The thread "Trico - Deer Repellent trial" in Bulbs forum a while back. Sadly I still don't know if it's available in the US or what it would be called as it could be renamed. So not terribly helpful info, I know Sad
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Dec 21, 2016 7:28 AM CST
Name: Rick Moses
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I think Swedish deer have different appetites that American deer. Around here, hosta are one of the first things they go after. A number of years ago, we went out to the yard one morning to find the hosta all chewed to within a few inches of the ground. That was it! Since then, it's been an on-going war using one product or another. I'm not sure, but it may finally be tilting in my favor Rolling on the floor laughing
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Dec 21, 2016 7:36 PM CST
Name: David Laderoute
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I finally got my last 40 Tulips planted today. I put them in 2 deck planters and I will place the planters near my house on the East side. Then well after they bloom I will replant them in the ground.
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Dec 21, 2016 9:01 PM CST
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Those tulips will probably each split into 4 baby tulips you know David. At least that's what happens to all the tulips I force every winter.
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Dec 31, 2016 7:30 PM CST
Name: Annette
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An early 🎉💥Happy New Year💥🎉 to everyone!

I'm still planting bulbs here, 150 Hyacinths got planted in my front yard today, with 50 each of Fondant, Pink Pearl, and Pink Elephant. I also planted my bucket o' bulbs that were saved from this past spring.

We had snow flurries this morning, and rain intermittently during the day, with more rain expected tomorrow, so the bulbs will get nicely watered.

I still have 50 White Pearl Hyacinths and 83 Design Impression tulips, and my bulb planting will be finally done. Hopefully, I'll get the last of them done this weekend.

I'm looking forward to seeing the spring blooms.
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Dec 31, 2016 8:52 PM CST
Name: Ginny G
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Happy New Years and wishes for great blooms 🎉🎉
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Jan 1, 2017 1:53 AM CST
Name: Gary
Wyoming MN (Zone 4a)
I planted 3 more amaryllis today. Christmas Gift is a very nice white. It's blooming on 3 stalks. A very beautiful sight!
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Jan 1, 2017 5:35 PM CST
Name: David Laderoute
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Sighing!

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Was at Lowes just before Christmas and they had all Spring bulbs - regardless of package size for $1. I have to admit I looked fondly at them for some time. Realizing the ground was frozen solid and it was about 15 out I said NAH....

Changed my mind and went back a couple of days after Christmas. Of course ALL GONE. Hilarious!

Of course it has warmed up a bit and now the ground is NOT frozen solid.

Heh.

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Jan 2, 2017 3:30 AM CST
Name: Lily Martagon
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$1 per bag is a deal of the century! Lovey dubby

I received an email from one of the nurseries around here and said that their bulbs - amaryllis and paperwhites included - are 70% off. I will check them out today. Big Grin

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Jan 4, 2017 10:28 AM CST
Name: UrbanWild
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I never saw $1 bags at Lowes but did see 75% off. Thought I was done. And then...the sale. We finally got the last 150 hyacinth, few hundred muscari, around a hundred allium, couple hundred dwarf iris, a handful of tulips, and 300 crocus planted. Some were left from earlier purchases. It went from very hot straight to cold here so we never had an extended cool period in which to plant. I planted most of the earlier stuff in the low 40s (ºF). But we just had 2 days in the 60s. Back to 30s this morning and headed into the teens. The 75% off stuff I got was mist of the alliums, 150 hyacinth, and some dwarf iris. All of thise had been left outside in display racks with nights in the teens. Many looked a little dry or rough. Hope they grow. Alas, we never saw snowdrops here. At 75% off I am afraid at what I might have justified purchasing!!! Can they still be planted?

On another note, I am starting to see 1-2 inch shoots from what I believe are anemone.
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Jan 4, 2017 11:21 AM CST
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We had tulips laying on a shelf outside, but under a roof overhang for a whole winter and planted them and they grew and even bloomed. Tulips are though as nails!

I have had some bad experiences with dwarf iris drying out too much as this can make them rot once planted, but this could depend a bit on the cultivar/species and storage conditions as well. For that reason I always recommend early planting for these. At home I like to store these in dry sand until planting.

I suspect most of your other purchases should be okay. Once the soil is frozen on the surface, you might want to mulch them a bit, to give some time for them to root. Mulching while the ground is soft could attract rodents. Do remove the mulch early in spring or as soon as it thaws as you don't want the soil to become too wet.

You may have heard that snowdrops sometimes are sold "in the green". This is not because this is the best time to plant them, the best time is as the foliage dies back, but planting in the green guarantees that the bulbs are still alive. When using dry bulbs, these must be planted very early and I wouldn't buy snowdrops at any price this time of year.

Perfectly normal for the anemones to have some greens this time of year, but that is what makes them a bit sensitive as well. They can take a lot of frost, but I'm unsure at what point the foliage is damaged. I hope yours will be okay Crossing Fingers!
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Jan 4, 2017 12:31 PM CST
Name: Mika
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We have masses of snowdrops in the garden in England, of several different varieties, but they were already there when we bought the house and without doing the research I couldn't say what sorts we have. I don't know much at all about galanthus, but have been very surprised at the really high cost of some varieties. I just looked online and found that a single bulb sold for £1,390 - which brings to mind the tulip mania of the 1630s... Blinking

On matters related to tulip mania, the Rembrandt tulip bulbs I bought are now showing their little noses above the soil here in France... It's a total experiment but I would be really chuffed if at least some of them bloom. Big Grin
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Jan 4, 2017 12:40 PM CST
Name: Ginny G
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Since I posted my first list saying what bulbs I have added for 2017, and mentioned I was DONE, I have added these lilies:
Kushi Maya
Pink Planet
Corcovado
Zambesi
Corsage
Red Morning
Carbonero
Push Off
Golden Splendor
Formia
Fedora
African Lady
Pink Mist
Heart Strings

Oops - so much for no more Blinking Blinking Blinking Hilarious! Hilarious!
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