What we had to begin with here.
How sad. That great garden in the ether has gained another gardener.
Just to help, these are all from my own seed. Auriculas April 2021 Apart from the first one which is a Narcissus of extremely tiny stature.
That looks remarkably like a Hellebore seedling. Which one will come to me eventually.
Over the years I have grown a lot of Auriculas from seed(from the Primula Society) and yes the open pollinated ones are not always that good, but...
There is also a green flowered one called O. viridis which I rather like.
Ought to have added, I remove the stigma (the pollen bearing parts) of the Lily flowers. It makes the flowers last longer and it means that our...
Even the pollen from the flowers is deadly to Cats.
You would have a dead squireel on your hands if it was one of them which ate the Lily shoots. Lilies are poisonous to most mammals.
Does anyone recognise this seedling. Leaves at this stage are about 2 cms long. the stems are slightly hariy and pinkish. Ta. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If you look at the info on Neem oil, it does say that it should be mixed with liquid soap to be used as an insecticidal spray. Cannot find the...
Check the effect on Bees before using any systemic insecticide. If the poison gets into the pollen then it can kill bees.
Even Neem oil would need soap adding to it to get through the waxy coating on the scale insects.
Rather close to the old ICI places down there and a few other Chemical production areas. At least you are not up in the houses above Runcorn Hill...
We used to live in Runcorn too. On Halton Brow.
I dug up a lot of hard white stuff at the bottom of his garden. We think it was the remains of a Lime pit. They used to make them to make cement...
This type flower on wood produced during the year which is why they are pruned in early Spring. That encourages new growth from low down so that...
If you want to increase your stock of them, they divide easily once the flowers have finished. Or from seed taken from the plant when they are...
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