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How long before I furtle in my seeds???

Posted: 11/04/2013 at 23:59

Ok, these dwarf hebes...like most "dwarf" plants....don't really stop growing. It's the RATE of growth, their slowness, that makes them dwarf. Most hebes will get leggy if not pruned each year. Red dahlia, I too like "compact and bushy" amd most every plant I have is pruned to an extent. ,
Most people don't prune their hebes until they realise they have suddenly become leggy....by annual haircut of "dwarf" types they will keep their young bushy hebes.
I prune soon, or after flwering or late summer

question about lobelia (the tall variety) and rudbeckia

Posted: 11/04/2013 at 23:49

Queen Victoria is a moisture lover. I grow one in my.pool. I grow a purple flowered variety....name escapes me, well it's late, ....and again it likes moisture. Both varieties hardy with me....mild here...but they split very easily and make new plants quickly. Neither variety should be grown in dry soil...will simply whither away
Rudbekia Goldsturn, most popular perennial variety, also likes good nutritious soil. As with lobelia it is easily split to make new plants
In autumn or now, I split these plants, pot them up and plant out in early summer to flower later. If not regularly dug up and split the clumps die,out in the centre and spread

Good Evening FORKERS

Posted: 11/04/2013 at 20:25

All about the money woody..........

How long before I furtle in my seeds???

Posted: 11/04/2013 at 20:23

Hiya red dahlia
Put skimmias out of the sun as much as possible and as sheltered as possible. ,maybe not noted for their scent, I grow a Cornish hybrid caled "Redruth" which is hermaphrodite, self fertile. Last spring....heat wave, remember?, .....it provided masses of scent and bees. Ideally choose different varieties..male n female. Those hebes are dwarf and red edge gives lovely maroon effect in early summer,
If mine, keep hebes there but skimmias at back if you can.
If you like dwarf hebes there are some fascinating foliage varieties now but maybe bit tender for you.

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Posted: 11/04/2013 at 20:10

Swiss sue, there's also a dark red and a yellow folage dicentra

Good Evening FORKERS

Posted: 11/04/2013 at 20:09

I will unless you send me 10 p in an unmarked envelope woody

Good Evening FORKERS

Posted: 11/04/2013 at 19:05

Evening FORKERS
One short downpour today,but sunny and warm.
Going to watch beechgrove in a mo.
Keep forgetting.
Potted on argyranthemums, linum, tender yellow osteospermums, and Gweek variegated,osteospermums and lily bulbs.. Forgot runners....wot am i like?
Verdun