For weeds it has to be May / April depends on when the showers and warm weather hit that special synchronisation. Like on Thursday when I swear you could see the damn things growing an inch an hour.
For harvesting? Despite my efforts to have an interesting vegetable patch / flower bed most of the year September / October are my busy harvesting times as I get my sumner herbs to give me one last push so I can freeze / dehydrate what I can for the colder months ahead and other fruits and vegetables are ready for picking.
For colour? Well that depends on what you grow. For me I need that spring February / March early burst of colour to awaken me from hibernation and tempt me back into the garden. For others they manage their gardens as rainbows of delight the entire year round.
Because I have a newly planted new build garden and I know it is going to be a long wait. I tend to like foliage and the ferns are doing really well but other things just taking their time. I don't think my canna or Echinacea bulbs have taken as no sign of them.
Ahh. In that case let's ignore what is happening in our gardens (being in Yorkshire my seasons are never the same as Devon or even Northampton for instance so a general overview while good to know isn't always that helpful) and instead have a look specifically at what is growing in yours.
Now I've never grown Echinacea so hopefully someone with more expertise will be over to help. When did you plant the seeds? I know that they don't like the damp; have you been over watering the area or does it naturally stay damp? I think these flower in August / September so we might still be a bit early yo be expecting them to make an appearance just yet. As I said hopefully someone who knows these plants better will be here to help.
With the Canna, again when did you plant them? I know th
With the Canna, again when did you plant them? I know that normally you start the rhizomes off in pots in the garden (a windowsill or greenhouse) around April time and these dont get planted out until the end of May when the last risk of frost has gone (they don't like frosts but do tolerate staying in the ground all year in sheltered areas of the UK) so you definitely should be seeing something if you planted them this way. Did you put them straight into the ground?
Are you sure it is echinacea? They are plants not bulbs? Cannas should not be outside for a while yet depending on where you live. I tried to grow a canna - once - in Scotland. It didn't really get a growth spurt until about July!
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The two canna moonshine rhizomes are in pots. I do have a tip showing from the one I bought from my old house. That is in the ground and has been for a year. The Echinacea were roots or a tuber and also in pots. I am sure it was Echinacea.
My honeysuckle is also dying now. Looked very healthy but leaves dying from the bottom up. I have two. Hallina and a super market one. Roots shielded and not too close to a wall.
The ferns look good and so do the Himalayan birch. I have about 14 foot high of wall and fence to cover at the back and to the left and wish I didn't go with armandii and honeysuckle at the bsck but rather something self clinging. I do have a sulphur heart on the left and that is just getting going.
The birch are at the back with dog wood, oak leaved hydrangea and sacrocca but not looking lush yet. Just want to hide the wall/fence combo.
How long have you put the honeysuckle in? Was it moved from another place? Could be the soil is not right or not enough water. At this time of year, climbing Honeysuckles should be showing quite a bit of growing signs.
Things that grow a lot now tend to be the earlier flowering perennials and quite a few flowering shrubs. Later performing perennials will usually be very green with lots of young shoots?
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depends what you grow.
I like a long, constantly changing, scene rather than a bang. I want to see a garden from January to December. I plant to achieve that
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Agree with nut but if you mean when is general growth the strongest, then it's probably May. Turn your back and it's weed city!
Go bang?
For weeds it has to be May / April depends on when the showers and warm weather hit that special synchronisation. Like on Thursday when I swear you could see the damn things growing an inch an hour.
For harvesting? Despite my efforts to have an interesting vegetable patch / flower bed most of the year September / October are my busy harvesting times as I get my sumner herbs to give me one last push so I can freeze / dehydrate what I can for the colder months ahead and other fruits and vegetables are ready for picking.
For colour? Well that depends on what you grow. For me I need that spring February / March early burst of colour to awaken me from hibernation and tempt me back into the garden. For others they manage their gardens as rainbows of delight the entire year round.
Why do you ask?
Because I have a newly planted new build garden and I know it is going to be a long wait. I tend to like foliage and the ferns are doing really well but other things just taking their time. I don't think my canna or Echinacea bulbs have taken as no sign of them.
Ahh. In that case let's ignore what is happening in our gardens (being in Yorkshire my seasons are never the same as Devon or even Northampton for instance so a general overview while good to know isn't always that helpful) and instead have a look specifically at what is growing in yours.
Now I've never grown Echinacea so hopefully someone with more expertise will be over to help. When did you plant the seeds? I know that they don't like the damp; have you been over watering the area or does it naturally stay damp? I think these flower in August / September so we might still be a bit early yo be expecting them to make an appearance just yet. As I said hopefully someone who knows these plants better will be here to help.
With the Canna, again when did you plant them? I know th
oops hit send! Let's try again.
With the Canna, again when did you plant them? I know that normally you start the rhizomes off in pots in the garden (a windowsill or greenhouse) around April time and these dont get planted out until the end of May when the last risk of frost has gone (they don't like frosts but do tolerate staying in the ground all year in sheltered areas of the UK) so you definitely should be seeing something if you planted them this way. Did you put them straight into the ground?
Are you sure it is echinacea? They are plants not bulbs? Cannas should not be outside for a while yet depending on where you live. I tried to grow a canna - once - in Scotland. It didn't really get a growth spurt until about July!
The two canna moonshine rhizomes are in pots. I do have a tip showing from the one I bought from my old house. That is in the ground and has been for a year. The Echinacea were roots or a tuber and also in pots. I am sure it was Echinacea.
My honeysuckle is also dying now. Looked very healthy but leaves dying from the bottom up. I have two. Hallina and a super market one. Roots shielded and not too close to a wall.
The ferns look good and so do the Himalayan birch. I have about 14 foot high of wall and fence to cover at the back and to the left and wish I didn't go with armandii and honeysuckle at the bsck but rather something self clinging. I do have a sulphur heart on the left and that is just getting going.
The birch are at the back with dog wood, oak leaved hydrangea and sacrocca but not looking lush yet. Just want to hide the wall/fence combo.
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And I put pyracantha at the back too. At least we now have birds visiting. It was bare six months ago.
How long have you put the honeysuckle in? Was it moved from another place? Could be the soil is not right or not enough water. At this time of year, climbing Honeysuckles should be showing quite a bit of growing signs.
Things that grow a lot now tend to be the earlier flowering perennials and quite a few flowering shrubs. Later performing perennials will usually be very green with lots of young shoots?