Gardening: Hints and Help!
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Indeed TTDA, The Peonies are well though also, along with the red leaves on the Acers' .
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I bought 2 things last year that was delivered at around Christmas-a Tree Peony & a hard to track down Clematis👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Apologies I was called away. Paeonia suffruticosa & Clamatis Koreana amber. They both look beaut according to the info tag that arrived with them. Roll on Summer👍🏻
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Paeonies don’t seem particularly fond of our soil, I have two, inherited from MIL’s garden, but wouldn’t call them prolific doers. Might be because transplanted them, but it has been a couple of decades🤨
I feel the urge for a new Clematis, so will look that one up Rocky👍
Edit.....gorgeous Rocky, and repeat flowers.👏👏 Do you know about this place
https://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/
worth a trip for you, a lovely very successful specialist nursery. They used to take a big stand at our town show back when it had huge floral marquees, and do Chelsea regular. 👍
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I got mine from Burncoose nurseries(tinny land), I’m happy with Taylor’s & have used them before but they had none🤷🏻♂️. Burncoose delivered good healthy well packaged kit too. I tried to put pics up but the stupid site rejected em even with the two pics at less than 300kb’s😤😤.
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Ah, yes, down near Redruth. They have a good reputation and are well known and also exhibit at Chelsea.
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Burncoose are very good, we've bought from them a number of times including one lovely yellow buddleia which didn't look as though it was going to take when we brought it home but is now thriving and covering up a not very pleasant stretch of fencing.
Interesting gardens to look round too, in addition to the nursery.
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We nearly always visit Burncoose, OH complains that they're a bit pricey but they are a very good supplier and I've bought on line from them, I've seen them at Chelsea. (We use the Redruth back route to Falmouth to avoid Truro traffic jams.)
I've just bought a clematis from Taylors...stocks seem to be low, I think many have been buying on line this year so I couldn't get my first choice (or second and third!!)
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Boo hoo, this is the second year we've missed out on a spring visit to our favourite Cornish gardens and their spactacular Camellias and Magnollias!!
But we should see a few at Abbotsbury gardens in Dorset next week. Many of the big gardens are opening once more tomorrow. 🌸🏵🌸🏵
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And us as well Brue😢 We know Burncoose as well, love lots of the Cornish Nurseries. Good one in the Lizard for Exotics. We used to bring back at least a dozen plants, including some big ones, every Summer. I might treat myself to a Banana Plant this year. I lost all mine in 2010 in the prolonged freeze up here.
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If anybody are thinking about planting any plants that can cope with dry conditions if the weather is like 2022 I can suggest any plants that have silver leaves, succulents ie. house leeks or similar. Yesterday I was at a local store that does animal feeds clothes and gardening items including plants so got the last 5 plants of Delospermia "Cooperi" these plants do very here and do not need much watering and have lovely dark pink flowers and have succulent type leaves hence they hold the water they can be a bit fragile to handle but if bits break off I just stick back into a container with compost even with other plants in they soon root I like plants for free, other plants are Lavenders which again cope well here and salvia the shrub type as long as they are protected from northerly winds and they need very water once they are settled in the ground or even a pot. Hope this helps and gives folk ideas getting ready for the new season.
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I have lot of lavenders in my garden, different types and colours. Always think they give a lot back, with very little maintenance required.
Very wet here, not enticing enough to do much at the moment. Hope we get a Summer like last year though, be lovely to get the pool out again, we had such fun😁
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Couldn't resist buying some different snowdrops the other day, these are small with large glossy leaves. Will grow them on in the pot, if I put them in the ground our dog will remove the label!
Lots of snowdrop walks just now.
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PS If you've ever wondered just how many snowdrops there are take a look at our local plant producer...! (Close your eyes for some of the prices, it's like tulip mania.
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That’s very interesting Brue. I had no idea there were so many varieties. I recall planting thousands out with other volunteers at Brodsworth one year, they do make a beautiful show. We have Hodsock Priory not far away, they do a good snowdrops walk. Got some clumping up nicely in my garden, but no special varieties😁
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Good offer on some popular plants here….
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/thompson-and-morgan/
Only available up to 28th Feb, so get your skates on if interested😄
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I thought this was interesting...seed sales are up.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64811491
We'll be hearing a talk from the chap called Mike in the photos, at our garden club, he's a regular fixture round here and always has an eye for all things horticultural and social, I wonder if he'll divert a bit from the planned talk?!
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Just trying a couple of Dahlias this year . I’ve potted them up on my window sill, and now there are two shoots showing on one . What’s the next step ...
Do I just leave them ?
Do I wait whilst they leaf ?
when do I put them out ?
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Put them out when frosts are no longer a danger, maybe you can gradually acclimatise them by moving them towards a cooler spot as spring progresses. We usually start ours off in pots in the greenhouse late Spring.
A few more garden shrubs coming into flower and my favourite little daffodil, Jetfire, hope the cold snap doesn't last too long!
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Hi Brue, do you think I have started them off too soon ?
great to see the daffodils all around breaking out
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I like Jetfires Brue👍 Like how the petals end up pointing backwards😁
I start my dahlias off in pots late Spring as well. We are due a week of very low overnight temps here, I have had to wrap some stuff up in fleece😱
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It will need some TLC from now on HH😁 Don’t keep it too warm, or it will end up “leggy”, long spindly growth that has trouble supporting flower heads, but not too cold either🤔 I haven’t even planted mine yet in greenhouse.
My bargains from MSE offer arrived yesterday. Agapanthus, begonias and something else🤔 Postage cost more, a proper bargain.
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Thanks for the reply TTDA, see now what you mean . I only have a cold greenhouse which especially now with the snow coming will be too cold . House possibly too warm ,so I’ll try to find somewhere cooler.
what’s the best time/month to start them off in a cold greenhouse ?
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My Dahlia plant is approx 9” tall now with two sets of stalks. I’ve moved it now to my cold greenhouse ( which in last couple of days as been 60/65 deg ) fingers crossed
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Sorry, I missed this HH. Up here in Yorkshire, I usually put a few in pots late March, April. I can use fleece wrap if needed, we actually have some that survive in the ground each year, and come back, it’s a bit hit and miss to be honest.
Ideally, you are in a bit of a battle to stop it getting too “leggy”. You need it to have strong stems to support the flowers. Watch out for slugs as well👍
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My Dahlia is now about 9” tall with leaves and two stalks. I have now moved it to my cold greenhouse which over the last couple of days as been around 60deg . Now fingers crossed
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H E L P !!!!
I have discovered we have 3 cornered leek, the following taken from an online search.
Three-Cornered Leek can be found in dappled shade, grass verges, waste ground and gardens. It is a native of Southern Europe and has naturalised in the UK. It is a non-native invasive and listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Last year I thought it was wild garlic, ransoms plant, this year I know better.
I have a huge patch in one area, by an established hedge. Which last year i dug over and remived what i thought were wild garlic bulbs.Plus other areas in the garden. In the smaller areas I have attacked it with a hot weed burner and will continue to any time I see a hint of it! My dilemma is the large patch. I'm not a weedkiller user unless in dire circumstances and I fear this may be a justified case to use it.
What do there think? Recommend? I attach a photo of the worst affected area.
This, new to us house, can't offer up many more surprises!
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