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Gunnera

Samantha55Samantha55 Posts: 30
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Hallo Everyone
I have a a bog garden/ wildlife pond with loads of huge Gunnara plants (70 plus) all in flower at the moment. I would like to dig some up and transplant them to my pond. Is it the right time ?
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  • Samantha55Samantha55 Posts: 30
    Anyone near ST21 6PH is quite wellcome to come and dig some up for free. They're talking over!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It sounds like it ... you must have a huge garden ... 70 gunnera must take up a lot of space  :o

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Samantha55Samantha55 Posts: 30
    Two acres! Apparently twenty years ago it was a paradise, in between that a previous owner let it go. We've been here for three years; loads of hard work, bonus of two greenhouses to pot things on and spent a fortune but gradually getting there. I was inspired at a colleague's funeral by the lyrics of a song - "show me a garden that's bursting into life"! I was also given a lovely hanging sign for one of the gates -"Weeds grow here - Pick you own!"
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Lucky you Samanth. I have similar here and in my fourth Summer I'm still finding treasures...like a 12ft wide cicular flower bed. How do you lose something that size?!?!?!
    Personally I would wait till they'd finished flowering...mine are just appearing after our long cold lonely Winter ;) . They weigh a tonne so have some strong arms or a forklift. 
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    would love to see pics of your garden, I have a small Gunnera on a shelf in my pond, bought last year, read in garden mag its not hardy (and we did have a very cold winter) so its in the greenhouse, although I imagine something big MUST be hardy, you see them fround the ponds in the national Trust gardens, dont you, sorry dont know when would be time to move them, just very interested in the sound of your garden, where abouts are you?
  • Samantha55Samantha55 Posts: 30
    Ha ha! I've also discovered dry stone walls, decorative mill stones and buried pets - the cottage was built in 1710! The Gunnera has spread from the bog garden onto the paddock so they are relatively small, best to dig those up?
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    @Samantha55 Have sent you a pm.
  • Samantha55Samantha55 Posts: 30
    I live in North West Staffordshire, near to Eccleshall. I'll take some pictures this evening. I was told Gunneras were tender but these have had no protection. Better get off to work!
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  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Freddies Dad said:
    There are a few Gunners species and varieties each with different hardiness and invasiveness.
    @Freddies Dad Are any of them considered non-invasive?
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