What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2019

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  1. Verdun

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    Not hot on sweet pea varieties Nick.....grew a highly scented white variety 2 years back....so open to suggestions. Will google those you mentioned.:)
     
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      Stepped out of the Kitchen door into the garden............stepped back into the Kitchen:nonofinger::dunno::whistle::heehee:
       
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        okay, these wallflowers sound fun. What do they look like? Maybe I'll try to source seed for those too. I like growing things no matter whether I like them or not. Hot chillies are for other people, tomatoes are for other people, lots of herbs for other people, catnip for other people …

        Anyway, it is very pleasant today. After I got back from my presurgery medical (bp 110/80 :)) and my visit to renew my fabric store membership, I went out to find that one of my cannabis plants got sneaky overnight and turned male. Ripped him out and cut him up right away. I've only watered what's in pots because the guessers promised us some rain tonight and lots over the weekend. I feel so sorry for 9-5 people when this happens. It should rain Mondays, Wednesdays and lastly Friday mornings.

        I was glad to see all the fans are moving the air at top speed since the panels are picking up loads of pv energy :)


        oh, and the surgery bit - no alarms here - getting my cataracts done early next month. I am very excited about this :yes:
         
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          Good luck with your Cataract surgery C.L. I have one in my left eye, not looking forward to the op, but it has to be done.
           
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            Well, this chap seems to think you can grow wallflowers as perennials. Really not sure about that as they seem to typically degrade and flower much less when I've grown and left them. I'm unconvinced and filing under "Don't believe everything you see on YouTube". No clip of the result which only adds to my suspicion.



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              Don't absolutely hate Wallfowers....just think they are OK... ish! However they add a welcome splash of colour to the spring garden.

              I have had them as perennials as well Nick, they grew so large and hogged the borders. True too that after a couple of years their flowering abilities weaken.

              I prefer to use them for greenery in the winter garden really.

              Well...literally a wash out today, so did zilch in the garden. So glad I had a thorough pre downpour dead heading session yesterday as it's surprising how heavy and damage making some big spent blooms can be.
               
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                Well, now I'm confused. :smile: Do you mean you grew the type typically grown as an annual as a perennial, or the perennial 'Bowle's Mauve'? I've grown the latter too, gets pretty large after 3-4 years but eventually rather 'gappy' and leggy.

                Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve' | wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve'/RHS Gardening

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                  I have had Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve in the past ,that was fine ,I had loads that I grew from cuttings.

                  Now all I use is either the annuals ( they can last well for two seasons, or the perennials 'Scarlett bedder' ( red) and the mixed ones 'My Fair Lady' ....prefer the one colour really so mainly 'S b ' is used.
                   
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                    Yes, those wallflowers we grow as biennials will grow as short term perennials. However, they are best as the former.
                    Bowles Mauve and a few others are true perennials. Because they flower almost forever they exhaust themselves and usually last for 3 or 4 years as good looking plants. Here, I replace them every 2 or 3 years :)
                     
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                      Silly me, forgot they were actually biennials because I used to buy them as bare root plants in Autumn! :heehee:

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                        Overall I can take or leave most wallflowers, but Erysimum allionii is a stand out for me - the colour and the scent are both sublime.

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                          I love perfumed flowers. I like the shape of the flower too. Thanks for sharing @2nd_bassoon :)
                           
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                            I grow the biennial type but they're prone to disease, I like to grow just one colour, going to be orange this year.
                             
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                              Chucking it down again, all day. My garden looks good from the kitchen window...looking down on it. Full to the brim. My aim is to clear the GH out, trouble is. I'd be soaked through before getting the door unlocked, so another day tomorrow, or what.

                              Everything has gone mad. I have lost a few shrubs, what remain are going to get a really hard cutting back. So the shredder will once again come into it's own. To be honest. I have never been one for composting. I prefer to, where possible spread whatever over the garden and let it break down. So hopefully I will have a nice heap of shredded brushwood, conifer needles and spent pot compost from the GH. To this I will add a bale (120 lts) of MPC, a few scoops of NPK, then my tiny garden will gain a few more inches in height, above the neighbours gardens. That calls for another tipple, hic??
                               
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