It's usually aphids or slugs that got my lupins in the last garden and I haven't tried them here. I've sowed baptisia australis instead hoping it will do better in drought. Similar flowers.
It was worth seeing the Milan high rise forest again but the initial shots of all those tree ferns set off a mega groan about yet another bloody jungle. However, they turned out to be interesting and well chosen for their planting place so well done that man and his gabions. Not something I could try here as even in shade the air is far too dry.
Have to wonder what chappy does with all those dahlias. Just sit and admire and dead head or fill endless vases for his mum and friends?
Love Carol Klein's clarity when describing plants and combos but wasn't convinced by so many purples together. Preferred the popping effect with the VBs and tithonia. Enjoyed the Napa valley potager and tulips.
Looking forward to next week from Adam's garden.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
That why I don't plant Lupins @Chris-P-Bacon, have never forgotten thinking they are lovely, putting my hand on one, and it being covered with earwigs!😱😱😱
Dahlia and Gladiolus they eat to a stump. Everything else they leave alone.
I watched the whole episode yesterday. The young lad in Cumbria is a great presenter and equally talented gardener (despite my dislike of Dahlias). The young blind lass was inspirational and the tree fern thing I liked. Carols piece..hmm, it's a no from me. The Wisteria and Bosco verticale, I skipped, as I did the piece from California. And that Paradise Garden at Longmeadow doesn't get any better does it? (Imho of course). Adam next week, and as much I actually quite like Longmeadow, it should be a refreshing change.
"In Adam Frost’s garden, he gives his tips on lawn repair, grows some unusual vegetables and plants a seasonal container.
Advolly Richmond brings us up to date in her history of lawns by exploring the trend for ever more sophisticated machinery in the quest for the perfect sward for sport and recreation. Frances Tophill travels to Devon, where she meets an enthusiast who grows a variety of vegetables which, once planted, return year after year.
In Essex, we visit a back garden bursting with over 100 different types of clematis, and in Worcestershire, we are given a tour of a national collection of spring-flowering elder. And we share more gardens sent in by our viewers."
Looking forward to seeing Adam's garden again. I think the lawn history piece might be a repeat (I suspect my brain switched off first time around). The elder collection definitely is, but I enjoyed that piece so I'll happily watch it again.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Great episode of GW tonight, loved all of it, very refreshing to be in another garden like Adam's. I love Monty (you know it's Friday night, when you hear his soothing voice, his easy going demeanour and the birds singing in the background, very therapeutic) but it's boring seeing his garden every week, would like to see the programme alternated weekly/monthly between Monty and Adam.
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It was worth seeing the Milan high rise forest again but the initial shots of all those tree ferns set off a mega groan about yet another bloody jungle. However, they turned out to be interesting and well chosen for their planting place so well done that man and his gabions. Not something I could try here as even in shade the air is far too dry.
Have to wonder what chappy does with all those dahlias. Just sit and admire and dead head or fill endless vases for his mum and friends?
Love Carol Klein's clarity when describing plants and combos but wasn't convinced by so many purples together. Preferred the popping effect with the VBs and tithonia. Enjoyed the Napa valley potager and tulips.
Looking forward to next week from Adam's garden.
The young lad in Cumbria is a great presenter and equally talented gardener (despite my dislike of Dahlias). The young blind lass was inspirational and the tree fern thing I liked.
Carols piece..hmm, it's a no from me. The Wisteria and Bosco verticale, I skipped, as I did the piece from California.
And that Paradise Garden at Longmeadow doesn't get any better does it? (Imho of course).
Adam next week, and as much I actually quite like Longmeadow, it should be a refreshing change.
"In Adam Frost’s garden, he gives his tips on lawn repair, grows some unusual vegetables and plants a seasonal container.
Advolly Richmond brings us up to date in her history of lawns by exploring the trend for ever more sophisticated machinery in the quest for the perfect sward for sport and recreation. Frances Tophill travels to Devon, where she meets an enthusiast who grows a variety of vegetables which, once planted, return year after year.
In Essex, we visit a back garden bursting with over 100 different types of clematis, and in Worcestershire, we are given a tour of a national collection of spring-flowering elder. And we share more gardens sent in by our viewers."