I was about to say something similar about the variegated Hebes, Verd - even more mature ones can be less hardy than the non variegated ones. Sheltered spot in well drained soil for them Lou
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Managed to do some gardening yesterday re planted the station hanging baskets (2 of them) with plants dug up from around the garden as all the violas in it had it with all the rain over the winter
So now has forget me nots around the sides, top antirrhinum, wallflower and poached egg plants in
My Hebes are flowering so the few big bumbles I have seen are enjoying them, my variegated one is getting big in container near house
Today cut up the tea bag cardboard packaging to make a new seed box storage for all the free seeds from Garden News mag
I did plant them back in early summer Verdun so the poor little things weren't plunged into freezing earth in the middle of winter
Maybe they will keep their leaves next winter when they have grown a bit but it's good to know they are tender in their first year, I won't be too hard on them!
I don't like blue poppies either fairygirl, I heard that they are considered to be ultra bad luck in their native country and should never be picked.
I tempted fate and lost, I decided to plant out a couple of shrub 's then hey ho we had frost and it got the new growth , so I have just been tidying and planning .
I've washed my 3 electric propagators and some seed trays. Have sowed broad beans, mange tout peas and sweet peas in pots and put them in a cold frame.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Swings and roundabouts Verd
Except I don't like those blue poppies.....
I was about to say something similar about the variegated Hebes, Verd - even more mature ones can be less hardy than the non variegated ones. Sheltered spot in well drained soil for them Lou
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Managed to do some gardening yesterday re planted the station hanging baskets (2 of them) with plants dug up from around the garden as all the violas in it had it with all the rain over the winter
So now has forget me nots around the sides, top antirrhinum, wallflower and poached egg plants in
My Hebes are flowering so the few big bumbles I have seen are enjoying them, my variegated one is getting big in container near house
Today cut up the tea bag cardboard packaging to make a new seed box storage for all the free seeds from Garden News mag
I did plant them back in early summer Verdun so the poor little things weren't plunged into freezing earth in the middle of winter
Maybe they will keep their leaves next winter when they have grown a bit but it's good to know they are tender in their first year, I won't be too hard on them!
I don't like blue poppies either fairygirl, I heard that they are considered to be ultra bad luck in their native country and should never be picked.
Good evening , good bit of garden tidying up the other day and Friday at the allotment and yesterday went through all the packet of seeds
I tempted fate and lost, I decided to plant out a couple of shrub 's then hey ho we had frost and it got the new growth , so I have just been tidying and planning .
Finished clearing up the garden and took a look at my compost bin
found a mouse nest, and babies, all snug as a...mouse
splitting hostas in the tunnel counts as gardening, right?
Of course it does, Hosta.
I've washed my 3 electric propagators and some seed trays. Have sowed broad beans, mange tout peas and sweet peas in pots and put them in a cold frame.
I even managed to name one of my un-named varieties. ( ie I found the label buried deep inside the pot )