I always hated them until this garden where I have the space to have a "hot" bed and plan to liberally sprinkle it with them. My approach is always to buy small (and cheap) and grow on/propagate/self-seed. I got a little one at the end of last year and had two pokers on it this year - hoping it will flesh out next year.
I bought a tired pack of bulbs very cheaply in B&Q its taken ages to get to the point where the nematodes have got rid of enough slugs to allow them to grow.
I like them, I find them easy to grow just keep the slugs off the new shoots. Easy to grow from seed as well, I grown Flamenco from seed but got no where to plant them . I would buy a named variety much nicer plants and you know what your getting.
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They're not too slow from seed and that's OK for the species. If you want one of the cultivars it will have to be buy and divide.
I don't like them much either. I had one called 'Shining Sceptre' but it only lived up to its name for a few days before looking nothing much.
I have one called 'Toffee Nose' which is as near to subtle as they get, I quite like it and haven't dumped it yet but probably wouldn't buy it again
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I like them but sadly they don't thrive for me.
I always hated them until this garden where I have the space to have a "hot" bed and plan to liberally sprinkle it with them. My approach is always to buy small (and cheap) and grow on/propagate/self-seed. I got a little one at the end of last year and had two pokers on it this year - hoping it will flesh out next year.
Good luck with yours.
I bought a tired pack of bulbs very cheaply in B&Q its taken ages to get to the point where the nematodes have got rid of enough slugs to allow them to grow.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
I like them, I find them easy to grow just keep the slugs off the new shoots. Easy to grow from seed as well, I grown Flamenco from seed but got no where to plant them
. I would buy a named variety much nicer plants and you know what your getting.