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@Linz have you got the room mate for this lot

 

I was in QD today and picked up some summer flowering bulbs. They are still in the car so I can't take any photos just yet. The last 2 nights have been freezing and I'm busy tomorrow so they might have to wait until the weekend to go in.

G.

 

Hi @Jack Sparrow they said on the news last night that the weather is now picking up and come the weekend we're in to double figures...this i have to see mate

 

I want to add some colour to the ground either side of the summer house steps. The area is pretty small (30"×12" approx). Hopefully there will be enough room for a nice display. I've put them in the shed for now. That's a half way house between indoors and out. They should be hard enough then to plant out I a couple of days.

G.

 

Keep those begonias indoors for a few weeks yet......plant in pots or trays now

 

@Jack Sparrow I have just chitted my scented begonias... planted them pressed down firmly in compost in hanging baskets and have kept them on a window sill indoors (frost free as they are not frost proof) I had never grown them before two years ago but fell in love with a scented begonia called Angelique a BEEutiful cascading plant ....who smells DELicious ..and is pollinator friendly....This is good and quick info video here if you have never grown them before....hope it helps

 

OH has just brought me in a lovely Rhipsalidopsis from Lidl ...only £1.99. Let's hope it proves to be cat proof!

 

That's a nice plant @Fern4 and i hope the cats don't destroy it

 

Got a lovely Taraxacum Officinale in the garden. It flowers throughout the winter as well as in the summer time. Superb yellow flowers and nice foliage. Very under rated evergreen

 

Dandelions @Verdun ....i could have kicked myself the other day when we went to the same garden centres...the amount of different grasses displayed was beautiful and the comment i got of hubby was...i told you to wait longer

 

Ha ha Gail, ok! Another grass I am fond of is deschampsia. There are different varieties but cespitosa is my favourite. It makes a metre high billowing, swaying mass of whitish flowers all summer. Perfectly hardy and extremely tactile

Check out imperata red baron too.......maroon red foliage from early summer. Great for making ribbons meandering through the garden

 

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Heads up to everyone, if you are a member of the 'gardening club' at Wyevale there should be a £5.00 voucher in your email inbox. I wouldn't normally shop there because it's over-priced in comparison to other GCs and nurseries (literally 2 or 3x) but if it's free why not hazard a look

 

Can an airing cupboard be use as a propagator?

G.