Maybe I will photograph the little shoots on one of my hostas that I have found.
My astilbes should hopefully do well in this wet damp weather too.
Quick question if you guys don't mind? Trying to work out rates of growth of plants as trying to do a bit of design and alteration following recent changes surrounding our garden/home.
Question: In trying to work out roughly how fast plants grow each year, assuming they have perfect conditions, I have taken their ultimate height and divided by duration to ultimate height. Do you think this theory might work? E.g. Viburnum tinus according to RHS grows 1.5m-2.5m in 10-20years so I assume they may grow 15cm each year given perfect conditions. Is this a naive/impractical way of working this out?
Hi all! Hello Emma - not sure if we've "met" before...
Sorry you're finding it hard to sleep, Yvie. Hope things resolve soon for you x
We have rain. Ah well - might have a snooze before getting down to studying the music we're singing tomorrow. Had a productive time in the garden yesterday and the day before though.
Emma, I get the impression that some plants may be a bit like children, in terms of their growth; they may grow upwards faster when young, then just get fatter... for instance, I have a Spiraea arguta shrub which probably took 4 years to reach its current height of 5 feet. In the subsequent 8 years it's put out more shoots from near the base, each shoot eventually getting to 5 feet or so. It's probably reached its maximum height, but is continuing to occupy more garden space. Single-stemmed trees are probably more predictable in their speed of growth though.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
OH's choir's concert was beautifully performed but disappointing turnout from the public. Usually the church is full but it was only just over half full. I hope the performance tonight has a good audience. The orchestra and soloists will need paying. I helped with the tea for the orchestra, as usual. I'm not going tonight, an hour's drive away.
I've been very busy in the veg garden but I'll put it on the gardening thread.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
We have been to a DIY store to fetch some wood so I can carry on with recycling the old kitchen cabinets in the annex, it being too very wet to go out and play. Remind me never to go on a Saturday again! Parking queues, service queues, distracted parents not keeping an eye on runaway kids, learner drivers with trolleys............ We did not stick around to buy new worktops. A week day will do.
Coffee then woodwork for me then.
Emma, I agree with Liri, plants grow at different rates depending on weather, soil, age and then there's always one that's surprisingly fast and another that's surprisingly slow and one or more that will just be perverse. Plant the way you want it to be, allowing room for growth between shrubs as they mature and fill in gaps with perennials and annuals as you see fit then be prepared to play with it as it matures.
Busy - hope the concert has a better turn out tonight. Was there footy or rugby or bad weather last night to keep people home?
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Thank you, maybe I will space the shrubs as I would assume their maximum height/width to be and then fill in with annuals and perennials as suggested. Thank you.
Liriodendron - nice to "meet" you too. Sorry about the choir. Good luck for tonight's performance (Saturday may be a better turn out as happened in our little village performance a few months ago).
Oh dear! I have just lost a day, thought it was Friday when my daughter phoned to ask if I fancied going with her and my dog for a walk on the beach, followed by a coffee and cake. Now who says No to an offer like that.
I have just checked my trays of newly sown seeds and found several are germinating so have taken them out of their polythene bag incubation quarters. I have moved the broad bean plants onto the patio, I think they are probably destined for the compost heap as they are still in tiny plug pots but are in flower. I do not think there are enough insects around for pollination, we shall see.
I have to sow any peas or beans in pots and start them off indoors as my garden is full of a variety of small brown furries which eat any peas and beans sown in the open ground. My cat brings me a regular supply of pressies, mice, field mice, rats, shrews and moles so I have admitted defeat and sow indoors.
Although it has been damp the temperature has definitely risen, at last. Hopefully I will be able to get some jobs done outside over the next few days. There is so much clearing up and preparation waiting for me, it is quite overwhelming. .
Take a deep breath, begin at the beginning and take each job as it comes.
Hi Joyce Goldenlily ... I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to discard the broad beans ... mine started flowering when they were very small one year ... I sow mine direct into the garden in Oct/Nov as we don't have a 'furry' problem, so I left them where they were ... the first flowers didn't produce beans, but the plants continued to grow well and went on to produce a really good crop, so fingers crossed yours will too
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My plants are already around 18 ins tall. Maybe I will plant them out, stake them and keep everything crossed very tightly as well as sow some more beans .
Hi Pat when you pop in, we lived in Black Rock. Neighbours say all plots are being rebuilt to maximise living space. No one wants a garden! I planted so many things😩
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
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My astilbes should hopefully do well in this wet damp weather too.
Quick question if you guys don't mind? Trying to work out rates of growth of plants as trying to do a bit of design and alteration following recent changes surrounding our garden/home.
Question: In trying to work out roughly how fast plants grow each year, assuming they have perfect conditions, I have taken their ultimate height and divided by duration to ultimate height. Do you think this theory might work? E.g. Viburnum tinus according to RHS grows 1.5m-2.5m in 10-20years so I assume they may grow 15cm each year given perfect conditions. Is this a naive/impractical way of working this out?
Sorry you're finding it hard to sleep, Yvie. Hope things resolve soon for you x
We have rain. Ah well - might have a snooze before getting down to studying the music we're singing tomorrow. Had a productive time in the garden yesterday and the day before though.
Emma, I get the impression that some plants may be a bit like children, in terms of their growth; they may grow upwards faster when young, then just get fatter... for instance, I have a Spiraea arguta shrub which probably took 4 years to reach its current height of 5 feet. In the subsequent 8 years it's put out more shoots from near the base, each shoot eventually getting to 5 feet or so. It's probably reached its maximum height, but is continuing to occupy more garden space. Single-stemmed trees are probably more predictable in their speed of growth though.
Hello all.
OH's choir's concert was beautifully performed but disappointing turnout from the public. Usually the church is full but it was only just over half full. I hope the performance tonight has a good audience. The orchestra and soloists will need paying. I helped with the tea for the orchestra, as usual. I'm not going tonight, an hour's drive away.
I've been very busy in the veg garden but I'll put it on the gardening thread.
Coffee then woodwork for me then.
Emma, I agree with Liri, plants grow at different rates depending on weather, soil, age and then there's always one that's surprisingly fast and another that's surprisingly slow and one or more that will just be perverse. Plant the way you want it to be, allowing room for growth between shrubs as they mature and fill in gaps with perennials and annuals as you see fit then be prepared to play with it as it matures.
Busy - hope the concert has a better turn out tonight. Was there footy or rugby or bad weather last night to keep people home?
Oh dear! I have just lost a day, thought it was Friday when my daughter phoned to ask if I fancied going with her and my dog for a walk on the beach, followed by a coffee and cake. Now who says No to an offer like that.
I have just checked my trays of newly sown seeds and found several are germinating so have taken them out of their polythene bag incubation quarters. I have moved the broad bean plants onto the patio, I think they are probably destined for the compost heap as they are still in tiny plug pots but are in flower. I do not think there are enough insects around for pollination, we shall see.
I have to sow any peas or beans in pots and start them off indoors as my garden is full of a variety of small brown furries which eat any peas and beans sown in the open ground. My cat brings me a regular supply of pressies, mice, field mice, rats, shrews and moles so I have admitted defeat and sow indoors.
Although it has been damp the temperature has definitely risen, at last. Hopefully I will be able to get some jobs done outside over the next few days. There is so much clearing up and preparation waiting for me, it is quite overwhelming. .
Take a deep breath, begin at the beginning and take each job as it comes.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Dovefromabove,
My plants are already around 18 ins tall. Maybe I will plant them out, stake them and keep everything crossed very tightly as well as sow some more beans .
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
A A Milne