I've gone a bit mad for clematis' this year.....bought five. I have a nice courtyard space for them but apart from montanas and tangutica I am a clematis newbie so it will all be a new experience for me.
Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
Went GC yesterday, 4x compost and one bag of manure for cannas / potatoes. got a few 9cm pot perennials, phlox franz schurbert 3L- two foxglove illumination flame and a rose ( Mary rose ) which I am questioning now I went for a peony originally but changed mind and went for a rose cause they flower longer. Anyone grown Mary rose before ? And I got 3 pallets to play with, thinking of making some veg planters.
I have loads of pots, its plastic labels sticks what seem to go missing.
I bought a lovely clematis Broughton Star today from Aldi. It's my first Montana and l have been considering getting one for years. I have planted it so l can train it along our back wall using vine hooks and wires . I spent an hour prepping a very deep hole, l put an inch layer of gravel in the bottom, then an inch of grit, then put grit, compost, the last of my home made leaf mould and a good handful of fbb in the planting soil. I also planted it much deeper as advised so it better be happy and thrive . I did shatter my hubsters drill bit putting in vine eyelets , didn't know brick was so hard, so had to pop to Home base to replace it and just happened to pop into plant section where l spotted a hellebore Cinnamon Snow being reduced from £15 down to £4 so had to buy it.
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40p Apple Mint from my local 'posh' garden centre, down from £1.99.......result!
Ooops..wanted to add....does anyone know where there are any bargain Blueberry plants? I've got one and it needs a friend to get fruity!!!
I've gone a bit mad for clematis' this year.....bought five. I have a nice courtyard space for them but apart from montanas and tangutica I am a clematis newbie so it will all be a new experience for me.
I did see some in Morrisons yesterday Linda - don't know whether they'll still be there in your part of the world
Thanks Jinxy, I will have a look tomorrow. Trouble is, I might go into a buying frenzy with all these offers
MmHmm Linda - that's the problem - I never come out of Morrisons without milk and a plant
A new Dutch hoe from eBay
Secateurs from BQ
Went GC yesterday, 4x compost and one bag of manure for cannas / potatoes. got a few 9cm pot perennials, phlox franz schurbert 3L- two foxglove illumination flame and a rose ( Mary rose ) which I am questioning now
I went for a peony originally but changed mind and went for a rose cause they flower longer. Anyone grown Mary rose before ? And I got 3 pallets to play with, thinking of making some veg planters.
I have loads of pots, its plastic labels sticks what seem to go missing.
I bought a lovely clematis Broughton Star today from Aldi. It's my first Montana and l have been considering getting one for years. I have planted it so l can train it along our back wall using vine hooks and wires . I spent an hour prepping a very deep hole, l put an inch layer of gravel in the bottom, then an inch of grit, then put grit, compost, the last of my home made leaf mould and a good handful of fbb in the planting soil. I also planted it much deeper as advised so it better be happy and thrive . I did shatter my hubsters drill bit putting in vine eyelets , didn't know brick was so hard, so had to pop to Home base to replace it and just happened to pop into plant section where l spotted a hellebore Cinnamon Snow being reduced from £15 down to £4 so had to buy it.