Started watching the A - Z prog just by chance when TV was on one Sunday morning. Was pleasantly surprised to find that even though it's made up...
Mum, these look very like annual sweet peas.
Sorry! Hadn't seen Shiney's last post!
Ah, I think Clueless and Shiney have said what I was going to say now! That the drying is for storage purposes...i.e. once dried, they can be...
Hi Pam, yes they are as tough as old boots and will continue to put on top growth unless it gets badly frosted. They must be getting a little...
Aah! SOWINGS! I was all set to tell you about my early showings...including snowdrops, hellebores, all sorts of winter flowering shrubs....and a...
They carry out full scale massacres in rural situations too - believe me! It's all our fault ofcourse...by breeding birds that find it...
Beautiful animals, fun to watch on TV - especially the cubs. But, in real life I'm afraid they cause us so many headaches and have killed so many...
I have alpine strawberries that did like Zig's and hitched along in pots with other plants when we moved. Once the new garden is de brambled and...
Also...I love a Medlar!
Robinia, especially Frisia is a beautiful tree...but a bit large for so close to the house? Also, they seem to shed branches regularly....
Quite like Kristens idea re. pergola. Could build the uprights in a brick to match your paved bit and use wood cross bars. But, if you are willing...
So sorry Silu, you must be so fed up by now. Just don't give up writing down facts, dates and names and taking photos. Keep sight of the fact that...
N. sylvestris, stunning. Love them....but after growing them for a few years instead of N. alatus, I realised how much I was missing the more...
I stand corrected Bilbo, (and Trunky), it does look like R. frangula. Not a shrub I know.
I can imagine your Coreopsis looking all bright and sunny and I'm not surprised you want to make sure they get through winter in one piece...
Does look like black chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa...but with not many berries?
I think it gives good contrast with silver or even gold foliage. It looks good with blue flowers such as Nigella or Iris reticulata. In this pic...
Hello Verdun. Yes, it flowered well this year in a garden I look after. The main reason for using this particular Cimicifugia..sorry, Actea!! was...
Not really. Cut back to a more reasonable height, (though to be honest, V. bonariensis is so open and airy that it doesn't blow about much...
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