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Post by Geranium on Mar 16, 2011 8:41:55 GMT
Brilliant, Tel - I'll be buying a couple, then. I keep saying 'thank you' to you! ;D
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Post by merlin on Mar 19, 2011 8:00:21 GMT
Thanks, Cherry - I'll see if there's room. I also need perennials. Does anyone think that those 'carpet' roses might be OK there, or do they need a full day's sun? Carpet roses grow in shady areas and sunny areas. ...and there are some crackers! pest free as well
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Post by merlin on Mar 19, 2011 8:02:42 GMT
Yesterday I threw out even more pinks, Lavender and other plants. I've never known such losses, hope we don't see any more winters like the last two.
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Post by Geranium on Mar 19, 2011 20:23:09 GMT
You're right, Ron - I have only two lavenders left, and the dianthus are all looking tatty - some are on their way out. I got pink 'flower carpet' roses...two of them, planted side by side on the bank. I'm hoping that they might cascade over the edge if I'm lucky. They get sun all morning until about lunchtime, so I think they'll be all right there.
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Post by grindle on Mar 20, 2011 5:34:39 GMT
I have a dead coprosma and prostanthera (can't remember the name, but it was an unusual one) Indigofera 'silk road' doesn't look too hopeful, all the lavenders in the front containers are dead, and not too sure about the cercis canadensis but I'm hoping it's just slow
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Post by Louise on Mar 20, 2011 6:05:37 GMT
Hmmm, there are lots of losses here. Rather than container gardening all the time i think we're going to have to rely on the 'tough stuff' for a few years until our winter weather shifts axis again ! I've certainly had my ideas changed a bit
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Post by Louise on Mar 20, 2011 6:07:28 GMT
Thanks, Cherry - I'll see if there's room. I also need perennials. Does anyone think that those 'carpet' roses might be OK there, or do they need a full day's sun? Carpet roses grow in shady areas and sunny areas. I agree Tel. I bought a few last year and they're all doing well and in various positions too, they're a good buy.
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Post by grindle on Mar 20, 2011 6:32:38 GMT
Hmmm, there are lots of losses here. Rather than container gardening all the time i think we're going to have to rely on the 'tough stuff' for a few years until our winter weather shifts axis again ! I've certainly had my ideas changed a bit me too, I'm going to replace with things I know are hardy
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Post by merlin on Mar 20, 2011 6:52:49 GMT
Hmmm, there are lots of losses here. Rather than container gardening all the time i think we're going to have to rely on the 'tough stuff' for a few years until our winter weather shifts axis again ! I've certainly had my ideas changed a bit me too, I'm going to replace with things I know are hardy Me too Louise, I'm not an Annual person, prefer perennial but this year I've sown annuals to replace stuff like Pinks. I've lost really hardy stuff like euonymous but oddly some have survived. I recon it depends where they are.
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Post by Cherry on Mar 20, 2011 6:58:18 GMT
Most of my plants are hardy because unless they are grown well I am not keen on having them. Having had my garden in Victoria from the start, growing up on an orchard and helping my daughters in their tropical gardens in North Queensland, I have seen first hand the difference in soil and weather requirements. However, I should say that plants that grow in Victoria generally grow alright here because there they have a proper winter, though not as protracted as here.
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Post by grindle on Mar 20, 2011 7:30:24 GMT
trouble is, with so many years of mild winters, we've lulled into thinking that a lot of these plants are hardy, this last couple of years has proved it wrong and Mother nature still has the upper hand
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Post by Louise on Mar 20, 2011 7:38:57 GMT
Mother nature always will ! We can boast that we have a big effect on her with our various goings-on but ultimately - we don't ! She has the almighty power.
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Post by grindle on Mar 20, 2011 7:42:13 GMT
definately
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Post by Cherry on Mar 20, 2011 7:44:53 GMT
I still admire the people who push at the edges of climate and envy those who can use heat in the greenhouse. That is such a help. I don't grow many grasses because of the surrounding fields. Some of them are quite pretty actually and I have them dried and in the house with wheat, etc. No-one should take my jaundiced views however, because I think basically I am lazy.
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Post by merlin on Mar 20, 2011 7:50:55 GMT
I've a lot of respect for 'Mother Nature' who ever she is, doesn't do to try to go against her. Lets hope she has some more sunshine in store for us this year.
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