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at the corm, same with the flowers. Give a little drop of water for a while every other day - they do not need that much water, but I think that does As part of life cycle they will die back, seen by leaves dying back, but will quickly rejuvenate, When leaves

and have also tried weed killer but i fear my boarder will always be competing with this pesty plant! Anyone have any ideas of how i can get rid of it?? I have been given alot of mixed AnemonesCorm. Please can you tell me where and when to sow them. I

to keep the inside of the corm dry, only water the soil around the edge., lightly, just damp. We have had our corms for at least 10 years. I've had great results with my begonia tubers for the last two years. They were in pots and come the first frosts I

be sheltering slugs and snailsAround the gardenCollect seed from allium and sow straight awayPlant evergreen shrubs and conifer hedgesCarefully dig up gladioli corms FlowersKeep harvesting root veg such as beetroot and carrotsOrder fruit trees and bushes

might be able to tell me when to plant outside, whether it's worth starting them off indoors and anything else I should do. The bulbs (actually some may be corms) are: Gladiolus Ranunculus Fresia Lily (Oriental I think) Should I be planting these now

! The site is in full sun, by the way, and well-drained. Many thanks oh, I forgot to mention that in the fututr, when I'm more organised (!) I will try to sow my annual meadow in Autumn rather than in Spring, so ideally I am looking for bulbs/corms that don

a mulch, (I use grass clippings, but don't if you use chemicals on your lawn.) Lastly, I sow little and often as they are much nicer when small. I plant gives one stem corm which is what you don't want to let get bigger than a tennis ball in cade

/ corms in autumn ready for next spring - ideally ones that last more than a week or so. Our cyclamen coum, planted in the border, produces flowers over an 8 week period. I know that's not going to be possible with bulbs, but can you suggest anything

(Zone 9). But if you can plant out dry corms in spring, I can't see why you can't plant out freshly lifted ones, assuming they have not perished in the cold winter. In any case, you don't have much to lose. Better find out now, and buy some more if you

? To be honest, I think that's as convenient a place to leave them as anywhere. Bulbs can dry out too much, particularly anemone corms, and keeping them in compost keeps them moist and plump.