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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2016 13:40:13 GMT
A variety I think. The garden centre had a good supply but rather much of a muchness so I didn't buy. I have plenty other GC's in my part of the world to check out.
The back wall you can see will be painted white which will improve the light a little and I intend to plant a Mahonia there.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2016 13:41:55 GMT
P.S. my nephew is a garden designer (and is doing Chelsea Flower Show this year) and has drawn up a lovely plan for the main garden. My son in law will build and we hope to have it completed by May 1.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2016 14:00:21 GMT
Lucky you to have them at your disposal.
Since ferns multiply so readily and often need thinning out, perhaps you have some garden buddies with ferns you can swap with.
( No offense but I really dislike Mahonias)
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2016 14:02:25 GMT
Alternative suggestion then please? I'm not necessarily wed to Mahonias but liked the idea of winter yellow flowers that we can see through our front door.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 15, 2016 14:15:24 GMT
Forsythia?
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2016 14:16:23 GMT
Definitely no........
Sorry Kimby.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2016 14:34:19 GMT
Dogwood? Or one of the many magnolias, some of which dwarfish varieties are now available in the trade.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2016 14:44:16 GMT
Magnolia with no sun at all?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2016 15:34:12 GMT
Ah yes, forget about the light situation. OK, there are many hydrangeas that tolerate shade well along with many camellias and sasanquas.
I'll brainstorm some more...
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 18, 2016 10:37:18 GMT
5 ferns planted yesterday. I shall see how they develop before planting any more
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2016 15:07:34 GMT
What varieties did you get Mick? They sure are tiny.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 21, 2016 8:23:25 GMT
They are ferns that die down in winter so have only just woken up (some haven't even done that yet). Give them a chance!
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Post by breeze on Mar 21, 2016 12:36:20 GMT
They look lonely. You need more plants, mick, lots more. Get out there and shop. I envy you the variety of plants and suppliers available in Britain. Near us all the nurseries order from the same wholesaler.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 9:58:22 GMT
breeze, I take great advantage of mail-order plants. I can get all sorts of varieties from all over the US and sometimes you can get things shipped fairly cheaply. My Italian stone pine came as a seedling for Oregon, and I think it was under $20.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 22, 2016 10:03:29 GMT
We do have a great variety of garden centres. Not far from me is an area, Crews Hill, which is supposed to have the biggest concentration of garden centres anywhere in Europe.
No, I shan't get any more plants until I see how these develop. Some are supposed to have a spread of up to 3'.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 12:25:55 GMT
I've had good luck with mail order plants too.
Mick, as I may have mentioned to you before, given all the gardeners that you know where you are I would think that many would have plants to share. Ferns often need thinning. At least here anyway.
Also, does Kew have plants for sale? Perhaps you are eligible for a discount?
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 22, 2016 12:29:22 GMT
Kew does have a few but no discount for me!
I am there shortly to pick up an Aloe though at no cost.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2016 22:12:33 GMT
There should be some news on those ferns soon.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 31, 2016 22:32:32 GMT
Oh, joy! Almost all the bulbs I planted after the first snows last fall are pushing up green shoots, and the first crocus is about to burst open.
Those I planted at the lake will be weeks behind, I fear, due to the elevational difference of almost 3000 feet.
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Post by htmb on Apr 3, 2016 21:13:02 GMT
I don't have much in the way of a garden, but I do have three well-established Golden Dewdrop plants outside my front door. They grow quite large and add additional privacy and shade to my kitchen window area. I'm a little late this year, but I've just pruned them way back. During the summer they usually grow long canes that I tie back with twine once they start to droop over my walkway, but I'm wondering if there's a way I can keep the plants pruned back while still allowing for nice purple blooms.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 3, 2016 21:52:09 GMT
That is such a pretty plant. It grows here, but I didn't know its name until now -- thanks! Here is what the Daves Garden site has to say about it. I love that site because so many regular people with real experience with each plant weigh in on the discussions: davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1320/#b
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Post by htmb on Apr 3, 2016 22:27:44 GMT
That's a super link. Thanks, Bixa!
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Post by rikita on Apr 16, 2016 22:07:49 GMT
don't know if i wrote that yet, but agnes and i made two little "fields" in the courtyard of our house, and sowed radishes, carrots and water cress. we will also get a red currant plant soon. the courtyard is very shady though, not sure it even gets direct sunlight at all - the guy that cleans the staircase and courtyard said he was planning to paint that one wall there white, to make it a bit lighter in there, he hasn't so far though. the water cress is doing fine anyway, and some of the radishes are growing, and a few of the carrots. lots of weeds though - there is a tree somewhere that seems to be taking procreation to the extremes ... oh, i also put some of the forest strawberry plants i had, there, but someone must have pulled most of them out, only two are still there, though they seem to be doing fine so far ...
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Post by lugg on May 24, 2016 19:33:59 GMT
Good luck all with your planting. I am trying to replant a border that was decimated when a tree knocked down the garden wall resulting in death for most of what was there. So it faces mostly east It all looks a bit forlorn at the moment
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Post by lugg on May 24, 2016 19:51:16 GMT
Which means that some if not all might fail but this is what I have planted so far Angelica A hydrangea which I hope eventually cover the wal and will merge with the clematis which has survived at the other end of the wall A Buddleia A Sambucas and a Scabiosa Ive thrown in a few cottage garden seeds so will now have to wait and see. I also bought something Ive wanted to grow for a long time, an everlasting pea, but not sure where to put it and how invasive or not it will be so stuck it in a pot for now
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Post by htmb on May 24, 2016 20:58:37 GMT
Good luck with the plantings. That looks like it was a large tree. No damage to any buildings?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2016 21:11:21 GMT
What a job! I do love your choices, Lugg, but wish you hadn't shown that picture of the Sambuca. I could tell it was in the elderberry family but never saw that fabulous black variety. I had to look it up and now am eaten up alive with the desire for one of my own.
Everything should bush out nicely, with the lovely pale green of the Angelica as a taller accent and the scabious peeping out from its neighbors' foliage. A climbing Hydrangea -- nice!
Is your soil naturally rather acid? I'm wondering how much the new wall might have made it too alkaline.
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Post by htmb on May 24, 2016 21:22:15 GMT
I'm worried about myself now. I had looked at the Sambucca and thought "elderberry." Some of this plant stuff might be rubbing off on me.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2016 21:25:37 GMT
You're smarter than you knew!
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Post by htmb on May 24, 2016 21:30:10 GMT
A little glimmer of something comes through every once in awhile.
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