Thanks Liri, I have been out to earn some pennies this morning. Isn’t the horizontalis a spreading one, maybe an upright one would be better? Personally, I wouldn’t have anything growing too large there,
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
thank you so much for your lovely comments about my garden. I always think I have such a huge way to go and am not even remotely finished (gardens never are I don’t think!!)
i have spent yesterday and today in this outstanding weather to remove the Leylandii conifers and place my pots where I want them to be this summer!
Pictures below....
AnniD I love your tip about sowing seeds. I have invested in securing second hand seed trays and grit now. I hate plastic and reuse everywhere. Hence using my old plant pots for sowing seed. I have made the mistake of using pure potting compost without grit. Therefore, drainage isn’t what it should be. However, just 6 days since sowing, I have my first couple of seedling heads popping through!! I am soooo impatient! I check them everyday (literally) with my huge beady eyes an inch away from the pot scanning for any green!! 😂😂😂
Liri, thank you for replying to me, it means such a lot. You think my hydrangea is stressed. I am sad to think this too... i planted him last year and honestly thought the leaves changed colour therefore flower colour in conjunction with soil type. (I always want blue, never get blue) never did I think leaf colour in hydrangeas was stress. I will see how his flowering goes this year and will move him in Autumn. (Don’t want to risk him dying due to moving him now while in spring growth spurt). He didn’t lose ALL his leaves during winter but he is situated under dappled shade with two sides (one shed, one high fence) so is very sheltered.
i am going to look into the Coroneaster horizontalis. Thank you.
Hi Lyn hood you wasn’t lots of pennies to spend in your garden!! 😂😂
what would you you recommend using to cover my horrible neighbours fence please? I need everygreen that preferably flowers. I am searching and searching.
Here are this evenings pictures from my work over the last 48 hours. I must say... I prefer my bedder without those two conifers but my oh my were they tough to remove!! I am so glad I followed your advice... thank you.
PH is not necessary (most people is somewhere around slightly acidic to neutral anyway) but it may be important if your soil is very acidic or very alkaline.
From your plants, Leucothoe needs acidic soil, it's a beautiful plant, you will see if it is able to survive or not. I grow it in North Wales (pH somewhere between 5.5 and 6).
Plants for alkaline soils can often tolerate acidic soil but it doesn't work the other way around, ericaceous plants are lime hating.
But anyway, plants don't read guides, sometimes things works where they shouldn't a don't work where they should.
I would say the two biggest gardening secrets are 1st - research plants and 2nd - care for your soil.
Rachelle, as you’re very good at making raised beds, I would like to see a couple with tall bamboos, they will cover that fence and beyond, keeping them in container will stop them spreading all over as bamboo often does.
That corner looks so much better now, it really was the best thing to do.
Pennies earned were not for the garden sadly, just a job that we do for a living 🙂
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
thank you for your info on soil. It looks as though my soil is alkaline and as we are a coal mining area.. this fits with why any avid living plants fail in my garden. Pots and erica soil I must use.
Hi Lyn
i hope you manage to spend a few of your hard earned pennies in your garden. Unfortunately I cannot work. I miss the social and busy of working. I became disabled in December 2010. I succumbed to a rare often fatal condition named Guillian Barre Syndrome. I was in a coma for 17 days on a ventilator and paralysed throughout my whole body. I have a lot of problems now but I survived and had two more children! My varied mobility means I fight to do everything but love my garden, it keep me active and moving the best I can. I am 42 with a wonderful husband who works as a painter & decorator and my 3 children are aged 10,7 and 5! I have asked GW to consider me for Adams help!! I am hoping and praying!! Although I doubt I will be lucky enough!!
Do you know anything regarding Sparaxis bulbs?
i love this plant but I think by planting a week ago outside in pots I may have been too early? the research info is very conflicting. 🤔🤔
Have just found this thread ! You say you're a 'new gardener' ?......Looking at your garden it appears in a better state than some so-called 'knowledgeable' peoples plots .
Not a lot to add to the above comments ; all sound advice here .
One small point though ; keep an eye on the golden conifers in your first set of photos ;(the ones in pots) ; they look like Cupressus macrocarpa 'Goldcrest' .
Well done you.This is my first year growing from seed and it's so rewarding.I've grew all my bedding plants from seed.This forum has been a godsend learnt so much from others experience.Good luck with yours and happy gardening x
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Hi Lyn
thank you so much for your lovely comments about my garden. I always think I have such a huge way to go and am not even remotely finished (gardens never are I don’t think!!)
i have spent yesterday and today in this outstanding weather to remove the Leylandii conifers and place my pots where I want them to be this summer!
Pictures below....
AnniD I love your tip about sowing seeds. I have invested in securing second hand seed trays and grit now. I hate plastic and reuse everywhere. Hence using my old plant pots for sowing seed. I have made the mistake of using pure potting compost without grit. Therefore, drainage isn’t what it should be. However, just 6 days since sowing, I have my first couple of seedling heads popping through!! I am soooo impatient! I check them everyday (literally) with my huge beady eyes an inch away from the pot scanning for any green!! 😂😂😂
Liri, thank you for replying to me, it means such a lot. You think my hydrangea is stressed. I am sad to think this too... i planted him last year and honestly thought the leaves changed colour therefore flower colour in conjunction with soil type. (I always want blue, never get blue) never did I think leaf colour in hydrangeas was stress. I will see how his flowering goes this year and will move him in Autumn. (Don’t want to risk him dying due to moving him now while in spring growth spurt). He didn’t lose ALL his leaves during winter but he is situated under dappled shade with two sides (one shed, one high fence) so is very sheltered.
i am going to look into the Coroneaster horizontalis. Thank you.
Hi Lyn
hood you wasn’t lots of pennies to spend in your garden!! 😂😂
what would you you recommend using to cover my horrible neighbours fence please? I need everygreen that preferably flowers. I am searching and searching.
Here are this evenings pictures from my work over the last 48 hours. I must say... I prefer my bedder without those two conifers but my oh my were they tough to remove!! I am so glad I followed your advice... thank you.
Summer is coming!!
Now, I am settling down and watching GW for a whole hour... bliss!!! With my cuppa, my doggie and a date with Monty!!! 😂😂🥰🥰
Speak very soon hopefully.
if I do not hear from you prior to Sunday
Have a wonderful Easter and don’t eat too much chocolate!! 🥰
That corner looks so much better now, it really was the best thing to do.
Pennies earned were not for the garden sadly, just a job that we do for a living 🙂
thank you for your info on soil. It looks as though my soil is alkaline and as we are a coal mining area.. this fits with why any avid living plants fail in my garden. Pots and erica soil I must use.
Hi Lyn
i hope you manage to spend a few of your hard earned pennies in your garden. Unfortunately I cannot work. I miss the social and busy of working. I became disabled in December 2010. I succumbed to a rare often fatal condition named Guillian Barre Syndrome. I was in a coma for 17 days on a ventilator and paralysed throughout my whole body. I have a lot of problems now but I survived and had two more children! My varied mobility means I fight to do everything but love my garden, it keep me active and moving the best I can. I am 42 with a wonderful husband who works as a painter & decorator and my 3 children are aged 10,7 and 5!
I have asked GW to consider me for Adams help!! I am hoping and praying!! Although I doubt I will be lucky enough!!
Do you know anything regarding Sparaxis bulbs?
i love this plant but I think by planting a week ago outside in pots I may have been too early?
the research info is very conflicting. 🤔🤔
Enjoy this beautiful weather!!
Its glorious!! 🥰🥰🥰