What is the best fertilizer for snowdrops?
Use a granular, 5-10-10 fertilizer and mix it well so that there are no clumps. If your snowdrops are in a container or planter bed, you can then fertilize them about every 10 days after the foliage starts to grow and keep fertilizing it until the blooms wilt. Every fall, mulch the bulbs with a little compost.
Should snowdrops be fed?
Snowdrops are easy to look after and rarely need watering when growing in the ground, unless the soil dries out during prolonged dry periods. Give them a light feed with a granular general plant food after flowering.
What do you do with snowdrops after they have flowered?
Simply lift snowdrop plants just after flowering and before the foliage has turned yellow, and replant elsewhere. You can buy snowdrops in the green from garden centres or online. Snowdrops do best in a well-drained soil in light shade, similar to their native woodland habitat.
How do you look after potted snowdrops?
growing snowdrops in a pot Plant in a good rich compost mixed with leaf mould, and water whilst they are in flower. Store the pot out of the sun once the leaves have died down as the bulbs hate to dry out. Do not leave in the pot for more than two years, transplant into the garden where they can multiply happily.
How do you make snowdrops spread?
Snowdrops spread naturally both by creating new bulbs within a clump and by spreading further afield by seed. You could let them do this in your garden and in time – quite a long time – you would have a lovely large drift of them.
Why are my snowdrops going blind?
Snowdrops are like other spring flowering bulbs, in that you should not tidy up foliage as soon as they've finished flowering. If you do, eventually they will stop flowering and come up 'blind' (not flowering).
Should snowdrops be cut back after flowering?
There are no requirements to prune or train snowdrops. Simply allow the foliage to die back naturally.
Do snowdrops spread?
4. Snowdrops spread quite fast so it is worthwhile dividing clumps every few years to increase their rate of multiplication. Divide into clusters of three to five bulbs if you are pressed for time and singling bulbs will take too long.
Can snowdrops survive frost?
Snowdrop (Galanthus) Snowdrops are gorgeous frost hardy flower bulbs with small white bell shaped flowers that appear in late winter or early spring.
Do snowdrops do well in pots?
Planting snowdrops in containers Snowdrops are one of the best winter plants for pots and borders. Grow them in containers – or as winter hanging basket ideas – but don't allow the soil to dry out in summer or the container to freeze.
Why did my snowdrops not flower this year?
The best time to resolve the problem is in the spring when the bulbs should be flowering and are in leaf. The most common reason for a bulb not flowering is that it has been planted too shallow. Whilst the plant is in leaf, but not flower, is the best time to dig up the bulb and re plant to a greater depth.
Do slugs eat snowdrops?
Pests. Slugs and snails can be a big threat to snowdrops in some gardens, and in others they seem to leave them alone even though they are present. We lose the odd flower, or the tip of some young foliage will be grazed off, whilst all around snowdrops are not touched.
When should I cut back snowdrops?
There are no requirements to prune or train snowdrops. Simply allow the foliage to die back naturally.
Do slugs eat snowdrop bulbs?
Pests. Slugs and snails can be a big threat to snowdrops in some gardens, and in others they seem to leave them alone even though they are present. We lose the odd flower, or the tip of some young foliage will be grazed off, whilst all around snowdrops are not touched.
Do snowdrop plants spread?
Snowdrops come up every year and may multiply and spread over time; in fact, they will frequently naturalize. Take advantage of this fact to lift and divide the bulbs when you wish to propagate snowdrops.
What is eating my snowdrop flowers?
BIRDS – especially collared doves and wood pigeons love to peck off the flowers. SQUIRRELS – when they are burying or digging up their nuts they may disturb bulbs that have been planted too near the surface.