@thevictorian I have a rhuem palmatum, last year it flowered now I don’t know if letting it do that was a mistake? It was so tall but I suppose it was either the flower or the nice leaves for display… I only have one rhuem, I also have just one rodgersia, the bronze peacock, it’s pretty when in flower ….
If anyone has the chance, buy a pineapple broom, they are lovely, the bees absolutely love them, and they smell amazing too… I had one once but the weather killed it over winter.
Buddleia globosa is another I tried over and over but it’s just not for my garden, the bees literally fight for the flowers.
Certainly with you on the Pineapple broom - I've grown that and the B globosa too. Shame about your Gunnera. I still recall a real "giant" which grew on a bank at the side of a road just yards from my house in Cornwall. No one ever tended it and it flourished year after year. Sorry - probably not what you want to hear
@philippasmith2 😆 thanks for that but isn’t that just always the way? The globosa, there is one on the estate near me and they cut it down a lot, it’s not a looked after garden, just a grass patch and some hedge with the globosa tucked into the end by the fence panel, some years they even let it flower 😢 breaks my heart they just don’t know what they have.
Gunnys love the Cornish air they grow like weeds down there, I absolutely love them, the bigger the better, one year we found some over at a beach near pollyjoke, big enough to stand under with tons of room left…
@thevictorian ah yes caster oil… so I leave that little job up to my dear old nan each year she Loves them and will germinate a load and give me one so it’s ready to plant out 😃 they are pretty nice but this summer is our new dogs first summer with us and he’s a bit of a nutter, I’m a bit hesitant to possibly grow one, unless I just chop the flowers off?? So no seeds? What do you think?
As for the eating rhubarb I’m rubbish trying to grow that it just never see to do a great deal, I force it each spring but It just doesn’t seem to make alot of fruit? Should I move it, it’s been in the same spot for years
If you have a new dog I would probably leave the castor oil plant until you know how they react to plants. When we got our dog she was a real pain with plants until she grew up a bit. If you check out the top ten of plants not to have with dogs we had a fair few. We never saw any negative effects from them as she only pulled them up after planting and didn't eat them. This was during a phase where whatever we planted, she thought we actually wanted in the house, once they had been in the ground for a couple of days they were left. She still gardens with us but does no damage at all and just lies at our feet.
I'm not a rhubarb expert, ours just thrives on neglect down the allotment. If it isn't fruiting then I'd maybe give it plenty of water and fertiliser/mulch. They need energy to fruit well and don't always take well to moving.
I apologise to Heather. After re reading her post , I realise I'd completely misinterpreted it and I was totally out of order for reacting as I did. I unreservedly apologise.
@Hostafan1 thank you & no harm done, we all have off days and we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t show our feelings - hope your feeling a little better and looking forward to getting in the garden 🪴
@thevictorian aww 🥰 your dog that’s cute … so ‘helpful’ sometimes aren’t they yes foxgloves are supposed to be poisonous they are the common bk garden plant that everyone has.
I’ve got to have eyes in the back of my head anyway as my chihuahua eats anything so I’m always on alert, they don’t have the free roam of the garden so it’s safer for them in that respect…
as for the rhubarb I’ve had it a long time so it possibly might be coming to the end of its age? I don’t know it might be that the large trees that used to be on the other side of the fence affected its performance? They were cut down the end of last winter so it might do better this time.
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I have bronze peacock rodgersia and it's a lovely plant.
If you haven't tried to grow red castor oil plants https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-castor-oil-plant-ricinus/ they are very easy and fill a big spot in the garden. They are normally grown as annuals so you don't have to worry about it through the winter.
they are pretty nice but this summer is our new dogs first summer with us and he’s a bit of a nutter, I’m a bit hesitant to possibly grow one, unless I just chop the flowers off?? So no seeds? What do you think?
I'm not a rhubarb expert, ours just thrives on neglect down the allotment. If it isn't fruiting then I'd maybe give it plenty of water and fertiliser/mulch. They need energy to fruit well and don't always take well to moving.
After re reading her post , I realise I'd completely misinterpreted it and I was totally out of order for reacting as I did.
I unreservedly apologise.
yes foxgloves are supposed to be poisonous they are the common bk garden plant that everyone has.
as for the rhubarb I’ve had it a long time so it possibly might be coming to the end of its age? I don’t know it might be that the large trees that used to be on the other side of the fence affected its performance? They were cut down the end of last winter so it might do better this time.