Big thunder here and raining a bit, really wanted to plant up my containers but scary out and wet
Tuesday was a mas of placing and planting at the station garden think some bit were difficult to plant lots of stones think I was stone mining
Yesterday was a trip to Hillier GC to a talk on bulbs we had Andy McIndoe -
he says to plant bulbs in containers for one season then plant in garden or compost them because if the foliage disappears to quick the bulbs don't get the goodness from the leave to feed the bulbs for the next year that is why they don't look as good
he also planted up a pot with lots of tulips for late season of colour in black and white and lots of bulbs as a large pot and pretty pale lemon colour wallflower dwarf sugar rush and violas and a few more pots - for impact lots of the same bulbs
I brought bright yellow sugar rush wallflower, some white muscari- grape hyacinth - white magic and some hyacinth bulbs yellow for garden and pots
Still storming and raining. Have done the shopping for the BBQ, wanted to sweep the terrace, too wet. Hope it doesn't rain on Saturday. The garden did need it though, no rain for nearly 2 weeks.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Cheers Bekkie, snow drops planted now, beautiful sunny day here like summer! Sorry bout those who are having storms but like you say BL the garden needs it
Beaus - you are just so cheeky Love the bulbs but I'm sure they will look better in flower. Btw I couldn't see any violas
Yvie your shed looks amazing. Shame you have shown yourself competent though. Reminds me of years ago when my MIL painted her lounge door it looked very streaky and I said it would look fine after a second coat. 'SECOND coat - the first one was bad enough!' Hope your ache and pains are easing.
Gg you are busy as always - sounds as though the talk was very productive. Sounds really eyecatching
Lizzie - do you ever stop. Hope the weather improves for your BBQ.
Station garden pink phlox this end newly planted and other plants brought all planted all over the place
The garden talk at Hillier gc on Bulbs
Andy McIndoe setting up for the bulb talk - flogged his books at the end on shrubs and signed them to others
So here is the planter he did
Pot 1 planted up with angle wish tulips cream colour, sugar rush dwarf wallflower and violas creamy yellow
Pot 2 this is the one planted with lots of tulips bulbs - Shirley white and pink bits, Clearwater white and queen of night dark colour, on top planted with purple sage bedding plant and the curry plant - plants get put into garden when re doing the pot after all the tulips have finished
like the purple pot
Pot 3 narcissi Winston Churchill, lots of small iris bulbs, species little beauty tulip around edge and violas trailing ones
Talk ran over time a bit he said better finish he could plant up another 50 pots or so
Here is some of the plants and bulbs I brought
Enjoy pic hope it give you some ideas for planting up pots
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Big thunder here and raining a bit, really wanted to plant up my containers but scary out and wet
Tuesday was a mas of placing and planting at the station garden think some bit were difficult to plant lots of stones think I was stone mining
Yesterday was a trip to Hillier GC to a talk on bulbs we had Andy McIndoe -
he says to plant bulbs in containers for one season then plant in garden or compost them because if the foliage disappears to quick the bulbs don't get the goodness from the leave to feed the bulbs for the next year that is why they don't look as good
he also planted up a pot with lots of tulips for late season of colour in black and white and lots of bulbs as a large pot and pretty pale lemon colour wallflower dwarf sugar rush and violas and a few more pots - for impact lots of the same bulbs
I brought bright yellow sugar rush wallflower, some white muscari- grape hyacinth - white magic and some hyacinth bulbs yellow for garden and pots
Woody will add picture soon and my pics
look forward to those pics GG and thank you for bulb info which is really great as just was posting my bulbs pics for Lesley
voila Lesley
other supermarkets also available and have lovely ones
Still storming and raining. Have done the shopping for the BBQ, wanted to sweep the terrace, too wet. Hope it doesn't rain on Saturday. The garden did need it though, no rain for nearly 2 weeks.
No Yvie, no salt mines yet, thank goodness! Just been a bit tired, so mot on here as much
BL, i do not envy you with all those guests! Well done
GG, you will have muscles like popeye!
Cheers Bekkie, snow drops planted now, beautiful sunny day here like summer! Sorry bout those who are having storms but like you say BL the garden needs it
Beaus - you are just so cheeky
Love the bulbs but I'm sure they will look better in flower. Btw I couldn't see any violas 
Yvie your shed looks amazing. Shame you have shown yourself competent though
. Reminds me of years ago when my MIL painted her lounge door it looked very streaky and I said it would look fine after a second coat. 'SECOND coat - the first one was bad enough!' Hope your ache and pains are easing.
Gg you are busy as always - sounds as though the talk was very productive. Sounds really eyecatching
Lizzie - do you ever stop
. Hope the weather improves for your BBQ.
Oh Lesley it took me five mins to work that one out
Hope you're having good day today xx
Right going back put there now! Don't wanna waste that sunshine
Woodys pic - lots of pretty grasses
just sorting my pics
Right here you go all my pics
Station garden pink phlox this end newly planted and other plants brought all planted all over the place
The garden talk at Hillier gc on Bulbs
Andy McIndoe setting up for the bulb talk - flogged his books at the end on shrubs and signed them to others
So here is the planter he did
Pot 1 planted up with angle wish tulips cream colour, sugar rush dwarf wallflower and violas creamy yellow
Pot 2 this is the one planted with lots of tulips bulbs - Shirley white and pink bits, Clearwater white and queen of night dark colour, on top planted with purple sage bedding plant and the curry plant - plants get put into garden when re doing the pot after all the tulips have finished
like the purple pot
Pot 3 narcissi Winston Churchill, lots of small iris bulbs, species little beauty tulip around edge and violas trailing ones
Talk ran over time a bit he said better finish he could plant up another 50 pots or so
Here is some of the plants and bulbs I brought
Enjoy pic hope it give you some ideas for planting up pots