Tim-I bought Christmas cards in January, a box of really expensive looking one's at half price I'm usually writing them out to catch the last post though
Booth's are cashing in on spring bulbs, they had them in earlier this week, worth a look if you grow in small quantities - 3 packs for £5 or roughly 3 for the price of 2.
Hollie-Hock here are the beds I pulled my cosmos out of. Must have pulled out about 10 plants that were basically glorified Trees. The Cosmos in my large planter however are doing great and theres TONNES of flowers & buds so I'm pretty pleased with those.
If you mean pic3 then those are Mesembryanthemum. small daisy like flowers with unusual foliage. They arent trailing so to speak, the cosmos basically flatened them :P
my cosmos are doing well.. keep dead heading and more come..
maybe cuting off the buds may give them new lease and then flower again.. i know the sun is here now and a bit of summer is on its way.. it is 21c on our shady patio at this time of the morning..yesterday even hotter.. might be worth a go.
@hollie-hock.. my scabious not done too well this year.. as weather hot then wet they have suffered mildew so been cutting them back.. i got 3 on mine at the moment but my giant ones.. dont seem to suffer mildew and they are doing very well.. grew from seed and well impressed with them i am.. gorgeous colours.
Those acidanthera are known as Peacock Orchids too, I got them cheap from B&Q earlier in the season. Some of them are just about to flower now which is very late considering my garden is south facing
I havent grown them before but I know that some bulbs are classed as *annuals* and that the rate of re-growth isnt that great. It's my first year in the garden so I just grew cheap seeds and waited for summer bulbs to go half price :P
I will probably throw them in the compost bin as I want other stuff in there for next year
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Our local garden centre has had new stock Christmas cards on sale for over a week!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Tim-I bought Christmas cards in January, a box of really expensive looking one's at half price
I'm usually writing them out to catch the last post though
Booth's are cashing in on spring bulbs, they had them in earlier this week, worth a look if you grow in small quantities - 3 packs for £5 or roughly 3 for the price of 2.
Hollie-Hock here are the beds I pulled my cosmos out of. Must have pulled out about 10 plants that were basically glorified Trees. The Cosmos in my large planter however are doing great and theres TONNES of flowers & buds so I'm pretty pleased with those.
If you mean pic3 then those are Mesembryanthemum. small daisy like flowers with unusual foliage. They arent trailing so to speak, the cosmos basically flatened them :P
my cosmos are doing well.. keep dead heading and more come..
maybe cuting off the buds may give them new lease and then flower again.. i know the sun is here now and a bit of summer is on its way.. it is 21c on our shady patio at this time of the morning..yesterday even hotter.. might be worth a go.
@hollie-hock.. my scabious not done too well this year.. as weather hot then wet they have suffered mildew so been cutting them back.. i got 3 on mine at the moment but my giant ones.. dont seem to suffer mildew and they are doing very well.. grew from seed and well impressed with them i am.. gorgeous colours.
Those acidanthera are known as Peacock Orchids too, I got them cheap from B&Q earlier in the season. Some of them are just about to flower now which is very late considering my garden is south facing
@mattbeer87. do you lift those each year.. as i planted some my mum gave me.. in pot first year.. then planted out in garden and nothing since..
I havent grown them before but I know that some bulbs are classed as *annuals* and that the rate of re-growth isnt that great. It's my first year in the garden so I just grew cheap seeds and waited for summer bulbs to go half price :P
I will probably throw them in the compost bin as I want other stuff in there for next year