Same here @Lizzie27, I have a GH, but unfortunately as trees have grown around it it is too much in the shade for my liking so I have this lot at the front, yo-yo ing around, in the sun in the day and under the barn door shelter at night. I am also having to protect from mice/voles, so covering everything up at night too, it is becoming quite a performance morning and night.
We should have had our last frost now according to the weather forecast, but it's gone a bit wet and rainy today so I am leaving them a bit longer. The ones above were not in the best condition when they arrived so I will wait until they have perked up a bit too before putting out.
All good fun.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
I hope so @Busy-Lizzie, it's turned out to be a big space, I just hope I can fill it, I hate to see gaps. And all these little seedlings need to survive yet.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
what are you moving in and out of protection ? Most perennials are perfectly fine in a sheltered position like next to the house /shed etc cold frame, except if they are new plants with soft green grow which have probably been grown in a glasshouse. Gaura are a bit fickle though they don't survive winters here but Achillea and Liatrus are fine outside. can help on the mice problem though.
Yes, it's the mice that are the biggest problem at the moment @Perki, I am wondering if green mesh might help.... It's not the cold I am worried so much, I am watching for frosts though, just hoping the mice won't be brave enough to come up close to the house....
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Managed to do some weeding today in a part of the bed where I had planted gladioli, I hadn't dared touch it for weeks in case I damaged the bulbs but after a couple of warmer days they are finally up. There weren't loads of weeds or any really horrible ones, but the little weedlings certainly have long roots. So nice to see things moving at last though.
It just needs to get warmer still so I can get my (many) seedlings in the flowerbed where they belong. The driveway is looking very untidy with all my layers of protection, polystyrene trays, cardboard, netting and fleece etc. It's so embarrassing, thank goodness we don't have any neighbours.
The existing peonies are doing really well, the last couple of years they had ended up overgrown by the rambling rose I had to take out and had hardly flowered at all, there seems to be plenty of buds this year, so I am hoping for a good show there, fingers crossed.
Anyway, still a long way to go, but definite progress.
Gladioli 'Brown sugar'
Gladioli 'Black Sea'
Peony (Poor thing only had about 3 branches last year)
I will be so glad to get this lot in the ground so I can stop faffing about with them day and night.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
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We should have had our last frost now according to the weather forecast, but it's gone a bit wet and rainy today so I am leaving them a bit longer. The ones above were not in the best condition when they arrived so I will wait until they have perked up a bit too before putting out.
All good fun.
It just needs to get warmer still so I can get my (many) seedlings in the flowerbed where they belong. The driveway is looking very untidy with all my layers of protection, polystyrene trays, cardboard, netting and fleece etc. It's so embarrassing, thank goodness we don't have any neighbours.
The existing peonies are doing really well, the last couple of years they had ended up overgrown by the rambling rose I had to take out and had hardly flowered at all, there seems to be plenty of buds this year, so I am hoping for a good show there, fingers crossed.
Anyway, still a long way to go, but definite progress.
Gladioli 'Brown sugar'
Gladioli 'Black Sea'
Peony (Poor thing only had about 3 branches last year)
I will be so glad to get this lot in the ground so I can stop faffing about with them day and night.