@Fran IOM, they are "bought in" seeds (some from the seeds swap thread). I just don't have the space to let them self seed, so l pull them out and replace them with other plants over the Summer, then plant new ones late Autumn depending on where the spaces are ! The leaves are quite easy to spot, quite large and furry @Valley Gardener l will be interested to know if your hosta does regrow !
Love the hedgehogs @AnniD and your captions make them really funny. I am not trying to outdo you because your sweet peas are nicer than mine, but I just came in from picking some and stuck them in a tumbler so I thought I would post them:
Glad you had a lovely day replacing Tatton and I love the mugs..
what is it with Volcano @Valley Gardener ? It's such a fuss pot, but I like your Daniel Deronda.
I thought they were coming to your allotment in GW @Fran IOM and I am sure it would outdo the one they showed. Like you I would just buy the stuff😀.
@Purplerain, your sweet peas are very pretty ! The perfume is really strong from mine. I would have liked some white ones as well, but l really appreciate the gift of the plants. They are just starting to get a touch of mildew in spite of my best efforts, so l don't know how much longer they will keep going.
Aren't they lovely when first picked @Purplerain? I do love the purples. I didn't grow them this year,but next door is passing posies over the fence. Just given Volcano a seaweed feed,and drenched it......following the advice given. It's about a skinny 3ft tall,spindly as hell,and not a bud in sight!😕
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@AnniD. That link was really good thanks. Have subscribed to their emails. Just about everything I needed to know on there. Will have another look at Dobies website. Glad you enjoyed your outing. I take it the journey back took more than an hour? I would definitely have had room for some cake. OH didn't break the bank then. @Valley Gardener The chairs went through the till at £3 so the chap didn't make a mistake. She had to tell me the price (not something you would normally do with a pressie) as they were such a bargain. I have bramble at the top of parts of the stone wall but it hangs outside so doesn't really bother me. Can't believe your hostas are finished already. I only have two but when they are finished I just cut the flower off at the head as advised by Hostafan and the stalks remain so I know exactly where they are. You mentioned frogs in the plural. How many have you got now? Last time you only had the one. Lovely photo. I was able to enlarge it so could look at all the plants and is that son or OH in the background? My clematis isn't as posh as yours. @Purplerain After seeing all the lovely sweet peas I must have a go next year. Maybe it was just as well they weren't visiting my allotment as I wouldn't be able to tell them the names of the plants.
@Fran IOM That's son,he's loving sitting out in the last rays! Well there are a couple of frogs that we've seen on the surface rocks,but still a few tads?? Not developing very quickly. I found this Hosta info on pinterest,but now can't find it! Hope I didn't dream it!😊
It said to cut the flower stalks as far down as you can,but if your leaves have seen better days , to cut the lot down to ground level. It said all the strength would go into the stems and the leaves would yellow and suffer. Found some big snails at the base. The Neem Oil just didn't do it Im afraid. Tempted to use pellets,but can't because of frogs. Did your chairs have bars across where they touch the ground,or four legs? I'm looking for some that won't dig into the gravel and pierce the membrane.
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Hi @Valley Gardener. The chairs have four legs so possibly would dig into the gravel. They had cardboard packed around the legs etc. so all that work for £3! Is it a bit late for tadpoles at this time? Thought they would all be frogs by now. I often wonder if I have dreamt something if I can't remember where or how I found it. I am sure you will eventually come across it. Can you look at your history? All I have in winter when my hosta has disappeared are two stems of the flower and they stay there until the leaves begin to show next year. Wonder if there is anything else you can use to keep the snails away. At least my heucheras stay for the winter otherwise there would be a lot of empty spaces!
Good Afternoon all. Do hope you are having better weather that what we have here. Nothing but rain and when you think it has stopped it starts again. Have just been to the allotment to fill the bird feeders and obviously not suitable to do any work. The rain certainly doesn't deter the birds and the ground feeders were happy as no cats around in the rain. Haven't finished cutting the edges of the grass area yet. It is so much harder when it is against a hard edge rather than the edge of a lawn going into a flower bed. Did order a Hydrangea but it was rather expensive so I hope it is up to the mark when it arrives. @Valley Gardener Did you eventually find that information about Hostas? They had reduced their plants locally so I bought a semi trailing begonia and put it in one of the plastic style hanging baskets. The original pansies were well on their way out. The shrub I was going to get rid of has suddenly started to grow and the rhododendron which I thought was finished has started new growth. Did think I would have quite a space to fill. Don't know whether to leave my foxgloves in the ground or bin them and get new next year. Hope you all are having a good day and maybe better weather than here.
