Planting now
thedjjj
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Hi,
I have a few plants to put out, but not sure if its best left til spring?
I live in the midlands, a decent sized town so not out in the countryside where frosts are a major issue. The planting area is south / west facing and is sheltered by fences around. Soil is heavy clay though I have dug in a bit of manure and grit which had helped already (it seems. We had a proper downpour Sunday morning and it didn't sit wet like it used to)
to plant out, I have :
2 viburnums Tinus and lisarose - 2 litre pots
choisya ternata 2l pot
2 vinca minors to trail down a wall - atropurpurea - 1l pots
2 ivies - 1l pots
cyclamens
also, I have a large patch of bare soil that I have dug in, should I mulch this (bark) or is that pointless til spring ? It's the same area the shrubs above will be planted, but obviously there will still be a large bare area left over for now.
Thanks!
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I'd be perfectly happy planting most of those now as long as the soil's not waterlogged.
What sort of cyclamen?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Dove,
sorry for the late reply - the cyclamens are these - no labels :
They're not the hardy types (C. hederifolium and C. coum) that will naturalise in your garden , but they'll be ok in containers in a sheltered spot outside.
I sometimes do a mixed planting for our porch in the winter with some of these and an ornamental grass and a trailing variegated small leaved ivy, and plant some Tete a tete daffodil bulbs underneath them to grow and flower in the spring.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Most hardy plants are better in the ground, potted plants can be planted at any time of year, as long as ground not frozen, or, waterlogged.
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S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
If the ground is too wet or frozen I would plant, Autumn and winter used to be the recommend time to plant becouse it was bare rooted plants.