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What's wrong with my perennials?

8 years ago
Hi all! So, we just moved in to our new house in Feb and a couple of weeks ago, these flowers starting coming out of the dirt. I was wondering why only two of the flowers are in bloom while the rest look like a pile of grass? What do I need to do to make sure they bloom? Thanks in advance!

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  • 8 years ago

    PS. When the plants start dying back you may use shears to cut out the flower stalk only to tidy up the area. But do not cut the leaves. They produce sugars from sunlight and this sap must retract into the bulb giving it energy for next year's bloom. Later when they are totally dried down to the ground you may yank them sideways and they will break off to tidy up the area. Daffodils are treated the same way.

  • 8 years ago
    Thank you so much for the advice! I will definitely do a little bit more research as I don't know a lot about hyacinth and perennials in general. We are still in the process of clearing our backyard and we are starting to see these perennials come out (without flowers unfortunately). I plan on moving them somewhere else once I have a good idea of where I want everything to be situated. Thanks again!
  • 8 years ago

    You are certainly welcome. I failed to mention that those other plants coming up with the hyacinths appear to have a narrower leaf so sit tight and see what may come up from those. I would suggest planting them out in another area away from that tree. Large trees can take up 250 gallons of water per day so anything growing under them will suffer.

  • 8 years ago
    Thanks, I will definitely wait to see what comes out.
  • 8 years ago

    Take pictures as things come up so that you can remember what you have when they are not blooming.

  • 8 years ago
    Here's some new flowers that came out. Can anyone tell me what they are? Thanks!
  • 8 years ago
    Here's some new flowers that came out. Can anyone tell me what they are? Thanks!
  • PRO
    8 years ago

    I believe that they are Hyacinthoides Hispanica.

    Common name: Spanish Bluebells and Spanish Whitebells


  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I think the white ones are Galanthus, known as snowdrops.

  • 8 years ago

    Not Galanthus, snowdrops. Correctly IDed by angieg1.

  • 8 years ago

    Yes, I see now. angieg1 is indeed correct.

  • 8 years ago

    They're Hyacinthoides for sure. Whether or not they are H. hispanica specifically depends on particular details of their structure - it is not automatic that bluebells of this type seen in gardens are always H. hispanica. Many encountered could instead turn out to be H. x massartiana when checked.

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    So true (as I just leaned from you) Thanks for the information, Embothrium!

    http://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/hyacinthoides_x_massartiana_hybrid_bluebell.htm

  • 8 years ago
    Thanks everyone!
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