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Good Evening FORKERS

Welcome to the forum jess.

Exciting times to come in your new garden

Good Evening FORKERS

...and beaten by Fairygirl too.   Wots happening?

Good Evening FORKERS

Dag nam it....beaten by woo...lol.    Greetings everyone 

Hope you are well Matty

It has been hot today....23 at lunchtime. Not much gardenIng...too darn hot....but planted out convolvulous cneorum, geum tangerine dream, agastache black adder, and some regale lilies.  tempted to plant tomatoes too but....well, just was too lazy!

Niviac, settled in yet?  

Evergreen bushes

An evergreen azalea or rhododendron will happily grow in a large pot whatever the situation.

In sun choisya ternatta.....the Mexican orange blossom...is rich green, richly scented evergreen  that can be pruned to nice topiary shape.  Taxus Standishii is lovely erect yellow conifer and Taxus Coppershine is orange in spring turning to yellow in summer.  Easy conifers resistant to scorch or browning

Phormiums too....red or,yellow foliage can look very impressive

In partial shade pieris is good as is camelia if no early morning sun. Hydrangeas too are excellent if you can water well

Talkback: Peach leaf curl

Peach leaf curl is caused by rain...the spores in the air are brought into contact by rain to infect the plant.  In spring and early summer plants need to be covered...greenhouse, umbrella, parasol, etc.  in summer the leaves have resistance.  I have 2 peach bushes and currently they are in greenhouse and will be taken outside in june.  Bordeaux mixture is ineffective if infection exists. Peaches can be trained against a wall with polythene sheets draped down.

Perennial Foxglove?????

I had trouble with T & M a few years back.  They supplied echinacea plugs that were much smaller than expected.

I complained....just a defensive attitude from T & M.  I complained again, more forcibly....."plants not fit for purpose"....and got full refund.

To successfully complain you need to be persistent, to contact manager, to stand your ground and DEMAND a full refund.  Believe me it works.  I complain about everything that fails to be up to expectation and never lose.

Perennial Foxglove?????

Mine were bought last autumn and subsequently potted on several times.  Since end January they have been left outside.  They are to be planted over next couple of weeks.

Its mild here so their hardiness is hard for me to judge.

T & M advertise these plants as hardy perennials so if they are not buyers should expect a refund.  I will watch this thread with interest

Lawn not so good

Same problem I had.

I once craved the perfect lawn....cylinder Mower to match.  Too much work and unrealistic to maintain that perfect fine leaved lawn

Now I use a rotary mower for very reason you suggest..the cylinder just mowed over the prostrate long blades of rough grass.  I also raised the cut.  My lawn is lush, green and even....looks very good.  It is now a mixture of grasses.....I oversow with dwarf grass seed and it works well with the finer grasses

I am now not so obsessed about an "immaculate" lawn but am well satisfied with it

MORNING FORKERS

Hey KEF thanks for that.  Was nice.

Matty, get well very soon.  Just do that little bit then and rest.  You will recover that much more quickly.

Niviac enjoy your day of laziness in the sun....lol

MORNING FORKERS

When I see these spammers I simply select "ignore" option.  

Shallots

best foliage perennial plant for the garden

ACER FLAMINGO

drat and curses to this hot sunny weather

The best dicentra is........?

Expensive perennial plug plants

SPIGELIA

Saint or sinner?.....don't like annuals

It's made my day......

Marigolds in the veg patch

Cannot propagate new guinea impatiens

Veronicastrums and heleniums

The very best variegated herbaceous n perennial plants....and do you like em?

More blue n yellow

Late seed sowing