Show us your gardening purchases 2025

I thought you had pepinos in the past?

 

Hi

havnt bought anything in ages so used my birthday £


3 new hydrangeas; Red velvet , Candy love and Summer snow.







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Nice @Spruce ! I wouldn't have believed pics like that in the past, but I saw some in a specialist's garden this summer and they were amazing! Vanilla fraise was a bit like the top one

 

You have too good a memory! But yes, this is now my third attempt, before with seeds and then cuttings, The latter I got going and even flowers, but alas! I don't get much help and at times I desperately need it. So I will keep my as I love the fruit.

 

Thank you

new varieties for 2025 , shorter growing and stronger stems as the older varieties to tend to flop with the weight of the flowers ..

 

Pepinos are great fun. Just cut them back every year and over winter like peppers, I think thats the best way to do it. Doing stuff like that is work though, have to water it indoors and so on.

 

Thank you Adam, but I am in Algarve and we don't have a Winter as such. Now we are nearing 12c and will go to the high teens if the forecast is correct. I can't have plants indoors as it is an old cottage with small windows and windowsills are on the outside.

 

Had a delivery from Farmer Gracy yesterday. I'd forgotten what I ordered so it was a bit disturbing to see those long brown fingers sticking out of the packaging!

Urginea Maritima (sea squill) and Eremurus Himalaicus in the first picture.

I also got some Muscari "Esther" and Meadow Saxifrage.

 

@Escarpment re Urginea Maritima there has been a discussion on this bulb on another forum and this was the consensus for flowering it outside. "I understand the trick is fierce drainage, a hot summer bake, but not to let it dry out, even in summer. It seems to need its roots to survive the summer."

 

Thank you @NigelJ that's given me some food for thought. I was going to put it in the sunny, gritty patch at the end of the back garden but that's not so accessible for watering. Mind you if we get another dry summer like this year I'll be going down to water the courgettes etc anyway .. I've already been out digging a hole for the Eremurus in that area.

The other option is the front garden which has a rubbly patch where herbs do well. That would get the washing up water thrown on it regularly in a dry spell, and the whole front garden is definitely sun baked.

 

@Escarpment apologies I made a mistake with that advice and should clarify apparently outside it doesn't need water at all the roots get down deep enough so they find sufficient moisture at depth. Overall I think that the front garden might be better and probably won't need the washing up water.

 

Thanks @NigelJ .

 

Good luck and I look forward to seeing pictures when it flowers.
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