🌷🌸🌷Gardening Corner🌷🌸🌷
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Picked up some lovely bulbs!
The store was selling them off for 50p a pack which was a bargain, Planted them the other day so hoping to get some lovely summer flowering
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pretty flower i am always dubious about buying gladioli bulbs in packets they tend to be a bit small and usually take a couple of years to flower there best i look forward to seeing them in bloom tho cant beat a bargain
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I’ve always had great results with Gladioli bulbs.
Never had some that hasn’t flowered well the same year, Have quite a few in pots in the front garden and they are absolutely stunning.
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Rhodedondrum’s are like many wonderful things the Victorians brought here, very dangerous to our native species. Many Countryside Services are working to irradiate it from the countryside and restore natural biodiversity. I 100% agree with keeping it in a pot, but a word of cation I wouldn’t have any other plants in with it, as they prefer a highly acidic soil, pretty much the same as the Azalea’s. We have many non native species in this country, Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed, Apple Trees, Copper Beech, Cedar, Cherry Plum etc, then add Mutjac Deer, Mink, Wombats, Asian Hornet, Signal Crayfish, Grey Squirrel etc. I think what we are doing is trying to reverse hundreds of years of species that have decimated the natural populations in this country. What the Garden Centre didn’t say, is the correct fact is you can plant it in your garden, but according to the Wildlife & Countryside Act it is illegal to plant one or cause grow outside of your property.
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Good Evening Everyone, my name is Dòmhnall or Donald in English. I would say I’m a veteran Gardner having worked in the public and private sector for many years and working as an Estate Ranger for my local Council. I’ve sadly not done Gardening professionally since 2012. I now live in a small second story flat with my own private entrance. I’m planning on getting a raised planter with three troughs with a trellis. I’m considering putting in a few roses, flowering bulbs for all year round, wildflower seeds for the bees, lavender and then place some slate clippings and solar lights on top. Just be nice to have the peace to do it with my mental health and then be able to sit outside my front door in the summer on a rocking chair to get some very valuable Vitamin D. I used to love the days of walking behind a lawnmower or doing bedding schemes alongside working on many private gardens, nursing homes and a large chemical plant in and around Oldham, Saddleworth and Clayton in Manchester.
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I was scared stiff of Giant Hogweed when i was a wee lad. Rightly so, but at least I wasn't like my pal Johnnie. He got chased one time by a lad wielding a bunch of daffodils. Maybe his mum shouldn't have let him watch "The Day Of The Triffids" before bed! (1981 BBC tv series).
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😂😂😂 flower power is a very potent thing to say the least.
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lol, I hadn't thought of that in years. I can still picture the pair of them tearing around the playground. I don't think I could have lived down being reduced to tears by a bunch of daffodils.
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Hello @Yonner1314 That planter sounds like a great idea. I do like the wildflowers because there's always something going on with them, all the insect activity!
I'm very fortunate to have a garden and whilst I can't do much physically by way of gardening anymore I'm very good at giving instructions to my rather reluctant son when he's here, telling him where to plant things😀
I do have a little set up with a table where I can plant a packet of seeds because I really enjoy watching things grow. I also cheat a lot and buy herb plants from supermarkets!
This year I'll be doing far less gardening but instead will be investing in a decent sun chair 👍 so like yourself, I can be outside taking in the vitamin D 🌞
My body couldn't cope with a rocking chair 😂 but I've seen those zero gravity sun chairs and have my eye on one!
Good luck with the planting, it sounds like a lovely idea!
You've reminded me to throw down some cornflower seeds.👍 The goldfinch absolutely love visiting those plants as well as the bumblebees.
I'd love to know how you get on and what wildflowers you decide on!
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I have a garden, but am ashamed to admit that it is grass and common grey slabs only!
A couple of raised beds would be good, I like the idea of old railway sleepers. They are expensive though.
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All mine are growing in pots but it’s only Rhododendron ponticum that are illegal if you let them reach wild areas, Other species of Rhododendrons don’t have any legal requirements.
my local garden centre do sell Rhododendron ponticum but it has a warning on about growth outside into wild areas.
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I'm interested that you mentioned coffee grounds in your post. My dad has an allotment and has been gifted two buckets of used coffee grounds but he's unsure how to use them and with which plants? Could you give any insight? Thanks in advance.
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I'm struggling with my Camelia. This is the second year it hasn't flowered (it was bought in 2023 in full bloom, but there has been nothing since. Just buds which haven't opened) I followed the RHS advice and kept it watered and fertilized in late summer. It's in an area of the garden which gets full sunlight until mid afternoon. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Just sprinkle it all on the soil around the plants, any plant, flowers etc.
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Thank you. I'll pass that on to him.
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you could try giving it a good mulch of ericaceous compost and no fertilizer as for the buds not opening it could well be frost damage cover it with fleece if its in an exposed area in autumn and winter
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quite right, it’s a sad state of affairs when we have to read warning labels on plants today. It’s also dangerous to livestock as well.
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I prepped the soil well before planting with a good ericaceous compost (I have all of my acid loving plants in the same area and, apart from the camelia, they're all thriving). However, you may have hit the nail on the head regarding frost. There is another, smaller, camelia along a well sheltered fence in the garden and the blooms are just about to appear. 🤔 Unfortunately I'm not as keen on the flower on that particular one. It's a bubblegum pink colour my Dad chose. It wouldn't have been my choice. lol My camelia had gorgeous deep red flowers when I bought it. I don't think there's much I can do to bring on the bloom this year, but I'll take your advice and cover the camelia this winter. Thanks for the advice.
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Thank you for that advice. I remember using coffee grounds a few years ago when growing my first jalapeno plant and the results were spectacular. But I don't do gardening on the same scale as my dad and wouldn't have the knowledge base needed to advise him. This has been very helpful.
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