is there any way that I can fix what happened this year?
I planted a back row of Gladiolus and a front row of Freesias, but I had a lot of issues with both.
First, the Gladiolus did grow but only one grew tall enough to sprout a set of flowers. The flowers are just now opening and it's the later half of August. I expected them to sprout earlier. I planted them after the last snowfall, which was in mid-May. A lot of them grew the green blade leafs but only one bothered to sprout a set of flowers.
Second, the Freesias didn't bother growing at all. I don't even have greenery coming out and I watered the area every day. I planted them at the right depth and right spacing, so I'm not sure what I did wrong.
I'd like to do flowers in the backyard next year where the Shasta Daisies are now. I don't mind the Shasta Daisies, but they get a little unruly and I'd have to cage them because they expand so far out. We do have plans to make the backyard into a deck + garden in the next few years, but long after we redo the bathroom and fix the outer walls in the upstairs (it's waaaaay too cold up there for our liking, so we're going to redo them).
So now I'm sitting here with no clue as to what I did and didn't do to my flowers this year. I'm replacing the flower bed with a vegetable bed, so I'm likely not to put flowers out front this year unless they're in hanging baskets.
I planted a back row of Gladiolus and a front row of Freesias, but I had a lot of issues with both.
First, the Gladiolus did grow but only one grew tall enough to sprout a set of flowers. The flowers are just now opening and it's the later half of August. I expected them to sprout earlier. I planted them after the last snowfall, which was in mid-May. A lot of them grew the green blade leafs but only one bothered to sprout a set of flowers.
Second, the Freesias didn't bother growing at all. I don't even have greenery coming out and I watered the area every day. I planted them at the right depth and right spacing, so I'm not sure what I did wrong.
I'd like to do flowers in the backyard next year where the Shasta Daisies are now. I don't mind the Shasta Daisies, but they get a little unruly and I'd have to cage them because they expand so far out. We do have plans to make the backyard into a deck + garden in the next few years, but long after we redo the bathroom and fix the outer walls in the upstairs (it's waaaaay too cold up there for our liking, so we're going to redo them).
So now I'm sitting here with no clue as to what I did and didn't do to my flowers this year. I'm replacing the flower bed with a vegetable bed, so I'm likely not to put flowers out front this year unless they're in hanging baskets.