Ashley, has anyone ever asked you for technical and scientific explanations about the annuals you sell there? As long as you know a petunia from a lupin you’re doing fine.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
no, no one has asked me for explanations. i don't know petunia from lupin. i have downloaded the app plntNet, what do i do now to remember what one looks like?
To be honest Ashley, you’ve been asking the exact same questions for just over a year now, I think maybe you’d best just look around in the garden centre at the plants and try the best you can. You can’t seem to learn by any of the suggested methods, maybe it’s something you will never grasp. The difference between a petunia and a lupin is that they are completely opposite to each other, not something you could muddle up. ,
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
That's abit negative. When i do learn a plant from RHS website, my boss in work says it's wrong, for example, on RHS it says Astilbe like shade, so i'll commit that to memory then my boss will say no not around here, it likes sun. So i feel like giving up. I think im better off learning what they look like. I've just been looking at Blood red geranium, the image on the app is different to the image on RHS, its light purple on the app but on RHS it's red.
I know, it’s all very confusing Ashley, the RHS does contradict a lot, I found that out a few years ago, I also think you would be better just memorising the flowers by looks, the ones that you sell that is. With Astillbe, I have the same plant, a white one, in full shade and one in full sun, both lovely big plants, just see if you can memorise what an Astillbe looks like, don’t worry about the other stuff, don’t beat yourself up with trying to remember detail, not many of us on here can do that. I certainly can’t. 🙂 heres my one in full sun all day. P
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Ashley, just tap where is says explorer on the app and then you select the search icon from the top and type in a plant that you are looking for. You will get a picture of the plant as a visual reminder.
You can take photos of plants you want to identify, upload them and it will you what they are.
Ashley, dont take too much notice of your boss, sounds like he is leading you astray. The rhs lists the preferred conditions for each plant. That does not mean they wont grow at all in other conditions, just that they might struggle more, be smaller etc.
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As long as you know a petunia from a lupin you’re doing fine.
You can’t seem to learn by any of the suggested methods, maybe it’s something you will never grasp.
The difference between a petunia and a lupin is that they are completely opposite to each other, not something you could muddle up. ,
With Astillbe, I have the same plant, a white one, in full shade and one in full sun, both lovely big plants, just see if you can memorise what an Astillbe looks like, don’t worry about the other stuff, don’t beat yourself up with trying to remember detail, not many of us on here can do that. I certainly can’t. 🙂
heres my one in full sun all day. P
You can take photos of plants you want to identify, upload them and it will you what they are.
I hope you find it helpful.