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[pronker]

Good morning. I used to enjoy snowdrops in the far corner of the yard until the neighbor installed a superduper new sprinkler system which soaks the fence and a bit into my yard's corner. Now the snowdrops give gorgeous green foliage all year round, but no flowers. The advice has always been to 'wait until foliage yellows, and then dig up' for

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[low_delta]

I would guess that you should wait until fall to transplant them, since maybe the foliage will have died off by then, and I that's the general bulb-planting time anyway.

I'm not sure if there's any detrimental effect on next year's flowering, if they're in this condition. If there is, transplant the sooner the better.

[pronker]

Thanks for the swift reply. I am leaning towards doing something now, because the good gardeners that the neighbors are have a gorgeous water-hungry backyard and do not stint on having things like ferns, which in our 100F+ summer climate need nearly 2x daily waterings. The leaves of the snowdrops literally to not have a chance to die off. Would gathering them out of the ground, letting them dry out of the sun and replanting them in the fall sound reasonable? I would so love to see flowers from them once more.

[low_delta]

That would probably be fine. That's how they sell the bulbs, right? I guess it shouldn't matter if they leaves dry up at the right time while they're in the ground, or if the dry up a few months later when you dig them up.

I'm only making assumptions here, as I have no experience with snowdrops, and only limited knowledge of other bulbs.

[pronker]

Okay, thank you!

[pronker]

EAD 032212: The corms were simply too old and never did flower again. Word to the wise, after 4 years or so, get new ones. They were transplanted and given care, but no go.