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Post by ladybird on Nov 20, 2016 16:28:48 GMT
I have 3 bulbs of hghly scented giant lilies and I bought some ericaceous compost as I believe they prefere that . I am planting into a stone through about 30" X10" X about10" deep . I was wondering what else I copuld put in there? I have lots of bulbs of daffs tulips and small iris and wonder if the compost would suite them as well? Any ideas and advise will be welcomed
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Post by SueA on Nov 20, 2016 21:53:09 GMT
I don't think lilies are usually that fussy about compost ladybird , I just stick them in pots of multipurpose & they do well but if you've already filled your trough then you should be fine planting your other tulip & iris bulbs in there as well as I plant them out in the garden & our soil is slightly acidic. |
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Post by grindle on Nov 21, 2016 4:39:44 GMT
I agree with Sue ladybird my ground is acidic and all the bulbs you mentioned are easy to grow  |
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Post by ladybird on Nov 21, 2016 11:32:09 GMT
I remember seeing a guy on gardeners world with a garden full of lillies and he recomended ericaceious compost for them . My garden is heavy clay adn any lillies I planted didn`t do very well so hence the different approach. Is there much difference between the ericaceious and the ordinany peat based comp?
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Post by SueA on Nov 22, 2016 8:38:57 GMT
I've had the same problem with planting lilies in the ground here ladybird as we're on clay as well & have really bad drainage & the lily bulbs end up rotting so I usually plant in containers too. The main difference with multipurpose peat based compost is that it contains lime & has a slightly higher ph than ericaceous so it isn't suitable for 'lime-haters', if you look up the particular variety of lilies you've bought it should say whether they need ericaceous compost, lots of them are fine in any type of compost. |
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