Necessary info about Planting Daffodils and Anemones

The area beneath deciduous trees and shrubs which is the eye will usually look bare in midwinter, but then the color will begin to appear. When moisture and light reach the soil a whole array of plant associations is possible. Late winter and spring flowering bulbs, corms and tubers can take advantage of the sparse canopy above to flower and complete their lifecycles before the leaves that exclude moisture and sunlight.

Similar to snowdrop, spring snowflake has rounder flowers with six equal petals. Snowdrops have three long and three short petals. They are native to France, central and Eastern Europe and have become naturalized in parts of Britain, where they are easy to grow in shade or semi shade in moist soil. Vernon, a handsome variant with yellow tips at the ends of the petals, is native to Romania and Poland. The greener, broader leaves are larger than those of snowdrops and make a happy association with winter aconites.

The first daffodils are in flower at this time of year. January Gold is one of the earliest, and the golden cupped flowers last for several weeks. It is an excellent choice for planting in borders generally or in the eye beneath a deciduous tree, where later flowering daffodils can continue the spring display. February gold will soon follow, spanning the period between late winter and early spring.

By this time the first flowers of blander are beginning to open in the sunshine to reveal the bluest of daisy like flowers, the dainty petals fluttering in the winter breeze. White varieties are more expensive, but by far the cheapest are mixtures of mauve, pink, blue and white. Anemones make a glorious display on their own, but when they are planted with a few primroses and dainty early daffodils the momentum of the display can be carried forward in the most delightful way.

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