shazza3

Greenhouse query

hiya, thanks for all your replies.

it was really nice today being outside all day for a change, had a good clearout of rubish and washed all the pots ready.

will pot up the Iberis as they are quite small but no chance of putting outside yet as still really cold at night.

Happy gardener2, i'm in SA6  

Greenhouse query

OMG really ???

at the moment in South Wales we have gale force winds and torrential rain that's been lashing down all day !!!  It's also really cold, more like March than May.

Plants are as follows -- Salvia, dwarf Phlox and plugs are Iberis.

Maybe i can cover them with fleece in greenhouse for extra protection ??? 

Greenhouse query

hello, having ordered a selection of perennials to encourage more Bees into the garden and having now received them, i now have a problem because due to the weather/cold nights i can't put them in my unheated greenhouse in case they die.

six of the large ones are in my kitchen and i'm waiting for the large plug plants to be delivered.

can anyone suggest where they should be put when i receive them ???

thanks

Things that thrive in large pots

hello, i have two large wooden planters that did contain Box topiaries. Even though i fed/watered them regularly they never looked really healthy so decided to put in the garden instead. I now have two empty planters and wondered (before i buy) what would be better suited to the planters.

The planters are on the patio and couldn't be moved elsewhere as there's nowhere else to site them. I did wonder about Dwarf Syringa as i already have a mini ceanothus in a large terracota pot on the same site ???

We're very exposed to the elements and no shelter in the way of hedging or trees.

Would welcome any advice. Many thanks

shazza  

Winter Flowering Jasmine

hiya, thanks for the replies, didn't realise they were climbers thought they were shrubs.

would i need to put in a obelisk or support before planting ???

Winter Flowering Jasmine

hello, am debating whether to buy a few Winter Flowering Jasmine (Yellow flowered) to put in very large containers on the patio.

my question is this -- will they grow well in containers ??

thanks, shazza  

How and where to site a Bee house ??

thanks for all the replies, will take a look and this will be my project for when the weather improves.

shazza

How and where to site a Bee house ??

hello, having decided at the beginning of last year to try and encourage more bees/butterflies and then planted the relevant plants/flowers (then we had the wettest summer so far !!!). i would now like to help even further by building/constructing somewhere for the insects to hibernate over winter.

can anyone tell me how to go about this and if there are any sites available to view on the internet ??

thanks, shazza 

Snow on the Greenhouse

Did mine earlier as several inches and polycarbonate greenhouse, hopefully won't have any more snow in S. Wales this weekend

Poorly Pots

thank you for taking the time to reply.

the reason for putting things in large pots is because i don't have a huge garden, the plants were bought as Dwarf variety and am at a loss as to why they don't do very well at all, thought if they're bred as Dwarf then that's what they should stay as ???

anyway, will have to ponder for a while before deciding what to do with them because the Hazel is in a really large glazed pot that i can't actually move.

shazza

Greenhouse query

Things that thrive in large pots

Winter Flowering Jasmine

How and where to site a Bee house ??

Poorly Pots

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Dividing Geraniums

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