Bulb planting confusion

Suzie Bright

Hello. Looking for opinions please. I have a bed with daffs already planted. I’ve just bought some purple sensation allium bulbs and want to plant in the same bed. Do I need to dig up the daff bulbs and move to front of boarder and plant the alliums at the back? Or can I just put them in on top randomly? Thanks!

Fairygirl

Stick them in randomly

However - it depends on the daffs. They're all different in size, so the bulbs may be buried at the same depth, and you many need to accept some will get spliced by the spade. 
Not all daffs like the drier conditions alliums generally like either. 

Bee witched

 Hi @Suzie Bright,

If you don't want to risk damaging your daffs .... you could pot up the alliums individually  .... depends how many you've got 

Then, when the daffs are beginning to poke through in the Spring, you can pop the alliums in.

I did this when I wanted to add more alliums to an existing patch, and it worked really well.

Bee x

Suzie Bright

Oh good idea! I’ll defo do that! Thanks so much!