My garden is full of celandine again this spring. please log in to view this image It really is a nightmare https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=187 Luckily it will all be gone in a few weeks.....
Why do things grow so fast in the greenhouse - it means you have to constantly look after them, potting on etc
Any expert flower growers on here? For the first time ever, I turned my hand to growing some indoor Spring bulbs - and now that they've flowered & started to wither, I've no idea how to store them for next year. My outdoor ones just get left in the ground, but these are susceptible to cold weather. Should I just cut them right back leave them in their pots - or take them out and do... what?
No expert here - but Monty Don always goes on about letting bulbs keep their leaves while they die back. I would guess you could stand them outside if it is not too cold or put them in a shed until the leaves die off then take the bulbs and store them dry till you plant them up for next Spring.
What are they? Keep them watered and feed them - tomorite or miracle grow - until the leaves go brown an wither. Cut the dead leaves off and store the pots somewhere cool, watering occaisiinally. Repot them in the autumn and start again.
Dont ever plant Coltsfoot, the flowers are nice but then these big boring leaves appear everywhere. Out with the weed killer!
They're hippeastrum. I had a garden full of them in Australia, but only tried them here indoors as I didn't think they would stand the frost/snow/rain...
Hi there I am planting up a new bed and fence in my UK garden North facing, some shelter, some shade sharing soil with established shrubs I am looking for a couple of complementary yellow or cream or white rose climbers..... to be completemented by a couple of clematis... any ideas team?? Cheers
Right cannot be too much help on the roses, but the clematis I do have some. Clematis montana comes in different colours including white and is pretty hardy. Most of these do not like to get their roots baked, so partial shade would be alright. They also do not like too much water logged soil, so if it is a bit "claggy " mix in some grit when planting to open up the soil. A yellow one called Bill MacKenzie does very well out here flowering two or three times a year. It might not do so well ooop north and only flower once. Whereas the montana has large flowers, Bill MacKenzie has smaller ones. Suggest a trip to the garden centre and see when they are supposed to flower, and plan around that.
How tall is the fence ? How much space is there on the fence ? If you have the pennies , David Austin's Roses are the best . I always try to grow Clematis up climbing roses , although as a general rule both thrive best in good light conditions .. You could consider the reliable climbing rose Golden Showers , I have grown this in a shady position, .. or if space a Rambler . If it's very shady you could consider a broad leaved Ivy with good variegation .....Garrya Elliptica and Hydrangea Petiolaris also do well when clipped tight on north facing walls / fences , very hardy and tough shade lovers .
Thanks guys.... I take the advice re claggy soil and will mix some grit. i have dug as many of the roots out as i can... hours of work.... and put in some bags of horse manure which has decomposed to a nice rich loam. Mme has had me sieve all the old root soil so we can put it back in.... no fun when it is a wet mass Fence is Six foot high by 24 wide. I do like David Austin and have bought them before...... will look further. Mme does not like the fact that some are heavy headed and can droop My wife is anti Ivy....... we have it all over the place.... so wont go there. Would a summer jasmine survive? I just bought a discounted passion flower at the garden centre.... so will put that in... Have to co-ordinate flowering periods and colour etc
Winter Jasmine would definitely take that situation ...Summer Jasmine will probably do .. I have it here running rampant in here in south and west facing situations . I would say no chance re passion flower ....I worked for years at a Convent in Hemel ..The Sisters had a huge passion flower which was cut back to the ground by frosts and therefore never flowered while I was there . If the location was South facing and you were prepared to protect with winter fleece you could have taken a risky punt with Clematis Armandii .
thanks Ok with Winter jasmine.... will think carefully re passion flower and protect.... my wife had one in here ex house up here.... but southish facing Armanddi we have tried elsewhere in the garden barely a flower in 10 years!
Roots... digging up beds that have had little attention in years.... if you break up a root can it still grow? There are SO MANY little big and massive root networks. I have dug up as many as i can and really dug over the soil... and have even pulled out root networks with my bare hands....
if you break up a root can it still grow? Yes. In some cases you will get even more. Depends what it is.
We have some thunbergia - some yellow, some an orange colour - growing in, through and up our roses on an East facing wall. They can be half hardy or perennial and once they start flowering they keep going - the wall they are on is even now covered in flower
Ivy spreads through underground rhizomes and above-ground runners. It will spread it is just cut off and the roots are left behind. Tree and shrub roots can send up suckers from damaged roots
I used to live in a terrace house that backed onto the convent in Boxmoor, As kids we used to go scrumping in the fields behind presumably owned by the convent. I recently went to look at a rental flat for my youngest daughter on the site where the convent used to be in Woodland ave.
