Gardening question.

[Doug Hatcher]

Eight years ago I planted some Fritillaria 'Imperialis'. They flowered well for five years and then started coming up blind. They also started producing more stalks but also without flowers.

Last year I dug them up and split them and re-planted them using peat moss and manure. I thought that by splitting them and adding more organic matter and the manure they would flower. No they did not. I now have over thirty and not one of them has flowered. Other spring bulbs will flower, not these.

They are good for zones 8 to 5. I am in zone 6. I have not tested my soil.

Any suggestions from the gardeners?

Doug

 

[mlou]

Doug,

Did you plant them in the fall...8 inches deep (20 cm), 8 to 12 inches apart (20-30 cm)...maybe you have cold damage in the bulbs...did you mulch them?

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-spring/Fritiim.htm

"A large clump of these stately plants is an imposing sight, and quite undemanding once the bulbs are established - they may take a season to flower after planting."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/328.shtml
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[BOSS]

they may take a season to flower after planting."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/328.shtml

I wonder if that applies to moving/spliting/re-planting/tramatizing them?

Never had them, sorry, no help hereface

 

[Doug Hatcher]

Thanks for the input.
Do mulch, did not plant 8 inches deep.


On my walk around the garden this evening I noticed some have buds so I will cross my fingers or green thumb and hope to see some flowers. They are really quite dramatic.

You do something in a garden and you only get one chance a year to see if it works or not.