I potted on 66 primula fire dragon plugs into 3inch pots. Then I put the staging back into the greenhouse. Then I took cuttings of argyranthemum paris daisy, salvias, hot lips, pennys pink and Amistad. Although Amistad survived last winter outside, it came up so late it is only just making flowers. The cuttings I took this time last year have been flowering since August. This year I may dig the plants up and overwinter in big pots inside. Hot lips survived Ok.
We must have your sunshine here Verdun. It's just glorious. remember,though, that every day you had sunshine, we had rain!
Been out for a quick scout round. Sprayed the "car park", dead headed roses. I know nothing about them but the man who lived here before me was a rose nut. I've been left with over thirty to care for. Sake! A couple of them are truly stunning in flower but the rest??? neh!
Loads of bumble bees on my mallows and fuchsia and some other kind of bee things on my free tagetes. Think I'll sit and look at it now. Tis is probably the last sunshine we'll see for a while.
I've just trimmed back tradescantia that was threatening to take over the world, and now need to tackle the phygelius which has spread all over the place, but in an area where nothing else wants to grow, so I don't mind too much. Then its planting out the five rooted rosenary cuttings - a nice rosemary hedge in the making, and clearing the dead leaves from the iris - they were spectacular this spring, so need to remove the dead bits and lift and replant the surplus. I also have a lot of ornithogalum bulbs that I want to plant along a piece of wall where they can be seen to advantage next year.. Still enjoying the prolific flowering of tiny cyclamen - some deep pink, some a little paler - always a surprise when they reapear here, after the long, hot, dry summer.
Beautiful day here, have planted out Curlew and Cragford Daffs and underplanted with blue Forget me not. Hopefully should be a good show in the spring.
My neighbour told me there's some mean ol' weather on the way so a pity I couldn't have done more today.
A plant order I made hasn't arrived and neither has my most exciting bulb order. Both involve the digging up of 15 other things and some rearranging but I just can't get on without them
Had a rummage through the boring bulbs box, planted some alliums and camassias which seemed the least tiresome to bury. Put some of the camassias near the dogwoods - now that'll be a test of how much clag they can stand
Collected some seedheads and returned the fallout caterpillars back to the plants.
Moved a Hosta to a west facing position, hope it'll be alright there. Had a hell of a job digging it up, never moved one before but it turned out to be my neighbours conifer roots complicating the issue.
Ripped all/most of the mint out the pond, now got a big trug of mint roots and pond gunk I have to go through picking the creatures out. Pond looks a million times better now I can see it. Might reward myself with another flowering rush and a white marsh marigold
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I potted on 66 primula fire dragon plugs into 3inch pots. Then I put the staging back into the greenhouse. Then I took cuttings of argyranthemum paris daisy, salvias, hot lips, pennys pink and Amistad. Although Amistad survived last winter outside, it came up so late it is only just making flowers. The cuttings I took this time last year have been flowering since August. This year I may dig the plants up and overwinter in big pots inside. Hot lips survived Ok.
Himself is watching rugby. The lawn needs mowing.
Great looking fruit, Flowers
This morning I pruned climbers on a pergola, ate cake and had a scything lesson.
This afternoon I have been mostly putting compost on next year's brassica beds (in a different garden) and picking apples and pears.
This evening I shall be mostly watching Rugby and drinking beer.
Tomorrow I'm meeting a friend for a long walk, and then juicing thousands of apples and on Monday I shall have a rest!
Therapeutic afternoon spent weeding, then picking beans, raspberries, blueberries, courgettes and sweet peas.
We must have your sunshine here Verdun. It's just glorious. remember,though, that every day you had sunshine, we had rain!
Been out for a quick scout round. Sprayed the "car park", dead headed roses. I know nothing about them but the man who lived here before me was a rose nut. I've been left with over thirty to care for. Sake! A couple of them are truly stunning in flower but the rest??? neh!
Loads of bumble bees on my mallows and fuchsia and some other kind of bee things on my free tagetes. Think I'll sit and look at it now. Tis is probably the last sunshine we'll see for a while.
I've just trimmed back tradescantia that was threatening to take over the world, and now need to tackle the phygelius which has spread all over the place, but in an area where nothing else wants to grow, so I don't mind too much. Then its planting out the five rooted rosenary cuttings - a nice rosemary hedge in the making, and clearing the dead leaves from the iris - they were spectacular this spring, so need to remove the dead bits and lift and replant the surplus. I also have a lot of ornithogalum bulbs that I want to plant along a piece of wall where they can be seen to advantage next year.. Still enjoying the prolific flowering of tiny cyclamen - some deep pink, some a little paler - always a surprise when they reapear here, after the long, hot, dry summer.
Beautiful day here, have planted out Curlew and Cragford Daffs and underplanted with blue Forget me not. Hopefully should be a good show in the spring.
My neighbour told me there's some mean ol' weather on the way so a pity I couldn't have done more today.
A plant order I made hasn't arrived and neither has my most exciting bulb order. Both involve the digging up of 15 other things and some rearranging but I just can't get on without them
Had a rummage through the boring bulbs box, planted some alliums and camassias which seemed the least tiresome to bury. Put some of the camassias near the dogwoods - now that'll be a test of how much clag they can stand
Collected some seedheads and returned the fallout caterpillars back to the plants.
Moved a Hosta to a west facing position, hope it'll be alright there. Had a hell of a job digging it up, never moved one before but it turned out to be my neighbours conifer roots complicating the issue.
Ripped all/most of the mint out the pond, now got a big trug of mint roots and pond gunk I have to go through picking the creatures out. Pond looks a million times better now I can see it. Might reward myself with another flowering rush and a white marsh marigold
Jo, yes, been ogling one on a pond plant site I recently found
Runnybeak, it depends what you bought at the GC..?