Snowdrops.

[lorna]

My daughter-in-law bought me 4 pots of snowdrops today (in flower). She knows I love them. I thought I would leave them in the pots, maybe even sink them in to a small tub, rather than disturb them. Then I thought when they have finished flowering I could plant them "in the  green" in the garden. Am I doing the right thing please?

[Palustris]

In a word, Yes. Keep them watered and plant out when they have finished. Take care not to dmage the leaves too much. If you wanted to split the pots into smaller numbers then you could wait until the bulbs die down and plant then. It is only drying the bulbs which causes them problems.

[lorna]

Thank you Eric. There are just 4 in each little pot so I won't have to split them. The snowdrops you kindly sent me 3(?) years ago are looking beautiful.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Spring is an ideal time for splitting and moving snowdrops, as you can see exactly what you have. It's best left till after flowering if you don't want to wreck the display. They don't mind at all as long as they're replanted straight off.

[lorna]

Thank you Robert.

[Pesky Wabbit]

How quickly do snowdrops multiply ?

[Digeroo]

In leaves under trees they multipy very quickly.  If they are unhappy they tend to die out rather than multiplying. 

[Palustris]

It also depends on the sppecies and form. some of the rarer species are very slow to multiply as asome of the forms of G. nivalis, hence the £40 per bulb price tag on some of them.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Ordinary snowdrops tend to multiply pretty fast. G caucasica does as well, but I haven't grown any others.

[Flighty]

These are nestling at the foot of a tree out the back.