The Romondas flower every year without any problem but the Haberleas are very reluctant to flower, and I think that it is a shortage of moisture in late winter when the flower buds are forming. I do have replacements for both, just in case disaster strikes and the lot turns into a soggy mess, as I expect they will. Everything else that requires shelter can be accommodated in one of the alpine houses, now that my Primula collection has been reduced to a manageable level of 130 plants. The Moraea that took a rest last year have decided that it is time to earn their keep and have all produced long green shoots. They will soon be moved into the alpine house to afford some protection for the winter.
Lets hope they follow on with some nice flowers in the spring.
Friday the 13th is feared by a lot of people as the day when things are likely to go wrong, but for me it had the opposite effect. The first flowers opened on a pot of Galanthus Reginae-olgae, the autumn snowdrop, and also on a pot of Narcissus romieuxii in the bulb frame. The frame lights have been fixed permanently on the bulb frame, as everything has got a good soaking by now and has started to grow. The sun is not strong enough to dry out the pots as they are plunged up to their rims in sand, and excessive wet at this stage would do more harm than good. They will not need any more attention until the spring, apart from an occasional feed of liquid seaweed fertilizer.