dove i think the key to salvia greggii winter survival is a warm exposure-southern, protected-and perfect drainage. mine have survived to -19C, which is about as cold as it gets here lately. there is a greg called cold hardy pink which is esp. hardy. all the forecasts say down to -3C fri, sat, sun. so garden is done and great cleanup and compost festival can begin-yay. there is something so godlike about running a really hot compost heap-and on the eighth day he made compost.
Hope you have a lovely birthday LP - all the best people are born in October
Temps dipping noticeably as I came home from work - about 7 just now so might cover the car in case the forecast frost sweeps in. Perhaps my Canna will now believe it's no longer summer. Checked it the other day because of the wild weather, as I'd tucked it behind my screen after flowering. It has produced a large flower spike
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Dove - re your salvias -I have grown these & found they overwintered successfully when it was cold & dry but succumbed to cold and wet. It's a bit late for taking cuttings but it might be worth a try if there are a few bits that look as though they are still growing rather than going into dormancy.
Glad Hefty turned up again - did you do anything to encourage him into the garden in the first place? I'd love a regular hedgehog visitor and am making a couple of hedgehog log & twig piles this week.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Tidied up in garden, put things away OH cut back grass while I did the front.........I only got it half done tho as electric mower cut out, couldn't get it going again
Will buy a new one next year, won't waste a years guarantee.
Had a great day nattering to my ex colleagues although I think it's my ears that ache more than anything. Must get down to the rest of the winter digging tomorrow.
Re hedgehogs - did anyone see that little hedgehog on TV the other night that was found with no spikes and was almost bald and they have christened him Pumpkin?
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Just having a cuppa and then back outside, lovely here
dove i think the key to salvia greggii winter survival is a warm exposure-southern, protected-and perfect drainage. mine have survived to -19C, which is about as cold as it gets here lately. there is a greg called cold hardy pink which is esp. hardy. all the forecasts say down to -3C fri, sat, sun. so garden is done and great cleanup and compost festival can begin-yay. there is something so godlike about running a really hot compost heap-and on the eighth day he made compost.
lesley came into kitchen and found people eating cake-BEFORE DINNER-don't know what grandma would have said. real scrimmage to get a piece. so no pic.
Hope you have a lovely birthday LP - all the best people are born in October
Temps dipping noticeably as I came home from work - about 7 just now so might cover the car in case the forecast frost sweeps in. Perhaps my Canna will now believe it's no longer summer. Checked it the other day because of the wild weather, as I'd tucked it behind my screen after flowering. It has produced a large flower spike
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Dove - re your salvias -I have grown these & found they overwintered successfully when it was cold & dry but succumbed to cold and wet. It's a bit late for taking cuttings but it might be worth a try if there are a few bits that look as though they are still growing rather than going into dormancy.
Glad Hefty turned up again - did you do anything to encourage him into the garden in the first place? I'd love a regular hedgehog visitor and am making a couple of hedgehog log & twig piles this week.
Evening all. Lovely day here, in tee shirt most of the time. Managed to divide and move several plants, so am now very sore.
Off to cook tea now, Lamb with Chickpeas, with some other stuff that has yet to be decided.
Happy birthday LP.
Have a good evening .
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Lovely sunny day but very chilly now, brrrrrrr.
Tidied up in garden, put things away OH cut back grass while I did the front.........I only got it half done tho as electric mower cut out, couldn't get it going again
Will buy a new one next year, won't waste a years guarantee.
Had a great day nattering to my ex colleagues although I think it's my ears that ache more than anything. Must get down to the rest of the winter digging tomorrow.
Re hedgehogs - did anyone see that little hedgehog on TV the other night that was found with no spikes and was almost bald and they have christened him Pumpkin?