i just received some 'jade eyes allium' bulbs [[url]http://brecks.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_67379][/url], and i was wondering if it's okay to plant them now? i live in southwestern ontario - it's been around 5-10 degrees celsius during the day, and into the negatives at night.
thanks for the help. :)
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Foxxy, thanks for the tip on using bloodmeal. I would not have known that. With my luck I'd plant 170 and half would get eaten!:(
my favourite is the Allium caeruleum, it's small but such an intense blue.
Yes you can plant right up until November. I add a little blood meal in the hole of any bulbs I planr to deter squirrels etc, Also good for the root system.
There are so many varieites now...they are a great plant in a garden...spray painted looks darn nice...gee for the holidays you could makea great wreath with them too.
here are a couple pics of the ones I had in my garden this year. The close up is christophii. Not the best example, most of them were very round and large. These pics were taken at the end of their season. The other one is a globemaster. From what I've heard they flowers become bigger with each year. This one was about the size of a softball. I hear they can attain a 12" diameter. This plant as well was on its way out. Most of the petals have fallen.
The last pic is the christophii dried and spray painted.
These flowers last very long as cut flowers. I left them in a vase for 3 weeks before I noticed the water was all gone and they still looked good:D. So I washed the stems off (they were a bit dirty from the old water marks and mold) and put them back in. It wasn't until about a month later that I decided to paint them! Excellent dried flower!
I am rather new to gardening. We bought our first house in February so I had the opportunity to start dabbling a little this summer. Our land was previously landscaped (although overgrown) with a huge variety of plants. Allium was one that really stood out for me so I decided to plant...mmmmm...say around 170 bulbs. So far I've planted 40, just hoping the rain passes so I can continue.
Anyhow I digress. Being a novice at this hobby, I've done a bit of research on allium and so far all the nurseries I've spoken to say that Sept to Nov are the time to be planting them. So you are safe as we are pretty much in the same zone. Just follow the package instructions. Alot of them have different depths and spacing. Also, it is not necessary to mulch them for protection.
Currently, I am working with allium 'Globemaster', christophii, azureum, hair, bugaricum, meleagris, neapolitanum and sphaerocephalon. The first two are what I originally found in my garden, and I just fell inlove:D Good luck with them!