I received 40 bare root perennials last week. They are for a school where I do volunteer gardening and are not immediately needed, so I spent two...
Okay, the foxgloves and alstromeria are in. The clematis are standing by as it has started raining - oh, we need this rain. Hopefully, all will...
The plants I have primed and ready are: foxgloves, alstromeria, one large, blue lupin, two clematis, a couple of malva and some hardy geraniums....
I had the same sort of things happening with tulips blooming weeks early, many annuals with stunted growth and then other things having a second...
Many thanks for all your replies and I think I will go with the general consensus of opinion, i.e. plant now. Getting the plants in whilst it's...
I like that idea too. I bought rather too many orange tulips, so I think I'll plant the surplus in pots with orange pansies - should look good (I...
I have double-dug two new borders and am feeling quite pleased with myself as it was pretty hard work. The soil is sandy, so I've dug in lots of...
I can tell the basics - daffs, tulips, crocus, lilies etc. but wouldn't have a clue as to what colour or type of daff, tulip etc. they were.
That particular type of mullein (silvery, velvety leaves and yellow flower spike) can reach quite scary, Triffid-like proportions, not like the...
I've got one of those in my garden. I will now go and pull it up because I don't like Evening Primrose - Triffid is right!!
I went to a carboot sale during August and bought 3 orange geums, which were having a second flush of flowers, for £1 each. I thought that was...
I chose my forum name of Tiarella because it's a pretty plant and a pretty name too, so I had to have an avatar of the plant to go with the name.
I think it's appalling the way people are squashed into cramped seating on planes - you wouldn't treat animals like that! As for cheap airlines...
Some much needed rain has fallen over the weekend, but it has also been windy. We've had enough now, thank you, all water barrels full and...
It has rained all day Saturday and Sunday and there's a stiff breeze too. There are a lot of outside events going on at this time of year, so...
It's a bit late for sowing most seed now, although some could be started off in Autumn I guess. I reckon it's always worth giving seeds a go, no...
:wow: I can't grow garlic like that. :pathead:
Lovely pics, Clare, they are inspiring me to make a visit as I don't live too far away. We have visitors arriving who might let me point them in...
Cor, I didn't know that about the copious amounts of water needed either, that explains why mine haven't done as well as expected. I shall treble...
I first saw Annabelle at Wisley one summer and thought she was a gorgeously blowsy beauty. I'd love to have her in my garden, but she does take...
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