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Post by Geranium on Mar 8, 2013 6:56:28 GMT
Oh, you are kind, and I'd love a root, but I really truly wasn't hinting! By the time we got home from our travels, it was raining, but we 'placed' the new acquisitions where they'll be planted.
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Post by grindle on Mar 8, 2013 7:47:08 GMT
No of course you weren't you are more than welcome if I find some root. If it wasn't so big you could have the whole thing but I think it would be a bit expensive to post ;D
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Post by Geranium on Mar 8, 2013 8:11:00 GMT
A root would be great - thank you. I think the flowers are really pretty!
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Post by SueA on Mar 8, 2013 15:33:50 GMT
Popped out & planted 25 more free snowdrops- in- the- green which arrived in the post today.
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Post by Geranium on Mar 9, 2013 7:03:19 GMT
Got busy planting up in the huge cleared area. I had to ask OH for help, firstly to mend the fence, then to remove a section of Pampas grass which has gone crazy this year. I couldn't even lift the Liquidamber, so he stayed to help plant that and stake it. I managed to plant several of the trees and shrubs; the Viburnum, Cornus, Pittosporum, climbing rose, Chaenomeles and a transplanted climbing rose that needed more light. I couldn't find any info. on the web about the eventual height of the Pittosporum, so I rang the Nursery and it can get to 15'! I changed my plan as to where to place it, and actually I'm pleased that it's such a potentially large shrub, as it'll form a 'background' for other shrubs. It was a nuisance and disappointing to find there are still roots and rocks in the ground when I spent all that time digging it over. That took time to deal with, of course, and I also had to dig where the Pampas grass had been, and there were a lot of bindweed roots there. I took out the three remaining ferns as they are shade lovers and of course their shade has gone! They went under the apple tree. While I was there, I saw quite a lot of dead pieces on Zepherine Drouhin, so I pruned them out. I worked out there until 6.15! ;D It was a very busy day, and if it stays dry, I'll get the rest of the area planted today.
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 9, 2013 13:37:33 GMT
Your activities in the garden lately put me to shame Geranium I've done very little apart from work in the greenhouse; where do you get your energy from Its bitterly cold and wet here so no chance to get anything done. It wasn't even very pleasant in the greenhouse. I've pricked out lots of tomato seedlings, taken more dahlia cuttings and potted on a few geranium madarense seedlings. By that time i'd had enough and have retreated into the house I shall now have a little relaxation with my knitting....I'm very into lace knitting atm.....but it does require a lot of concentration....so I don't do much at a time
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Post by Geranium on Mar 9, 2013 14:37:47 GMT
No of course you weren't you are more than welcome if I find some root. If it wasn't so big you could have the whole thing but I think it would be a bit expensive to post ;D Grindle, I've been transplanting shrubs that've got swamped by the Pampas grass since its revival, and lo and behold, I delved under it and there was the Rubus! ;D It was very difficult digging it up as it had started to send out long roots/suckers, but I've managed to replant it so I shan't need a piece of yours after all - but many thanks for the offer.
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Post by Geranium on Mar 9, 2013 14:41:23 GMT
Lou, it's hardly your fault if your weather is so nasty. I've been building up to all this gardening, but I admit that I was rather surprised that I managed so much yesterday. I'm off back out now, to plant the perennials around the shrubs and trees.
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Post by Tel on Mar 9, 2013 19:23:42 GMT
Done nothing, rained all day.
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Post by grindle on Mar 10, 2013 5:32:45 GMT
:)glad you found it G, those suckers are huge aren't they I started to attack the conifer hedge at the front, they havent' been touched for a couple of years and have grown too tall to cut, so I've begun to reduce them by nearly half. They look very dead in the middle, but I will carry on and decide if they need to come out altogether which would be a huge job and I'm not sure if I would be able to tackle it. There's 5 or 6 trees there and so far I've only managed 2
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Post by Geranium on Mar 10, 2013 7:01:20 GMT
It was a real surprise, Grindle. Amazing that it has survived, too! Your hedge sounds like hard work to me. I carried on planting, and decided that the Elsholzia might do better in the wall border, so I planted it there. I planted all the plants I had for the pear tree space, but there's still a very large area of 'nothingness' in the middle. I think I'll need to plan for at least one more shrub there, then wait until autumn to get bulbs. I haven't a clue what to plant, so maybe I'll wait for inspiration to strike! I suppose I could draw a plan of what's in there now, and think of a couple of summer flowering shrubs. Now my books are back, I could even read them! ;D
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Post by grindle on Mar 10, 2013 8:15:41 GMT
it is G, I know it is a good windbreak, but it's unattractive and high maintenance
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Post by Geranium on Mar 11, 2013 6:58:09 GMT
That was the reason we had the wall built - a windbreak was a necessity. Will you put anything in its place if you do take it all out? I only went across to the greenhouse to turn the heater back on - not a gardening day yesterday.
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Post by grindle on Mar 11, 2013 7:30:02 GMT
at the most it could only be a low fence as it is a shared entrance, so anything high would not look good. I could always plant some nicer evergreens as well
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Post by Geranium on Mar 11, 2013 9:48:31 GMT
Well, if the hedge is an eye-sore, you might have to deal with it.
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