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What interesting plants should I grow in pots in my greenhouse

ObsessedPlantswomanObsessedPlantswoman Posts: 69
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I plan to put a small table and chair in there and sit enjoying my plants. I have bought a lemon tree and orange tree, what else would be Appropriate in an unseated greenhouse. Something exotic? What have people here successfully grown?
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  • ObsessedPlantswomanObsessedPlantswoman Posts: 69
    *unheated!
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    I'd be interested to know this too, something non veg / fruit that takes very little looking after and adds an alternative to just looking at my tomato plants.

    Cheers guys.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Well, do you want plants that live inside all year or will they come out in Spring? Will there be room for your seedlings before the weather warms up? Could you introduce emergency heating for a real cold snap?
    I use my greenhouse for tender perennials but there's no room for me! And of course, they all come out in summer.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    edited July 2022
    Posy, does happy grow seeds/seedlings? Where are you, are you in the UK.How big is the green house?  Is there shading?Most green houses are too hot to sit in summer,too cold in winter.  Folk talk about "heated green houses", not realizing what this actually means. Frost free,cold, unheated,heated. I use a tubular electric heater in a bubble wrapped green house in winter,it's where my citrus overwinters,it's "cold", often 5c. What about cacti,there are some with stunning flowers. Come April my citrus are outside,it's way too hot and dry for them in the green house,only peppers in there now. I do grow green house Begonias,the tall ones, now under a shady tree. Even the citrus is now behind the shed, sheltered from the mid day sun.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    I don't know if he has seeds or not. I have a small, unheated greenhouse and a small frost-free one. I use Nixol shading, which you paint on the outside of the glass. Can you grow a vine in a pot? That could provide shading. I think Monty has one and he grows pelargonium and fuchsia in with it. Cacti won't cope with cold and damp. Jasmine would be happy in there. All my plants come out for summer so I'm not sure about all-year planting.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Hi Posy,I have a lot of succulents and cacti,agarve,they all over winter happily in this green house.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    That's great. My OH had cacti in our conservatory and they loved the summer but tended to rot in winter!!!
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    When I was a lad I grew a Gloriosa Rothschildiana in the greenhouse that grew along some strings I'd tied to the apex of the greenhouse. The stunning flowers hanging down looked great in the summer.

    Billericay - Essex

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Scented leaf pelargoniums 
    if I had a cool greenhouse to sit in I’d fill it with these 

    https://www.fibrex.co.uk/collections/pelargoniums/scented-leaved

    love them. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    It is easy to tell that you are a relatively new gardener :) I do keep a rocking chair in my greenhouse, but I rarely have much time to sit in it before I see something that needs doing. All flat surfaces are covered with plants and in spring I can barely squeeze in the door because of the pressure on space, with overwintered plants, trays of seedlings, plants being grown on, that need re-potting and so more space, and dahlias and others being started. It becomes like a complicated game of chess, trying to second guess the weather - is it safe to put these out, is there room to plant these, where on earth can I put this?
    There are many beautiful alpines that can be grown in a cold greenhouse. You can grow lots of different ones in a small space. Some are easy to care for and they often flower early in the year which is encouraging. Others are more demanding, but if you become interested in them you will want to try your hand at some of the more specialised ones, there are some beauties! They will need shade in summer and ventilation.
    My greenhouse is a lean-to against a thick stone wall which acts as a heat reservoir. I have large square tubs against the wall in which I grow  a jasmine and annual climbers like rhodochiton, ipomea etc. I usually stand smaller pots, such as my salvias, on top of these for overwintering. I bubble wrap it and have a fan heater to keep it just frost free, so my fuchsias and pelargoniums and other tender perennials like penstemons and agapanthus will safely survive the winter here, where -12c is not unusual.
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