Afternoon all @Fran IOM re foxgloves, l always pull mine out and start with new plants as l'm pushed for space and can't justify leaving them in the ground, so l start with seed from scratch. It also means l can experiment with different colours, but l always have some white ones. It's funny how plants always seem to know when you're planning to get rid of them and decide they'd better get their act together! It's very dark and humid here, we have had some heavy rain which is very welcome as the ground has started to crack in places. Not looking forward to a possible 31 degrees next week. We have friends coming in about 5 weeks time, so l am deadheading etc. so that hopefully there will be something for them to look at ! If it stays really dry l will just water the newly planted stuff and anything that is really suffering. All the pots etc. will be hidden behind the greenhouse ! Out of sight, out of mind.....😁
@Fran IOM. Never found that particular advice,but been inundated with other Hosta info on Pinterest, Having the same weather,it's not stopped all day,just gets harder now and then.As you say the birds are still coming in flocks,it doesn't bother them. I think I'm going to need some infill as well, stuff seems to be going over quickly this summer. My red Coreopsis just started to flower,I hope they will be left standing and not bent with rain. Do foxgloves stand up to much rain Anni? Or do they need support rings?
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@Valley Gardener l will be interested to know if your hosta does regrow !
what is it with Volcano @Valley Gardener ? It's such a fuss pot, but I like your Daniel Deronda.
I thought they were coming to your allotment in GW @Fran IOM and I am sure it would outdo the one they showed. Like you I would just buy the stuff😀.
Have a good evening all.
I would have liked some white ones as well, but l really appreciate the gift of the plants. They are just starting to get a touch of mildew in spite of my best efforts, so l don't know how much longer they will keep going.
Just given Volcano a seaweed feed,and drenched it......following the advice given. It's about a skinny 3ft tall,spindly as hell,and not a bud in sight!😕
@Valley Gardener The chairs went through the till at £3 so the chap didn't make a mistake. She had to tell me the price (not something you would normally do with a pressie) as they were such a bargain. I have bramble at the top of parts of the stone wall but it hangs outside so doesn't really bother me. Can't believe your hostas are finished already. I only have two but when they are finished I just cut the flower off at the head as advised by Hostafan and the stalks remain so I know exactly where they are. You mentioned frogs in the plural. How many have you got now? Last time you only had the one. Lovely photo. I was able to enlarge it so could look at all the plants and is that son or OH in the background? My clematis isn't as posh as yours.
@Purplerain After seeing all the lovely sweet peas I must have a go next year. Maybe it was just as well they weren't visiting my allotment as I wouldn't be able to tell them the names of the plants.
I found this Hosta info on pinterest,but now can't find it! Hope I didn't dream it!😊
It said to cut the flower stalks as far down as you can,but if your leaves have seen better days , to cut the lot down to ground level. It said all the strength would go into the stems and the leaves would yellow and suffer. Found some big snails at the base. The Neem Oil just didn't do it Im afraid. Tempted to use pellets,but can't because of frogs.
Did your chairs have bars across where they touch the ground,or four legs? I'm looking for some that won't dig into the gravel and pierce the membrane.
Is it a bit late for tadpoles at this time? Thought they would all be frogs by now. I often wonder if I have dreamt something if I can't remember where or how I found it. I am sure you will eventually come across it. Can you look at your history?
All I have in winter when my hosta has disappeared are two stems of the flower and they stay there until the leaves begin to show next year. Wonder if there is anything else you can use to keep the snails away. At least my heucheras stay for the winter otherwise there would be a lot of empty spaces!
Do hope you are having better weather that what we have here. Nothing but rain and when you think it has stopped it starts again. Have just been to the allotment to fill the bird feeders and obviously not suitable to do any work. The rain certainly doesn't deter the birds and the ground feeders were happy as no cats around in the rain. Haven't finished cutting the edges of the grass area yet. It is so much harder when it is against a hard edge rather than the edge of a lawn going into a flower bed.
Did order a Hydrangea but it was rather expensive so I hope it is up to the mark when it arrives.
@Valley Gardener Did you eventually find that information about Hostas?
They had reduced their plants locally so I bought a semi trailing begonia and put it in one of the plastic style hanging baskets. The original pansies were well on their way out.
The shrub I was going to get rid of has suddenly started to grow and the rhododendron which I thought was finished has started new growth. Did think I would have quite a space to fill. Don't know whether to leave my foxgloves in the ground or bin them and get new next year.
Hope you all are having a good day and maybe better weather than here.
@Fran IOM re foxgloves, l always pull mine out and start with new plants as l'm pushed for space and can't justify leaving them in the ground, so l start with seed from scratch. It also means l can experiment with different colours, but l always have some white ones.
It's funny how plants always seem to know when you're planning to get rid of them and decide they'd better get their act together!
It's very dark and humid here, we have had some heavy rain which is very welcome as the ground has started to crack in places. Not looking forward to a possible 31 degrees next week.
We have friends coming in about 5 weeks time, so l am deadheading etc. so that hopefully there will be something for them to look at ! If it stays really dry l will just water the newly planted stuff and anything that is really suffering. All the pots etc. will be hidden behind the greenhouse !
Out of sight, out of mind.....😁
Having the same weather,it's not stopped all day,just gets harder now and then.As you say the birds are still coming in flocks,it doesn't bother them.
I think I'm going to need some infill as well, stuff seems to be going over quickly this summer.
My red Coreopsis just started to flower,I hope they will be left standing and not bent with rain. Do foxgloves stand up to much rain Anni? Or do they need support rings?