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Hyacinthoides non-scripta

7 years ago

I have just spent the last few days planting 1000 H. non-scripta bulbs in a mixed deciduous wood.

Using a dibber, they were planted at a depth of +- 6". Many of them landed right way up, or sideways, but some ended up, upside down. Without digging them out again, there was no way I could correct their orientation.

Question. Are these able to orientate themselves using their contractile roots?

TIA

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  • 7 years ago

    I should think they will. Hyacinthoides × massartiana, which is an aggressive, almost invasive hybrid between non-scripta and hispanica seems to manage to do this quite well. They are pretty rampant in my garden and while digging them out as I encounter them, I always miss a few or turn them over when digging and they come up just fine the next spring.

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