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MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 17/05/2013 at 10:14

That'll be lovely BL, but sometimes you should sit on it with a glass of something cool and white, and point out easy tasks to the Under Gardener

Right, off to work now - have a good day everyone - see you later

Our own A to Z of our Gardening

Posted: 17/05/2013 at 09:29

Rodgersia http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk/plantlist/media/rodgersia_podophylla_autumn.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk/plantlist/rodgersia_aesculifolia.htm&h=292&w=440&sz=20&tbnid=X8GpixKKowBGwM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=136&zoom=1&usg=__LpkZRvbI9Oxi3AVo6MFwrangzBA=&docid=nPg0DSt7G66ZIM&sa=X&ei=--mVUaPcHeXI0AXVm4CYBg&ved=0CF4Q9QEwBA&dur=2964 Our soil's too dry for it and we don't have the space, but I'd love to have it.

I grew it once before - it's fantastic

Weed or not?

Posted: 17/05/2013 at 09:26

No - we'll let you know when you've got one that'll do that

Phoenix Canariensis help

Posted: 17/05/2013 at 08:51

Sorry, not clear - when was it outside?

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 17/05/2013 at 08:49

Haven't you got a flunky?

Hello - I'm back again - the GP surgery have just phoned to change my appointment to Monday as the Doc I was seeing is off sick I'm not an urgent case so I've got another appointment for Monday afternoon. And I've got a visit this side of the city at 10.30 and some TOIL owing, so I'll stay home and eat toast for a bit

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 17/05/2013 at 08:30

I think he's more of a Baron - Baron Verdun of the Hellebores

Right, off to work - have a good day folks

Weed or not?

Posted: 17/05/2013 at 07:56

Sazac wrote (see)

Oh that does not sound like fun, I'm already over run by bamboo!

Thank you!

They're lovely plants - you won''t get over-run by them - they just self-seed -that's what happy and healthy plants do. Otherwise you'd be better off without a garden

Weed or not?

Posted: 17/05/2013 at 07:53

Yes - my eyesight must be better than I thought

The pink flowering plant at the back is Aquilegia (aka Columbine, Granny's Bonnet) - it comes in several different colours and flower shapes and happily cross-pollinates with other aquilegias and self sows itself around - a lovely plant to have.

In front of that is Alchemilla mollis (Lady's mantle). The leaves look gorgeous holding raindrops in the morning sun - it'll have greeny-yellow flowers on it later -(they look gorgeous in a vase with pink roses). Later in the season after it's flowered and begins to look straggly, just chop it back to a few inches above the ground and it'll quickly send out lovely fresh leaves again.

It'll also self-seed happily and next spring you'lll begin to notice little ones popping up nearby - you'll be able to transplant them to where you want them easily in the moist sort of weather we're getting at the moment, or pot them up and give them to your friends and fellow gardeners as swapsies - you'll be a real gardener then