What are we doing in the garden 2025

The County Durham slugs may be slower off the mark than the Sussex ones. Down here in the balmy south, they don’t really have an “off” season.

 

They've already woken up in my cold greenhouse and have been going for an imperial fritillary (kept inside to give it a fighting chance)!

 

I used to grow some really pretty good crown imperials, nowdays they just disappear, I assume its underground slugs.

 

Today I repotted a small fan palm (Chamaerops humilis). It was in a “faux lead” planter which looked good when I bought it a few years ago but it had started to disintegrate and fall apart, exposing the plant’s roots and the webbing which held the resin together. I think “useless” would have been a better description than “faux” . I managed to find a similar sized planter in the GC this morning, lightweight and the same colour. Luckily the palm was not rootbound so it fitted well. It took me longer to clear up the mess of the broken planter and contents than the repotting. I should have done this before I jet washed my paving two weeks ago .

 

Pricked out some of the polyanthus and Erigeron seedlings.

 

Bought a new rambling rose this morning - The Lady of the Lake® and planted it this afternoon. But first I had to remove a large Hebe to make space at the side of the arch and beneath a large Cotoneaster that I want the rose to grow through. We didn't plant the Hebe and it's never flowered so I didn't feel too bad about digging it out.

 

@LunarSea I have a Lady of The Lake. I think you are really going to love her. I have only had mine for a little more than a year, but I really like her already & she gets better the more she grows. Very disease resistant, has lovely bendy canes that are easy to train and the blooms, while not the most in-your-face each one individually, look beautiful together with the range of tones. The fragrance of the blooms is in my top 2 of the roses I grow.

 

Looks like it will be a nice day today so im going to get out in the garden. Is it too early to plant begonia corns into pots or should I wait until spring has properly sprung. Itching to get things going after along winter.