SNOWDROPS

Last winter I bought a pot of snowdrops as a present and never got to give it to the person. There wasn't a sign of anything at first (which would have been best because I was travelling and didn't want them to get broken.)  After a while there were green shoots, but then nothing - no further growth, no flowers, leaves died and I put the pot on the verandah and forgot about it.

A few weeks back, I decided not to be such a slob, so I emptied the pot to wash it.  There are a lot of what appear to be nice, fat, white bulbs in the pot.  As the compost was bound by roots, I just put the whole lot back in the pot, meaning to plant the bulbs later.

The question (at last, I hear you cry!) is how do I go about it?  I can put them in a shaded place at the plot with chicken manure etc - but when?  And should I grow them in the pot first or what?

All advice gratefully received!

Apologies for not getting back earlier - and thank you for the replies.

Think I'll put them in a larger pot for now till they start to shoot and maybe plant them out a bit later.  Presume it's a bit early to start them off now?

If you do repot  them I suggest you wait until they have flowered in late winter & then plant them in your preferred position & then plant them out as they are generally best if planted (& sold) ‘in the green’ which is exactly that