Bulbs - What Worked

The tulips! Loved the tulips. Should have put more bulbs in the pot. Replanted them to the left of the hebe. They were "Queen of the Night".

And the onions. Picked them late May by which time they were fat, delicious spring onions. They were "Senshyu Yellow". This October I am planting them in every available space. They were too good.

Alas...

* Hyacinths - fail. Barely made it above the soil. Did I plant them too far down?

* Crocus - fail. Got leaves but no flowers.

* Snake's Head Fritillaria Meleagris - semi-fail. A couple came through but didn't look great.

In other news: the replanted daffs appeared but weren't anything of note. The replanted pansies didn't take. Neither did the propagated clematis, but I think I tried it at totally the wrong time of year.

Propagating (AKA running before I can walk)

I want to grow something to climb up the fence in the back garden. A friend has a lovely clematis and suggested I take a cutting and have a go at propagating. This sounded far beyond my current abilities, and I think it's the wrong time of year, but as I'm tying to learn I thought why the hell not? I followed the instructions here. This photo was taken a week after I planted the cuttings; it's now 3-weeks since and they are looking a bit sorry for themselves - but not dead! I've had the pot covered with a small, clear plastic bag and positioned by the back door which gets the sun.