Looks a really healthy geranium you have Daniel and as said above, a good one for a division or two I think.
Sara I love your phygelius. It's gorgeous. I have a red one called 'Scarlet' something but it doesn't do too well in my garden and has never grown more than a couple of new stems. Do you do anything special with it...and great that you get it to reflower?
Yarrow2 I have done nothing but put in in the ground about 3 years ago, I do however cut back all the flowering stems as soon as it has finished flowering and usually by July new flowers start to form. I am not sure if I am supposed to prune it, something I may have to investigate this year!
I had a phygelius in the front garden. It was a narrow strip of bed that runs between the path and next door, shallow soil, a bit stony, full sun for a most of the day. I dug it up two years ago because it was old and overgrown and I hated it. But last year shoots were coming back which were duly cut down. I wish now I'd kept it and nurtured it because that plant looks stunning. If I find any more rogue shoots then they're going into a pot to grow on and then go in my back garden.
Daniel, the small leafed one is a creeping jenny or Lysimachia. I grow it in hanging baskets in the shade of a holly. It brightens the area beautifully with yellow flowers.
Daisyheadcase, I took a shoot that appeared last year and removed it the best I could and potted it up and left it in the back garden, it has since been given to a friend who has transplanted it into a bigger pot and it is growing nicely, she has 3 flower stems on it. We decided that it will go into her garden next spring. I will try and do the same this year as I would love one in my back garden.
Just been out to have a look actually, but no sign of any phygelius between the crocosmia and the lysimachia punctata. I haven't given up yet though, maybe when I cut them back in autumn there may be something there...
My Lysimachia punctata is just about in flower and brightening up my back garden, I am going to take a small piece at the end of the year for the front, I just need to find room!
I have an issue with this plant, I have yet to split it but there is a lot of grass growing underneath it which I have to keep pulling out. If I split it then surely the grass will come with it???
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Looks a really healthy geranium you have Daniel and as said above, a good one for a division or two I think.
Sara I love your phygelius. It's gorgeous. I have a red one called 'Scarlet' something but it doesn't do too well in my garden and has never grown more than a couple of new stems. Do you do anything special with it...and great that you get it to reflower?
Yarrow2 I have done nothing but put in in the ground about 3 years ago, I do however cut back all the flowering stems as soon as it has finished flowering and usually by July new flowers start to form. I am not sure if I am supposed to prune it, something I may have to investigate this year!
I had a phygelius in the front garden. It was a narrow strip of bed that runs between the path and next door, shallow soil, a bit stony, full sun for a most of the day. I dug it up two years ago because it was old and overgrown and I hated it. But last year shoots were coming back which were duly cut down. I wish now I'd kept it and nurtured it because that plant looks stunning. If I find any more rogue shoots then they're going into a pot to grow on and then go in my back garden.
Daniel, the small leafed one is a creeping jenny or Lysimachia. I grow it in hanging baskets in the shade of a holly. It brightens the area beautifully with yellow flowers.
Daisyheadcase, I took a shoot that appeared last year and removed it the best I could and potted it up and left it in the back garden, it has since been given to a friend who has transplanted it into a bigger pot and it is growing nicely, she has 3 flower stems on it. We decided that it will go into her garden next spring. I will try and do the same this year as I would love one in my back garden.
Just been out to have a look actually, but no sign of any phygelius between the crocosmia and the lysimachia punctata. I haven't given up yet though, maybe when I cut them back in autumn there may be something there...
My Lysimachia punctata is just about in flower and brightening up my back garden, I am going to take a small piece at the end of the year for the front, I just need to find room!
I have an issue with this plant, I have yet to split it but there is a lot of grass growing underneath it which I have to keep pulling out. If I split it then surely the grass will come with it???
thanks thats a big help, thought id have to take the grass with me haha