snowdrop bulbs when to plant
EJ (Sun, 16 Jul 2017 13:49:46 PDT)

Norman,
The orange trees with snowdrops sound like a beautiful combination! I hope they come back for you.

Here's some hope, the person I received them from said she plants them in full sun, and 'minimal' watering' in Summer.

I'm in SFBay area's version of Mediterranean climate with temps in the high 70s-80s, today supposed to go up to 94F and zero rain for weeks now, till probably October if we are lucky.

Think I'm going to do an experiment since I received 30ish bulbs. I'll put some in pots in shade near the house and water weekly to keep moist. And venture some in the spot I really want them to be in , which is an area with dappled shade but hardly any irrigation. Hopefully both will emerge!

Best regards,
Elaine.

On Jul 16, 2017, at 10:10 AM, Norman Woollons <normanwoollons@gmail.com> wrote:

I have followed this thread with some interest and not a little trepidation!

I live on an island in the Adriatic Sea - the real Mediterranean climate
and last autumn I planted 300 snowdrop bulbs under orange and mandarin
trees. They all came up and I had a nice display in the spring. I was
looking forward to them spreading and naturalising...... until I read about
the damp conditions they need.

We have had 0.8mm (0.03 of inch) rainfall since mid May. My soil
temperature thermocouple, at 5cm depth, albeit in the open, not under the
trees, was registering +43ºC (110ºF) and the soil is dry as far down as you
can dig.

But it was the same last summer and this spring my tulip, allium, crocus
and other bulbs all flowered. Most are under trees.

I will report back next year and tell you what happened to my snowdrops!

Norman
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