You haven't heard of Charlie Dimmock?? She used to present Ground Force and was quite popular with my OH.....apparently she didn't wear a bra but that was obviously speculation and I wouldn't like it say either way
Verdun, I thought it was just cakes and Yorkie puds that did it for you! Sadly, I can only supply the yorkies Amongst a couple of my friends, our obvious parts of anatomy got the nick-name of Dimmocks a few yrs ago. Although how she could garden braless with that much is beyond me! Even my fried eggs need a bit of support One friend had a reduction cos they got in the way Wish I'd had the choice
I'm just learning the ornamental plants that I like. I always grew indoors, or fruit n veg until recently.
I wish I could look back to posts on the last page to answer them without losing the post I am making. How do I do that?
Delighted to hear so many bucking the received wisdom of planting in multiples!
So many plants die out or just disappear or just don't suit it is a better idea to buy one and wait and see and perhaps divide when they increase. Annuals are there to give the continuity and cohesion. I always marvel at the serious gardener's ignoring of annuals. They are the best!
I follow the "odd number" rule - but i have big borders to fill and other wise it looks bitty - although i often start with a single, to see how It goes before adding more. I like annuals for pots, and use some in the garden - cosmos mainly.
i have also been known to sneak plants in under cover of night, and deny all knowledge of new ones ..... But i don't buy many clothes
have to hold hand up to rose addiction just got offer from david austin £10 off when spend £40 i already knew the next 3 roses i wanted and was going to buy them over the next year anyway...so they'll be here next week!! raubritter, princess louise and harlow carr... i 'll just not eat much next few weeks!!
Jeannie I'm jealous- I just can't get on with taking Fuchsia cuttings. I really don't know why as so many other people seem to manage. I tried growing fuchsia standards last year but think I may have failed as I took them in during the winter but treated them like the other fuchsias and so all the leaves dropped. +I now think I should have kept them watered and so growing over the winter- I'll see if I can find the thread on growing fuchsia standards
I used to visit a lovely elderly lady in my previous church who had a small garden which looked stunning. It was too small to have groups of three, five, seven... she had one or two at the most. It was a beautiful garden and worked well in a smaller plot. But I personally prefer fewer but larger groups in a bigger border like mine. I agree with chick that the border can end up looking too busy and bitty. I am however reading Piety Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury's book 'Planting - A new perspective' at the moment which advocates blending rather than blocking plants to get a more natural look. It's not a light read but is interesting stuff.
Foster daughter and I have planted two lots of five gladioli in amongst the tulips - which felt a bit rude given the tulips are doing their thing magnificently atm. I need a secret tulip bed somewhere down the paddock so I can cut them for the house. The ones in the garden are stunning right now, but I couldn't bear to cut them as they look so delicious out there, and to cut them would be sacrilege.
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You haven't heard of Charlie Dimmock?? She used to present Ground Force and was quite popular with my OH.....apparently she didn't wear a bra but that was obviously speculation and I wouldn't like it say either way
Verdun, I thought it was just cakes and Yorkie puds that did it for you! Sadly, I can only supply the yorkies
Amongst a couple of my friends, our obvious parts of anatomy got the nick-name of Dimmocks a few yrs ago. Although how she could garden braless with that much is beyond me! Even my fried eggs need a bit of support
One friend had a reduction cos they got in the way
Wish I'd had the choice
I'm just learning the ornamental plants that I like. I always grew indoors, or fruit n veg until recently.
I wish I could look back to posts on the last page to answer them without losing the post I am making. How do I do that?
Delighted to hear so many bucking the received wisdom of planting in multiples!
So many plants die out or just disappear or just don't suit it is a better idea to buy one and wait and see and perhaps divide when they increase. Annuals are there to give the continuity and cohesion. I always marvel at the serious gardener's ignoring of annuals. They are the best!
I follow the "odd number" rule - but i have big borders to fill and other wise it looks bitty - although i often start with a single, to see how It goes before adding more. I like annuals for pots, and use some in the garden - cosmos mainly.
i have also been known to sneak plants in under cover of night, and deny all knowledge of new ones ..... But i don't buy many clothes
have to hold hand up to rose addiction just got offer from david austin £10 off when spend £40 i already knew the next 3 roses i wanted and was going to buy them over the next year anyway...so they'll be here next week!! raubritter, princess louise and harlow carr... i 'll just not eat much next few weeks!!
Jeannie I'm jealous- I just can't get on with taking Fuchsia cuttings. I really don't know why as so many other people seem to manage. I tried growing fuchsia standards last year but think I may have failed as I took them in during the winter but treated them like the other fuchsias and so all the leaves dropped. +I now think I should have kept them watered and so growing over the winter- I'll see if I can find the thread on growing fuchsia standards
I used to visit a lovely elderly lady in my previous church who had a small garden which looked stunning. It was too small to have groups of three, five, seven... she had one or two at the most. It was a beautiful garden and worked well in a smaller plot. But I personally prefer fewer but larger groups in a bigger border like mine. I agree with chick that the border can end up looking too busy and bitty. I am however reading Piety Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury's book 'Planting - A new perspective' at the moment which advocates blending rather than blocking plants to get a more natural look. It's not a light read but is interesting stuff.
Foster daughter and I have planted two lots of five gladioli in amongst the tulips - which felt a bit rude given the tulips are doing their thing magnificently atm. I need a secret tulip bed somewhere down the paddock so I can cut them for the house. The ones in the garden are stunning right now, but I couldn't bear to cut them as they look so delicious out there, and to cut them would be sacrilege.