OH would love a sarrecenia - we saw some in a big tub at a nursery near Nut, and he was smitten - I wonder if we could grow them here - what do you think?
(It's good policy to encourage the Undergardener to take an interest, don't you find?)
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove - definitely good to encourage the Undergardener! My local GC sells sarracenias sometimes, the hardy sort. I think the critical need is wet acid soil with few nutrients, and preferably sun. I guess a container would be fine provided the soil was constantly wet - but I get the impression that ericaceous compost would have too many nutrients; maybe you'd have to grow it in peat? (Moorland Gold peat, if you can get hold of it, is ecologically acceptable, being a waste product collected from the filters in Pennine reservoirs.)
Just back from said GC. Another walk, cos OH is away with the car, and I needed runner bean plants. Sorry to report nothing else was sticking today...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
We've just had a commotion at the front door - a juvenile magpie battering at the glass trying to get in while neighbours 'hunting cat' disarmingly named Pippin batted at it with his paw.
However, as Pippin sometimes comes into our back and stalks our birds, he's used to running as soon as he sees me, so he scarpered as soon as I opened the door and the magpie went under the car.
Dove I dislike Magpies after seeing one attack a young blackbird We have five that visit here for a drink in the mornings but if they hang around I'm out chasing them off.
Not a nice day here, dull, cool breeze and no sun.
Newman and Redford, almost enough to distract me from plants
Been to the long distance GC today, on the other side of town. Was looking for Verbascums and Echinacea but sticky label syndrome was rife, and I had to trek all the way home with a Physocarpus Diable D'or, Penstemons Sour Grapes and Heavenly Blue, Iris Carnival Time and Geum Totally Tangerine X2 all in 3lt pots
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OH would love a sarrecenia - we saw some in a big tub at a nursery near Nut, and he was smitten - I wonder if we could grow them here - what do you think?
(It's good policy to encourage the Undergardener to take an interest, don't you find?
)
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Afternoon all!
Dove - definitely good to encourage the Undergardener!
My local GC sells sarracenias sometimes, the hardy sort. I think the critical need is wet acid soil with few nutrients, and preferably sun. I guess a container would be fine provided the soil was constantly wet - but I get the impression that ericaceous compost would have too many nutrients; maybe you'd have to grow it in peat? (Moorland Gold peat, if you can get hold of it, is ecologically acceptable, being a waste product collected from the filters in Pennine reservoirs.)
Just back from said GC. Another walk, cos OH is away with the car, and I needed runner bean plants. Sorry to report nothing else was sticking today...
I've just sown my sweet peas....
Oh Dove - Newman and Redford - what a combination!
I'm much too young to remember that film of course
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Newman and Redford, almost enough to turn me off the Straight and narrow!
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Saw a lot of these on my walk along the canal - including 8 together in a "creche" with 4 adults.
We've just had a commotion at the front door - a juvenile magpie battering at the glass trying to get in while neighbours 'hunting cat' disarmingly named Pippin batted at it with his paw.
However, as Pippin sometimes comes into our back
and stalks our birds, he's used to running as soon as he sees me, so he scarpered as soon as I opened the door and the magpie went under the car.
Wonky - have you seen who David Grohl was playing with the night before last? http://time.com/3895427/paul-mccartney-dave-grohl-surprise-performance/
Without my specs on it looked as if Paul was playing alongside George again - now those really were the days!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lovely picture Liri
Dove I dislike Magpies after seeing one attack a young blackbird
We have five that visit here for a drink in the mornings but if they hang around I'm out chasing them off.
Not a nice day here, dull, cool breeze and no sun.
Nice day out at the plant fayre
( never went indoors to the craft part, just forgot
).
Came away with 2 rusty iron supports (ooh errr missus!), same guy I've used before.
Got a rudbeckia summering brown and rudbeckia fulgida deanii, to go with the red hot poker and monarda (overcrowding alert!
)
Also a dahlia bishop of llandaff ( heard you lot on here talk about it, is is truly as hardy as the man said?)
And some sempervivums, potted up nicely on the front doorstep.
Then a lovely walk through the gardens, stunning rhododendron.
Might go and take some photos...
Newman and Redford, almost enough to distract me from plants
Been to the long distance GC today, on the other side of town. Was looking for Verbascums and Echinacea but sticky label syndrome was rife, and I had to trek all the way home with a Physocarpus Diable D'or, Penstemons Sour Grapes and Heavenly Blue, Iris Carnival Time and Geum Totally Tangerine X2 all in 3lt pots
My name is Winter and I am a plant-a-holic
Well done Winter, hope it doesn't progress onto 'overcrowdedmessofajungle' syndrome