What Jobs Are We Doing in the Garden Today... MK3.. 2013

Yay mum good stuff and piccies too! so time to reward yourself with a chillou t on gc jenny

 

Nice one Mum.......ahem.....and Mr Mum cracking Job

 

*Ahem* ... I did the work ... Mr Mum ... did as he was told!

 

Thank you, Rusty ; I do hope so!

It is as south facing as my garden gets and it can be really, really dry in the summer time (hence the choice of plants) I think I may pop out and get some pansies, or something, just to give it a bit of colour now.

 

Where you going to get Pansys from at this time of night Mum?

 

Hi are perennials alright to plant with this cold weather? I brought a few from morrisons and other places but they are in the conservatory atm. I just expected them to die if planted out

 

Hi thanks.If the weather does not pick up soon, I'll have a flowering garden in the conservatory Started off quite a few summer bulbs to give them a head start, and they have done very well atm. The plan is to plant them out at Easter because some of them are getting rather big now

 

Keep them in a cool, protected spot for the time being. I've bought a few Morrison's plants recently (great value!) and it is clear that they are greenhouse stock. This, to my beginners mind, suggests that they still need a bit of protection.

I'm "lucky" that I live in the SE, so I do have a slightly milder climate than many: but, this season has been unusually unpredictable and definately colder than more recent years, which suggests a later planting out time to usual.

The only plants I have put out into beds are plants that have sat in pots, outside, during the worst of this Autumn/Winter weather - and that was yesterday! Simply because I think, where they have been planted (south facing, against a house wall with a radiator behind that wall!) will be even better than where they have overwintered. The Morrison clematis bought a couple of weeks ago and planted into pots - well, it's snowed since then and one of them I have drummed the death toll on, despite covering it immediately with some of my dog's undercoat :(

Just sharing my experience/location.

 

Thanks for the advice.I only have a conservatory but it can get warm if we get the occasional sunny day, hence the good growth.The only other place is a dark garage with no windows.We are going to try and convert the shed into a potting shed at Easter so I can pop some of the plants in there.

 

I would put them outside on those nice sunny days ... that will stop them growing "soft" - which you will get if you leave them in the conservatory - and also make them acclimatised to being outside, in readiness for planting out when the soil is a bit warmer.

 

I'd pass on that, FC. You'll no sooner do it then get poor weather and it will all need doing again.