old daffodils not blooming well and pictures of scilla

[digitS']

They are pretty, aren't they. But, it isn't my picture - it is from Wikipedia.

I don't know why they aren't more common.

Or more to the point, I don't know why I don't have any . . .

. . . or, maybe I do!

digitS'

 

[henrietta23]

I'm now wondering the same thing! Those are gorgeous!!! Well hopefully someone will resurrect this thread in the fall after a search on daffodils and that will be my reminder to divide them then.

 

[patandchickens]

Squill is Scilla, you may know it under that name. It is nice all thru a lawn except that, like having crocus or grape hyacinths all thru your lawn, it does not mix well with either a) dense fast-growing turf or b) a frequent low lawnmowing regime. Works best IME when done in kind-of-scraggly-and-struggling turf in open shade under trees, and located where you don't mind the lawn looking kind of rough til the leaves are gone.

[quote[Well, if you remember - help me remember these strange grass-like things in my lawn, please.[/quote

PICS, we need PICS (and could probably also identify them...) (e.t.a. -are they purple flowered? Could they be very stunted Camassia, or could they be native blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium somethingorother?)

Daffodils: I would not divide daffodils now while they are green, unless there was no other choice than to take a flier on it.

But you can get okay results IME by dividing or moving them once the foliage has almost completely died down in several months. That is, when you've left it as long as you possibly can and still FIND the things Be gentle, and although they may not bloom well the next year I've had good luck establishing them longterm that way.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[henrietta23]

Squill is Scilla, you may know it under that name. It is nice all thru a lawn except that, like having crocus or grape hyacinths all thru your lawn, it does not mix well with either a) dense fast-growing turf or b) a frequent low lawnmowing regime. Works best IME when done in kind-of-scraggly-and-struggling turf in open shade under trees, and located where you don't mind the lawn looking kind of rough til the leaves are gone.

[quote[Well, if you remember - help me remember these strange grass-like things in my lawn, please.[/quote

PICS, we need PICS (and could probably also identify them...) (e.t.a. -are they purple flowered? Could they be very stunted Camassia, or could they be native blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium somethingorother?)

Daffodils: I would not divide daffodils now while they are green, unless there was no other choice than to take a flier on it.

But you can get okay results IME by dividing or moving them once the foliage has almost completely died down in several months. That is, when you've left it as long as you possibly can and still FIND the things Be gentle, and although they may not bloom well the next year I've had good luck establishing them longterm that way.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

Thanks Pat. I figure I've got nothing to lose!
Ah, scilla, that explains the bells ringing at the back of my brain. How does it do in mostly moss under an old Norwegian maple? Lotso' shade~

 

[digitS']

Squill is Scilla . . .PICS, we need PICS (and could probably also identify them...) (e.t.a. -are they purple flowered? Could they be very stunted Camassia, or could they be native blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium somethingorother?) . . .
Pat

They have never bloomed, Pat. I am not sure if they would if not mowed because I've never seen flower buds and, it isn't a very hospitable location for them. And, I don't give them much of a chance.

There is wild Camassia, in fact, this is camas country. However, I also have had a Camassia cultivar. Remarkably, it didn't do very well.


Steve

 

[patandchickens]

Ah, scilla, that explains the bells ringing at the back of my brain. How does it do in mostly moss under an old Norwegian maple? Lotso' shade~

It's worth a try. The plain common scilla is a pretty hearty critter, I have it doing well in VERY dry soil under pines and I've seen it in deeper shade than I would have thought bulbs would be likely to bloom in, although it was not blooming *well* there. The bulbs are pretty cheap in the Fall, you could try $5 worth and either it makes it or it doesn't

Pat

 

[aussieheelr]

If you don't think you'll remember (or history of not remembering) do what I do... If you have a cell phone (I'd hate to assume) set an alarm/opointment next fall Say the first Saturday in September with a note about it. I have to do this for opointments that i schedule over a week in advance, there are just too many things going on to remember everything in our house. (we do need to work on that )

 

[henrietta23]

Oo good thinking. I think I can do that with my work calendar on our email system too. :happy_flower

 

[henrietta23]

We went hiking on a newer trail near our house. It used to be a private property and someone once gardened there. I found this!

Sorry, it's not a great shot but I only had my cell phone with me.
Later this afternoon we walked the dogs to the end of the street and discovered a neighbor has a bunch of it growing in a rock garden under some trees. I now know it grows in my area!

 

[patandchickens]

It is hard to tell from the pic but that almost looks more like Chionodoxa than Scilla? (I actually like Chionodoxa quite a lot and the more purply color is WAY easier to work into garden planning than the scary robins-egg turquoise-blue of Scilla)

Pat