Whats Looking Good in February 2014

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  1. Phil A

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    Springs coming :)

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        Could do Kristen, when's the best time to divide snowdrops then? Those in my photo are ones I've moved in the past from other parts of the garden, can't remember what time of year I moved them.
         
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        I've always lifted and divided any spring flowering bulbs just after the flowers have gone over and then replanted where desired :)
         
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          As @Bilbo675 says "in the green" is fine. I find that works best as you can see where the other clumps are and just split up and replant "nearby" to fill in gaps, and that will make them bulk up faster (than if they were left in a single clump). I tend to put 3 or 4 around the hole that my bulb planter makes. In-the-green also enables you to plant to "same depth" using the blanched part of the stem as a guide (although "correct depth" for the type of might be a better guide!)
           
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            We have large clumps of the normal hellebores (50 or more to a clump) but the doubles are very slow to increase in number.

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            Sorry, didn't realise this last one was out of focus - or that my boot was in the picture :doh:
             
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              Croci are popping up everywhere now

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              Iris reticulate. No sign yet of the purple ones but the blues have come out to play

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              One of my favourite, and rewarding, spring flowers is Pulmonaria. It continues to flower from Feb to June, needs no special treatment or feeding and they seem to last for ever (ours have been there for at least 40 years). One of our beds (30ft x 3ft) is fairly solid with them but they allow other plants to come up through them.

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                Last April we cut one of our laurel hedges back quite a lot

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                It's now recovering quite well

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                I've just noticed something interesting. In the last photo (just taken) the irises (they grow all along by the footpath) are showing quite well, whereas in the view taken last April they haven't even shown their heads!

                The mild winter has made a big difference.
                 
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                  Iris danfordiae needs moving - this is as open as the blooms ever got......................
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                  The name of this is on the tip of my tongue.....................
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                  And the last remaining Bergenia..................
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                    Pic 2...Pieris:dbgrtmb:
                     
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                      Interesting. My Purples are out, but no sign, yet, of the Blues!
                       
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                        @shiney Are you on Acid soil then?
                         
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                          @Kristen I'm on heavy yellow clay with normal garden compost on it - but nothing put on that bed for at least 15 years. Does the acidity of the soil make a difference to the colour of iris reticulata?
                           
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                            :) Early colour in the front border..
                            Pansy and wallflowers
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                              Dunno the answer to that, but my perception is that there are very few things that are pH colour dependent - Hydrangeas is "about it"??

                              I was thinking about your Pieris - I didn't think they would grow in Neutral, let alone Alkaline? But I don't remember seening Rhododendrons / Azaleas / Camellias in gardens around you, so had presumed you were Alkaline, or maybe Neutral?
                               
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