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ID please, new garden

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    To be fair @nutcutlet I've only ever grown them on Suffolk clay ... I don't have any here although they're on my list. 

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





  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    I think they may do better on clay.  I had a lovely red one in our old clay garden but the one I have here on sand is struggling.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    @Dovefromabove and @Fairygirl, it is extra dry here, dry soil and dry side of the country


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Pretty similar here @nutcutlet ... and thinking about it, it's not a shrub I've noticed growing a lot in gardens around here. 

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I think that's the problem @nutcutlet. They need a reasonable soil with decent enough organic content. Possibly not worth it for you.  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Dovefromabove said:
    Pretty similar here @nutcutlet ... and thinking about it, it's not a shrub I've noticed growing a lot in gardens around here. 
    I see them when I go visiting gardens in Lincs, better soil.


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Fairygirl said:
    I think that's the problem @nutcutlet. They need a reasonable soil with decent enough organic content. Possibly not worth it for you.  :/
    I think I've changed my mind about trying again Fairy


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    nutcutlet said:
    Dovefromabove said:
    Pretty similar here @nutcutlet ... and thinking about it, it's not a shrub I've noticed growing a lot in gardens around here. 
    I see them when I go visiting gardens in Lincs, better soil.
    Much much better where MIL lives ... deeply envious. 

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    There's loads of them round here - mainly the reds. I used to have a white one a very long time ago. Lovely plants. 
    Not worth going to lots of bother @nutcutlet - I know you're like me - they have to suit our conditions  ;)
    I'm sure there'll be lots of things you can grow easily there that would be difficult here.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Dovefromabove said:
    nutcutlet said:
    Dovefromabove said:
    Pretty similar here @nutcutlet ... and thinking about it, it's not a shrub I've noticed growing a lot in gardens around here. 
    I see them when I go visiting gardens in Lincs, better soil.
    Much much better where MIL lives ... deeply envious. 
    I worked (briefly) as a gardener with my clients into Lincs. I could dig up and move things at any time as long as I watered them well to start, even if i wasn't going back for a week


    In the sticks near Peterborough
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