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that before. Nice picture That's amazing. Do you think it's a bulb, a corm or a swollen root. Never seen anything like that try this for size http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Boophone Was taken at Wavehill a garden on the hudson just north

? Sorry about my ignorance. I do have some rotted leaf mould but not sure what is meant by " loam". Help please. Keep it simple-forget the technical terms Pot up in to individual pots into multipurpose compost with the top of the corm just below

heapBuy tulip bulbs as soon as you find them but hold back from planting until late October-NovemberDig up gladioli corms after flowering to store until next springCollect seeds, lay them out to dry, then store them in labelled envelopesPrune rambling

and every year they re-appear, flower their socks off and then disappear amongst the rather untamed grasses, mallows and nettles that make up the bank. Next time anyone moans about the price of bulbs and corms I think I'll have to whisk out this picture

.  With cyclamen, let it dry out but not totally, carefully remove the dead leaves at their base by the corm. Try not to leave any of leaf stem on. I just leave them in a cool shady place, I tend to not put them in the garden because of creatures getting

). Wait till the danger of frost is over before putting outside You can start these off now in seed trays of peaty, sandy compost, and just cover the corms with the soil. When they have shoots on them, either put them in 6/8" pots for conservatory or patio

greenfly from shoot tips with soapy waterFeed rhododendrons, azaleas, pieris and camelliasFlowersCover rows of strawberries with cloches Plant early potatoes outside in rowsSpray fruit trees and bushes with fungicide Fruit & vegPlant up bulbs, corms

for autumn interestLift gladioli, clean the corms and store them FlowersMake a cross-cut in cabbage stems when harvestingSow broad beans for early crops next May and JunePut cloches over tender herbs like basil and corianderFruit & vegBring tender succulents

there. I've sent you the pic gardengirl, see your emails They're very tough indeed and seed like weeds.  got the picture -wow they look really good are they wild cyclamen? Do they flower every year? Cyclamen europaeum, not wild in this country. The corms

have gone all brown & mushy, then just pulling at them easily causes them to 'break' at their base, ie the corm. Compost the dying foliage, leaving it in situe for too long causes hidey holes for slugs & snails IME. J. jo4eyes - yes that's exactly how