Rich Garden project : )

Thank you shiney. I will remove them all this weekend. I have strawberries already so will remove the 3rd in case its not anyway.

Thanks

 

Radishes coming along

Geraniums ( I think) coming into bloom


Magnolia tree still blooming


Orange and cherry tree doing well and my tomatoes and strawberries

 

Snap dragons coming into bloom


Something seems wrong with this plant has rusty leaves


These two are doing well

 

In the front garden.
Clematis but im not sue what one if someone could identify that would be great.



And a phlox that is growing well but no sign of much else


Buds starting to form on the fushias

 

Your plants look good Rich garden! On your post number #63 second picture.....the little purple and white flowers are Viola's. The white flower looks as if it could be a Pelargonium, the correct name for what is called a Geranium.

This is a Geranium



The plant you say has rusty leaves is exactly that, it's a fungal rust. If there aren't to many leaves affected you can pick them off and destroy them or put them in your waste bin, don't compost them as it could spread the disease. It can be treated either organically or with a prepared fungal spray that is available in garden centres.

 

Hi sheal

Thank you for your reply. I know the voilas but thats where my garden knowledge stops!

The leaves on my white flower look different too the picture you posted. Heres one not in bloom



Is it still a Pelargonium?
Thank you about my rusty plant I will have to buy some on the weekend.

 

Hi Rich, Yes it is a Pelargonium. Not usually frost hardy, but I have some that were put into containers for last year, and they have survived outdoors in the mild winter, and have burst into growth again.

You garden is looking really nice, well done.

 

Thanks for the tip shiney. I did think it had grown rather large in such a short space of time and that it might need more room. To be honest im thinking about changing it all around a bit and swapping some plants from the back to the front garden......can you move anything in autumn??

 

Most plants are better moved during their dormant period, when they've dropped their leaves for winter, these are deciduous. The Laurel you have will remain evergreen and like other plants will also go through a time of rest over the winter. However, shrubs and perennial plants can be moved at any time of year if really necessary providing they are not in flower as the flowers will die. Any plants that have not yet flowered will probably not do so until the following year and new growing season. On moving give them a feed with something like blood, fish and bone in the planting hole and make sure they don't dry out until they have re-established themselves. There are some plants like Paeonies that don't like root disturbance and could take up to three years to bloom again.

 

Your Rhododendron and Azalea should be fed with an ericaceous feed rather than a general purpose one. I feed mine with a granular feed in March (Miracle Gro Rhododendron food), which is all the feeding they need. It comes in liquid form as well

Alternatively you could use a seaweed fertiliser with sequestered iron (which I give mine a dilute dose of a couple of times a year). Vitax and Maxicrop both do one.

Hope this helps

 

Sorry, not had a change to read this thread until now ... so a bit late with my thoughts, sorry about that!!

Do other people nearby have Rhododendrons and Azaleas growing in their gardens? If not take them out and grow them in containers (using only Ericaceous potting compost) - otherwise you will be disappointed, and I don't suppose they were cheap :(

If you get tempted in the garden centre in future (and who doesn't? ) wander over to their Gardening Books section and look the plant up to see if it needs Ericaceous soil. Put it back if it does (you can grow it in a container, sort of, but you'd be better off developing your garden without a bunch of things in containers than want to die through lack of water when you go away for the weekend, and so on).

Yes. It needs a bit more room behind, otherwise it will grow leaning away from the fence and then become front-heavy and probably break off - just when it gets to a nice size, is covered with flower, looks gorgeous and has 10 years growth invested in it!

Susan is slow growing and will not get to more than 4' or 6' over 10 or more years, so I think just moving it forward should be fine.

Yeah - but only because that variety does get big.

That apart, for anything you have only planted in the last month or so I doubt it will have made much in the way of new roots, so if it was me I would move them now. I'd put some nice potting compost (Multipurpose will do) around the rootball, where any new roots are that you will have dug up, so that they can get re-established easily. However, this will mean that the plant will not be anchored well, so you might want to push a stick through it so it doesn't rock in the wind. By Autumn it will have sorted itself out. It doesn't need a proper stake (like a tree would have), just something to keep it in place for the next 3 or 4 months.