I feel very lucky to garden on a slope, the only boggy bit I've got is where a natural spring seeps out at the bottom, so I've turned that into a boggy bed.
my husband keeps telling me how its going to be dry next week - I think he's fed up of me moaning about the garden! I don't believe him so we'll have to see what happens! In the meantime I am still hunting for a large Rodgersia in the hope my soil isn't that bad [praying emoji]
It's rained persistently today and I broken the golden rule and walked on drowned lawn Then I needed to convey some bags over manure from the car via wheelbarrow. Put a few boards down on the lawn to take the load but shouldn't have bothered Yep, this rain is getting me down but we gardeners are always positive. But just 3 days with a few rays of sun would make the world of a difference
Rodgersias - the one we got, and which keeled over, was R. podophylla 'Braunlaub'.
It's in a deep 2L pot at the moment and there are hints of growth, a couple of greenish shoots, unfortunately somewhat chewed (slugs, snails, I guess) to stumps.
According to the RHS, R. podophylla can handle poorly-drained soils. Maybe our plant was too small with not a big enough root ball, or maybe our soil is too wet.
wow mother goose - they are great! thanks DampGM, will keep looking. worrying about my new heading plants today - bowing in the wind in that clay soil! Crikey gardening can be stressful!
One plant which is doing well in the waterlogged soil by our stream is Ajuga reptans. There's even a plant growing on an island in the stream. Lest this sounds like we own a stately home or something, I should point out that the island is about one foot by two foot! It goes under after heavy rain, but still the bugle seems to survive. I'm going to plant more to help stabilise the banks.
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Then I needed to convey some bags over manure from the car via wheelbarrow. Put a few boards down on the lawn to take the load but shouldn't have bothered
Yep, this rain is getting me down but we gardeners are always positive. But just 3 days with a few rays of sun would make the world of a difference
It's in a deep 2L pot at the moment and there are hints of growth, a couple of greenish shoots, unfortunately somewhat chewed (slugs, snails, I guess) to stumps.
According to the RHS, R. podophylla can handle poorly-drained soils. Maybe our plant was too small with not a big enough root ball, or maybe our soil is too wet.