Delphiniums for me too Lyn. You have reminded me to get some more.....lazy me, I buy in young plants in March that usually produce excellent spires in early summer.
I have to grow mine from seed Verdun, theres no way I could fill my garden with bought plants. But my seedlings will produce flowers next year, althouth the following year will be better.
I am a patient gardener.!
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Susan, Same as Verdun, they got rust, even with early spraying with anti fungal, they still got it.
I have a dozen or so seedlings up, only because they were free in the magazine, they are all red I think.
Main problem here is the wind, I have to stake a daisy, (well, almost) but its always windy, I am not sure if they like our acid soil. But they never have done very well.
Thanks to the seed swap thread I now have foxgloves and delphs in all of the colours and all of the sizes. Brilliant, I am thrilled.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I still have lots to do, especially clearing up the neglected veggie garden, but now it's turned cold and Christmas with all the trimmings is on it's way. 4 children & spouses and 8 grandchildren coming.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Me too. Last big job of the year was to transplant a big stump of Cotinus from one end of the garden to the other. Builders with a digger pulled it out for me (as part of new garage building project) and I dug a hole at the other end of the garden and dropped it in. Hopefully it has enough viable root to survive. All around where I was digging the snowdrops were beginning to peep out and my friendly garden robin came to see what I was doing and cheer me along. How sweet of him!
I thought I had finished as posted before but more leaves and blooming dirty soggy looking ones now and they look so messy! Grrrr think I'll just leave em!
I had finished a couple of weeks ago which is positively miraculous for me. HOWEVER, I then thought perhaps I could just fit in a honeysuckle in a particular spot, shot off to the local nursey and he had one with all my requirements so OK and I've planted it. He also sells Christmas trees and holly wreaths in the village hall car park every year so I stopped off to tell him my honeysuckle was in. Unfortunately he had added a few highly perfumed rose bushes to his display so I came home with two of those and now I'm having to work out where I can plant them. And I have mince pies to make for a Museum meeting tomorrow and some 30-40 people to cater for a Christmas workshop for a geology group on Saturday. I do a buffet lunch, all home made and I'm quite sure that most members don't usually eat anything home made by the reactions. I'm always being asked for recipes for soup, quiches, Christmas cake...............
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I have to grow mine from seed Verdun, theres no way I could fill my garden with bought plants. But my seedlings will produce flowers next year, althouth the following year will be better.
I am a patient gardener.!
Susan, Same as Verdun, they got rust, even with early spraying with anti fungal, they still got it.
I have a dozen or so seedlings up, only because they were free in the magazine, they are all red I think.
Main problem here is the wind, I have to stake a daisy, (well, almost) but its always windy, I am not sure if they like our acid soil. But they never have done very well.
Thanks to the seed swap thread I now have foxgloves and delphs in all of the colours and all of the sizes. Brilliant, I am thrilled.
All finished in the garden for this year apart from keeping my eye on the greenhouse.
I'm just sitting in a house surrounded by boxes of Christmas decorations, unwrapped pressies and blank christmas cards.
Susan, did I send you white foxglove seeds, I still have some left.
I still have lots to do, especially clearing up the neglected veggie garden, but now it's turned cold and Christmas with all the trimmings is on it's way. 4 children & spouses and 8 grandchildren coming.
Me too. Last big job of the year was to transplant a big stump of Cotinus from one end of the garden to the other. Builders with a digger pulled it out for me (as part of new garage building project) and I dug a hole at the other end of the garden and dropped it in. Hopefully it has enough viable root to survive. All around where I was digging the snowdrops were beginning to peep out and my friendly garden robin came to see what I was doing and cheer me along. How sweet of him!
A beautiful sunny day!
You have all done brilliant, well done
I thought I had finished as posted before but more leaves and blooming dirty soggy looking ones now and they look so messy! Grrrr think I'll just leave em!
Hello , still got Apple , willow , 2 ash and Hawthorn trees to give a trim , smallish garden so like to keep the under control
Also going to redo a gravel path in front of side conservatory
always something to do
I had finished a couple of weeks ago which is positively miraculous for me. HOWEVER, I then thought perhaps I could just fit in a honeysuckle in a particular spot, shot off to the local nursey and he had one with all my requirements so OK and I've planted it. He also sells Christmas trees and holly wreaths in the village hall car park every year so I stopped off to tell him my honeysuckle was in. Unfortunately he had added a few highly perfumed rose bushes to his display so I came home with two of those and now I'm having to work out where I can plant them. And I have mince pies to make for a Museum meeting tomorrow and some 30-40 people to cater for a Christmas workshop for a geology group on Saturday. I do a buffet lunch, all home made and I'm quite sure that most members don't usually eat anything home made by the reactions. I'm always being asked for recipes for soup, quiches, Christmas cake...............