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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Meant to be? Mar 14, 2011 9:28:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 14, 2011 9:28:10 GMT Thanks - it would be lovely to have a group of them. I did plant them in fives.

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Meant to be? Mar 15, 2011 19:12:48 GMT

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Post by Geranium on Mar 15, 2011 19:12:48 GMT

Does anyone remember that my Kalmia latifolia (in a huge pot) looked sad back in November when we had the very cold spell? I asked for advice on it.

Here it is looking droopy. I wrapped fleece round it just in case that might help.

The good news is that it's perked up again - it looks completely normal now. ;D

And the 'Boulevard' clematis that shares the pot has lots of lovely healthy growth on it. One less thing to worry about in the garden!

peony Top Member Posts: 4,719	Meant to be? Mar 15, 2011 19:28:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by peony on Mar 15, 2011 19:28:11 GMT That's good news Geranium ;D
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Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Meant to be? Mar 15, 2011 19:57:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Mar 15, 2011 19:57:22 GMT That is good news Geranium
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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Meant to be? Mar 15, 2011 21:15:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 15, 2011 21:15:44 GMT I think I needed something good for a change! ;D

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,753	Meant to be? Mar 16, 2011 6:10:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Mar 16, 2011 6:10:04 GMT nie to see it's looking healthy again

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Meant to be? Mar 16, 2011 8:38:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 16, 2011 8:38:58 GMT It perked me up too, Grindle! ;D

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,753	Meant to be? Mar 16, 2011 19:34:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Mar 16, 2011 19:34:26 GMT ;D

seaburn Top Member Posts: 2,603	Meant to be? Mar 16, 2011 20:59:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by seaburn on Mar 16, 2011 20:59:08 GMT glad the fleece worked for you. I never got round to do the fleecing this winter. ah well.

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Meant to be? Mar 16, 2011 22:20:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 16, 2011 22:20:41 GMT I didn't know until very recently that fleecing only makes a difference of 2 degrees. So when you look at the extremely low temps we all had, it was bound to fail for some plants, wasn't it. In a 'normal' winter, it works well, though.

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Meant to be? Mar 19, 2011 21:24:36 GMT

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Post by Geranium on Mar 19, 2011 21:24:36 GMT

Some of the new plants from a plant fair Louise and I went to this morning. The Nurseries bring plants you wouldn't get in a GC.

Cardamine quinquefolia - for shade.

Soldanella carpatica x pusilia - pretty little blue flowers.

Lithophragma parviflorum - pale pink flowers.

Iris bucharica - I was pleased to find another one, as I loved the one I got last year.

I got a Geranium called 'Prelude' and a Salvia pratense 'Royal Crimson Distinction', too. Both new to me.

Last Edit: Mar 25, 2011 21:31:09 GMT by Geranium

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,753	Meant to be? Mar 20, 2011 5:26:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Mar 20, 2011 5:26:15 GMT nice plants Geranium, I have the Soldanella and love it.

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Meant to be? Mar 20, 2011 7:35:31 GMT

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Post by Tel on Mar 20, 2011 7:35:31 GMT

Mar 16, 2011 22:20:41 GMT Geranium said:

I didn't know until very recently that fleecing only makes a difference of 2 degrees. So when you look at the extremely low temps we all had, it was bound to fail for some plants, wasn't it. In a 'normal' winter, it works well, though.

I wrapped my dahlia ground tubers in 4 layers of fleece and they were ok for years, this winter 80% kicked the bucket.

Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Meant to be? Mar 20, 2011 8:44:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 20, 2011 8:44:25 GMT Yes, Tel - down here, in a 'normal' winter, we might go minus, so the fleece would work. Not for -12, though.

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Meant to be? Mar 25, 2011 21:29:56 GMT

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Post by Geranium on Mar 25, 2011 21:29:56 GMT

Here are some more plants in flower.

Clematisrose sent me this lovely Cardamine pentaphylla - it's the same colour as my Cardamine quinquefolia, but has pretty bell-shaped flowers.

My Clematis armandii is in flower up the damson tree.

This is Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud'.

Last year I planted some fritillaries, and they're up and flowering again.

I have a few magnolia blooms untouched by the frost, luckily.

I had this plant in 2009, and lost it in that winter, so I bought another one and over wintered it in the greenhouse - which explains its early flowers. It's Olearia x scilloniensis 'Master Michael'.

My Brunneras are in full bloom under the trees. This is 'Jack Frost'.

I am delighted to see not one, but two buds on my tree peony!

Finally for now, a few spring photos.

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