Thanks Verdun, I was hoping you would pop by and answer Presumably I won't see any seedlings until next spring? I need to know what they look like so I don't dig them up as weeds
Forgot to say have a nice visit to AP's and evening away Dove
I like Camellias but don't have a suitable place for one. Only free space gets sun first thing in the morning. Many,many years ago before Internet I scoured GC's for one and none to be had. Might have been because the lady whose plant I so admired told me it was a Chinese Rose.
Rhododendrons and azaleas die in my soil. I have a camellia. Ever year it forms nice fat buds.... and then the squirrel eats them. Its between a Magnolia soulangeana "Dawn" and a Magnolia grandiflora "Exmouth". Its currently obstructing my view(from the living room) of the old hellebore bed. I think its going to get a major chop soon. I think the phlomis fruticosa is for the chop too. Its never really done well where it is. too much shade and not good enough soil. A cutting i gave a friend grew to three times the size of the parent plant in two years, and always looks a lot better.
I like the white ones Dove . . . you could always put it in a pot . . . that's what my folks have done . . . and what I should have done I think as mine hasn't flowered but has some buds (bought and planted in ignorance , , , before I knew of such things as ericatious (sp?) soil). Or it could be that it gets the morning sun (didn't know about that either when I planted it). On second thoughts Dove, these Camelia's seem tricky . . . don't bother!!
I'm all about Magnolias at the moment. I will be coming into a little bit of money at the end of the month and am contemplating buying one . . .and a silver birch tree . . . and a pergola . . . and a new undergardener!!!
Morning all, overcast and breezy here today. And forecast for the next few days isn't that good either with frost warnings. Now i'm a bit unsure about planting my purchases from Monday afternoon (didn't have time yesterday cos it rained and then we went out) do you think they'd be ok?
Hope you have a good few days away Dove and that Ma and Pa are ok.
Morning all .... Well word of the day is owwwwwwww. That will teach me to do a midnight ( well almost) acquiring of a log to finish off the wood garden.... It was from a felled tree I didn't cut it off. The people that maintain the woods don't remove any wood they cut it down and leave it in situ in the past when I asked they said yeah just take theM we leave them to rot we aren't paid to remove them!!!! But i damaged my shoulder half a can of deep heat later still in agony!!!
Morning all. This weekend we're taking my truck and moving several ton of well rotted horse muck for my mother & future mother in law. Can you think of a better mothers day gift??
Not sure if I'll manage to grab a few bags for myself as well - 100 miles is rather a long way to move horse muck when you see several farms nearby that have horses (I'd happily fill a spare compost bin with one to let it rot down in the garden if they'd give me free range to dig up their muck heap.
Edd - we live 100 miles away from our family so while we'll be travelling many miles the horse muck itself only has to move a few!! (My Godmother who lives next door to my parents has ponies).
I have a local animal sanctuary in the village I live in that re-homes horses. I hope to nip in and see if they'll let me bag a truck load for a donation but unfortunately the vegetable plot is along way off needing anything other than hard graft and a big shovel for a while.
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Thanks Verdun, I was hoping you would pop by and answer
Presumably I won't see any seedlings until next spring? I need to know what they look like so I don't dig them up as weeds 
Hi again.
Forgot to say have a nice visit to AP's and evening away Dove
I like Camellias but don't have a suitable place for one. Only free space gets sun first thing in the morning. Many,many years ago before Internet I scoured GC's for one and none to be had.
Might have been because the lady whose plant I so admired told me it was a Chinese Rose. 
Rhododendrons and azaleas die in my soil. I have a camellia. Ever year it forms nice fat buds.... and then the squirrel eats them. Its between a Magnolia soulangeana "Dawn" and a Magnolia grandiflora "Exmouth". Its currently obstructing my view(from the living room) of the old hellebore bed. I think its going to get a major chop soon. I think the phlomis fruticosa is for the chop too. Its never really done well where it is. too much shade and not good enough soil. A cutting i gave a friend grew to three times the size of the parent plant in two years, and always looks a lot better.
I'm off to do a bit of shopping now.
I like the white ones Dove . . . you could always put it in a pot . . . that's what my folks have done . . . and what I should have done I think as mine hasn't flowered but has some buds (bought and planted in ignorance , , , before I knew of such things as ericatious (sp?) soil). Or it could be that it gets the morning sun (didn't know about that either when I planted it). On second thoughts Dove, these Camelia's seem tricky . . . don't bother!!
I'm all about Magnolias at the moment. I will be coming into a little bit of money at the end of the month and am contemplating buying one . . .and a silver birch tree . . . and a pergola . . . and a new undergardener!!!
BTW, morning all
Morning all, overcast and breezy here today. And forecast for the next few days isn't that good either with frost warnings.
Now i'm a bit unsure about planting my purchases from Monday afternoon (didn't have time yesterday cos it rained and then we went out) do you think they'd be ok?
Hope you have a good few days away Dove and that Ma and Pa are ok.
Have a good day everyone TTFN x
Morning all .... Well word of the day is owwwwwwww. That will teach me to do a midnight ( well almost) acquiring of a log to finish off the wood garden.... It was from a felled tree I didn't cut it off. The people that maintain the woods don't remove any wood they cut it down and leave it in situ in the past when I asked they said yeah just take theM we leave them to rot we aren't paid to remove them!!!! But i damaged my shoulder half a can of deep heat later still in agony!!!
Morning all. This weekend we're taking my truck and moving several ton of well rotted horse muck for my mother & future mother in law. Can you think of a better mothers day gift??
Not sure if I'll manage to grab a few bags for myself as well - 100 miles is rather a long way to move horse muck when you see several farms nearby that have horses (I'd happily fill a spare compost bin with one to let it rot down in the garden if they'd give me free range to dig up their muck heap.
Edd - we live 100 miles away from our family so while we'll be travelling many miles the horse muck itself only has to move a few!! (My Godmother who lives next door to my parents has ponies).
I have a local animal sanctuary in the village I live in that re-homes horses. I hope to nip in and see if they'll let me bag a truck load for a donation but unfortunately the vegetable plot is along way off needing anything other than hard graft and a big shovel for a while.