i'm having a hard time translating this...i need to learn more words about gardening ...but in my book they say that they like fresh and drained soil and that t. aquilegifolium can tolerate dry soil
My Belgian garden was deep, fertile alkaline loam over a clay sub soil and it was planted about 10 metres away from our house on the north side so that bed never got any sun for at least 4 months over winter and there was always lots of rain.
In this garden it's on the north side of an old ruined farmhouse and I've had to dig out lots of large stones to clear a bed into which I worked manure and compost so it's now a neutral loam. It gets lots of light, sun for a couple of hours in the morning be@"alix.doare" the equinoxes and late afternoon sun from June to July. We do get heatwaves and drought so I water it as there's also a big clematis, a hydrangea paniculata, assorted perennials and a buddleia Masquerade all following a theme of purple and cream.
@alix.doare I can help with French terms into English as my French is adequate and so can @Papi Jo who is French with excellent English. He's originally from the Vendée but now lives in Brittany.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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@Fire we have Thalictrum Splendide White in a fairly sunny, dry bed and it seems to be coping fine. Maybe not growing as quickly as those in a shadier, damper soil (but also different variety) but seems to be ok. The area they are in is dry as it’s next to a very old large apple tree.
If you really like something I always think it’s worth having a go (cost allowing) as long as you accept it might not work.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
The one I have here is aquilegifolium I think. It certainly has very aquilegia like leaves and then taller stems with masses of tiny purple flowers with frothy creamy centres. Gorgeous.
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In this garden it's on the north side of an old ruined farmhouse and I've had to dig out lots of large stones to clear a bed into which I worked manure and compost so it's now a neutral loam. It gets lots of light, sun for a couple of hours in the morning be@"alix.doare" the equinoxes and late afternoon sun from June to July. We do get heatwaves and drought so I water it as there's also a big clematis, a hydrangea paniculata, assorted perennials and a buddleia Masquerade all following a theme of purple and cream.
@alix.doare I can help with French terms into English as my French is adequate and so can @Papi Jo who is French with excellent English. He's originally from the Vendée but now lives in Brittany.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If you really like something I always think it’s worth having a go (cost allowing) as long as you accept it might not work.
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham