LL, I have decided to have Wisteria on my pergola as well if you could pass on the name of your cultivar or any hints and growing tips? I'd be most greatful
Hi Winterson - my wisteria on my pergola is called Lavender Lace - it has been in for 5 years - I prune in Jan and July/Aug time - once you get your basic framework you just cut back the side shoots which are what produce the flowers. I am a bit of a tidy gardener and I do keep cutting back the long wispy bits . I find they look untidy so I just snip them off, hasn't done any harm as you can see so will keep doing it.
Star Gaze Lily - my rose is called Munstead Wood. It is amazing, the scent is very strong. Not one for the bees, I know, but I look after them as well. This rose is just for me. x
Chicky - I love your wisteria & David Spikes your garden is beautiful. It amazes me how we all have more or less the same plants and yet no garden is the same. They are all beautiful.
Off to do a little housework grrr & then get out into the garden to enjoy this beautiful sunshine.
The Lawn is still as patchy as anything (probably seeded it at the wrong time - far to early) - I suspect its going to have to come out and be turfed now all the pathwork is finished at the front.
Those Aquilegias I mentioned last week though seem to have made a great recovery after being moved and look great at the entrance to the woods. The picture doesn't do them justice but when the catch the sun especially later when they are backlit they are lovely.
Cant say the same for the Oriental poppies though.. Either the ground here is far to rich (think I over mulched before making this bed) or they just hate me. Every other one looks like this.. help
ighten-dont think soil can be too rich-my poppies grow in plum pudding right next to delphiniums-does look like a water problem though-if wet too long they are prone to water borne pathogens-maybe keep the area dryer and hope for the best. like that little corner above the lawn-what are the taller red? are those semiaquilegias? nice
The taller red in the 1st picture I think are are some form of Armeria the 2nd pics are a Ruby Port Aquilegia Vulgaris . You could be correct about the over watering.. I put a Clematis Nubia just behind it a few weeks ago and I'm giving that a good watering once a week (it seems to respond well to it).
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LL, I have decided to have Wisteria on my pergola as well if you could pass on the name of your cultivar or any hints and growing tips? I'd be most greatful
fidget, lavender, chicky, what wonderfully elegant wisteria-i groan with envy. chicky nice geum-is it double bloody mary?
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Yes star its Jasminum Polyanthum. An Immense fragrance
Hi Winterson - my wisteria on my pergola is called Lavender Lace - it has been in for 5 years - I prune in Jan and July/Aug time - once you get your basic framework you just cut back the side shoots which are what produce the flowers. I am a bit of a tidy gardener and I do keep cutting back the long wispy bits . I find they look untidy so I just snip them off, hasn't done any harm as you can see so will keep doing it.
Star Gaze Lily - my rose is called Munstead Wood. It is amazing, the scent is very strong. Not one for the bees, I know, but I look after them as well. This rose is just for me. x
Chicky - I love your wisteria & David Spikes your garden is beautiful. It amazes me how we all have more or less the same plants and yet no garden is the same. They are all beautiful.
Off to do a little housework grrr & then get out into the garden to enjoy this beautiful sunshine.
Just a few from this morning...
The Lawn is still as patchy as anything (probably seeded it at the wrong time - far to early) - I suspect its going to have to come out and be turfed now all the pathwork is finished at the front.
Those Aquilegias I mentioned last week though seem to have made a great recovery after being moved and look great at the entrance to the woods. The picture doesn't do them justice but when the catch the sun especially later when they are backlit they are lovely.
Cant say the same for the Oriental poppies though.. Either the ground here is far to rich (think I over mulched before making this bed) or they just hate me. Every other one looks like this.. help
ighten-dont think soil can be too rich-my poppies grow in plum pudding right next to delphiniums-does look like a water problem though-if wet too long they are prone to water borne pathogens-maybe keep the area dryer and hope for the best. like that little corner above the lawn-what are the taller red? are those semiaquilegias? nice
The taller red in the 1st picture I think are are some form of Armeria the 2nd pics are a Ruby Port Aquilegia Vulgaris . You could be correct about the over watering.. I put a Clematis Nubia just behind it a few weeks ago and I'm giving that a good watering once a week (it seems to respond well to it).
this morning at 630