Your alliums are a little ahead of mine, funnily enough last year I had two clumps of 6, and I don't know why but this year I have one clump of 9 and a single one in the other clump. There is leaf but no flowers.
@wintersong.. yeah last year i had alliums in groups but they didnt do well.. so planted them this year in single bulbs and or bar 2 come up! so happy with that really. ust have to get more to finish of otehr borders.. i love them and as i have snady soil here they love it to.
@gardenfantic, dito. I've had mine for a couple of years and they look great against the yellow leaf of my Spiraea Goldflame, but I planted over them last year and I think I disturbed a bunch of them so that there was leaf this year but no flower.
I plan to get loads more this autumn for the middle garden, along with as many Tulips as I can afford
I'm also going to be dividing my Eremurus which is about ten years old and with the twenty flower spikes this year, I think it won't mind the separation.
My objective for next year is to improve my drift planting technique which is rather crap this year as I am beginning to discover too late in the season to change it, but oh hum, t'is a learning curve and next year will be even better once my perennials have bulked up
@wintersong.. i love tulips.. thou they didnt do well this year so will buy more..
that is an age for your Eremurus.. i only planted mine last year..they lok gorgeous..so fingers crossed they will flower this year.. thou the leaves are different to yours.. long thin and spike upwards..
Drift planting.. i would love that thou not enough space.. hubby states that if i want that i will have to make the borders bigger,, move all my plants about and buy more he has got it in one..thou he doesnt know it yet
thats what i love about gardening.. you can change it roundif you not happy with it when it all flowers.
we are in middle of building a patio inthe sahde for hubby as he cant sit in sun as he is in his second all clear year out of five from melanoma skin cancer.. i will add piccies soon.. my bricklaying leaves a bit to be desired but hey.. we have done it ourselves and we are not brickies.
that is an age for your Eremurus.. i only planted mine last year..they lok gorgeous..so fingers crossed they will flower this year.. thou the leaves are different to yours.. long thin and spike upwards..
we are talking about the same plant? here is mine
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@wintersong.. yeah.. i bought a tuba with very long roots and was told it was an orange foxtail lily.. i have planted it and it is has spiked upwards thin long leafs from the base of the plant.. they are very simular colour of carnation leaves.. but not so bluey if you get me.. i will get a picture of it tomorrow so you can see it..
As I am sure you are aware, the bulbs have a central growth point and very brittle, spider-like roots that sit flat on the ground. They are shallow rooted and hate winter wet.
Much like Peonies, I think age is a major factor in their performance since last year was the first year that I got more than two flower stems and I noticed the growth points this spring were very fat indeed in comparison to very modest ones just a few years back.
Bit of a bittersweet day - helped a friend clear all the funeral flowers from her husband's grave (all compostable so they've gone in my bin!) and planted grave up with a couple of rosemaries and a marjoram. By this time getting a bit late, so rest of planting restricted to what bedding we could get from local Spar - White lobelia with one rogue blue one, and red salvias as red was hubbie's favourite colour, and he was an arsenal fan to boot. Bit municipal for my taste, but now she would like me to help her with a more permanent planting scheme. Maybe I'll post as a separate thread, but if anyone has any inspired thoughts, please share! She would like some bluebells, as they were just coming out when he died (at 40) and I have those to donate. They met while they were both travelling around Australia so maybe something Antipodean? All suggestions gratefully received!
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this is a weigelia i got that has cream and pink fowers on the same branch.. its gorg
and this is me trying to get a clever piccie of my aliums
Gorgeous!
Your alliums are a little ahead of mine, funnily enough last year I had two clumps of 6, and I don't know why but this year I have one clump of 9 and a single one in the other clump. There is leaf but no flowers.
@wintersong.. right.. i have one in my garden.. well it is supposed to be..but it does not look like your one.
@wintersong.. yeah last year i had alliums in groups but they didnt do well.. so planted them this year in single bulbs and or bar 2 come up! so happy with that really. ust have to get more to finish of otehr borders.. i love them and as i have snady soil here they love it to.
@gardenfantic, dito. I've had mine for a couple of years and they look great against the yellow leaf of my Spiraea Goldflame, but I planted over them last year and I think I disturbed a bunch of them so that there was leaf this year but no flower.
I plan to get loads more this autumn for the middle garden, along with as many Tulips as I can afford
I'm also going to be dividing my Eremurus which is about ten years old and with the twenty flower spikes this year, I think it won't mind the separation.
My objective for next year is to improve my drift planting technique which is rather crap this year
as I am beginning to discover too late in the season to change it, but oh hum, t'is a learning curve and next year will be even better once my perennials have bulked up
@wintersong.. i love tulips.. thou they didnt do well this year
so will buy more..
that is an age for your Eremurus.. i only planted mine last year..they lok gorgeous..so fingers crossed they will flower this year.. thou the leaves are different to yours.. long thin and spike upwards..
Drift planting.. i would love that thou not enough space.. hubby states that if i want that i will have to make the borders bigger,, move all my plants about and buy more
he has got it in one..thou he doesnt know it yet
thats what i love about gardening.. you can change it roundif you not happy with it when it all flowers.
we are in middle of building a patio inthe sahde for hubby as he cant sit in sun as he is in his second all clear year out of five from melanoma skin cancer.. i will add piccies soon.. my bricklaying leaves a bit to be desired but hey.. we have done it ourselves and we are not brickies.
@wintersong.. yeah.. i bought a tuba with very long roots and was told it was an orange foxtail lily.. i have planted it and it is has spiked upwards thin long leafs from the base of the plant.. they are very simular colour of carnation leaves.. but not so bluey if you get me.. i will get a picture of it tomorrow so you can see it..
i am beginning to think i have been ripped off..
As I am sure you are aware, the bulbs have a central growth point and very brittle, spider-like roots that sit flat on the ground. They are shallow rooted and hate winter wet.
Much like Peonies, I think age is a major factor in their performance since last year was the first year that I got more than two flower stems and I noticed the growth points this spring were very fat indeed in comparison to very modest ones just a few years back.
Keep us up to date with the progress of yours