SUMMER BASKETS AND WINDOW BOXES - "BITS AND BOBS" - 2015

I'd love to have a browse please Spruce but I cannot find it. Can you add a link ?
ta,
Jenny

 

@Jenny namaste
Jen click on my bee photo and you will see photos and click on that

 

Spruce, your baskets are fantastic , you also have lots of gorgeous plants, I shall very much look forward to seeing more photos of your garden this year.

 

Spruce, they are fantastic! What and how many plants are in the basket out the front of your house? Presumably you can just buy trailing ivy from a garden centre?

 

its trailing nepeta variegated not ivy

I am having my tea in 10 mins, later I will give you more info


thank you

Spruce

 

very kind of you , yes quite a collection OCD

thanks

 

do you mean this one ? only 5 begonia "crackling fire series" , and 3 nepeta thats all

 

Yup, that the one. Beautiful. Did you grow from corms or plugs?

 

Are the nepeta in side holes and the begonia in the top?

 

Spruce, I purchased 24 of these plugs last night after seeing your beauties as I had a £10 voucher...... any thoughts on quantity of plugs were 14" basket?

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-plants/begonia-plants/begonia-starshine-mixed/t57169TM

 

plugs

 

Hi

I dont side plant anymore as when the top lot grow it smothers them , I grow the nepeta on the top close to the edge and as it grows I pin it down into the compost and it roots so FEW CAN GO ALONG WAY

 

They look great , I would still go with 5 but the only thing I would point out the red colours last longer than the the yellow/orange or white , what you could do is plant in small pots and grow on as they flower very quickly , I normally nip them off so they put energy into growing shoots
Plus you could decide which colour to plant , dont over water them and only water in the morning as you dont want them having soggy bottoms at night times when about 3 inches high nip the growing tip out and they will start to produce side shoots and the more shoots you have the more flowers , they tend to do nothing for a week or two and may drop a leaf or two but dont worry just remove the old leaves on the compost to keep them growing in clean conditions