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Success and Failures ...

are tough enough to survive my ministrations and planting them! I love hardy perennials. In a sink or swim situation, they usually swim. Failures - I can't grow rhododendrons and azaleas (soil is neutral and I have always failed with them) and roses by Brumbull

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28/03/2013 19:32:10

by artjak

Lupins

I find lupins are very hardy if planted for more than a season but new, young ones. benefit from some fleece protection for nowHard to beat lupins for spikes of glorious colour One of my large ones isn't putting on much growth at the moment. i think even by yvonne parsons2

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03/04/2013 11:46:34

by Verdun

seed trouble

best sown direct into the soil, rudbeckias do Ok in pots/tray. The ones that don't flower this year can be planted out if they big enough and hardy enough to go through the winter. Echinacea and sea holly might be best kept in pots. Sea holly doesn by Buttercup123

03/05/2013 23:13:37

by Zoomer44

pansies primrose primulas etc....

can lift the primroses and primula and put them somewhere shady to start again in rthe autumn. Once they finish flowering it is also a good time to divide them. Hi Mike they are all hardy so will be quite happy in pots in a quiet corner of the garden by mike2li

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12/05/2013 19:40:50

by mike2li

top 5

snowdrops? Iris reticulata,mimosa,sweet peas, snow drops and tulipa ballerina. This weeks top 5 would be- daffodils to lighten up late winter alstroemeria-exotic looking flowers but perfectly hardy and trouble free perennial scarlet lobelia-always stunning by auntie betty

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07/06/2012 17:48:33

by gardeningfantic

Van Meuwen

plants....alpines, perennials, etc......and they are excellent. Huge range of plants. I buy plants that I know will be small but will grow quickly. The plants I reeceived were immediately,potted on Imto bigger pots and already are growing apace. Yes by Brumbull

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19/03/2013 12:57:48

by lilylouise

Our own A to Z of our Gardening

. . Lovely snap dragons, my dad used to plant them in the front garden. I still use them and particularly like the dark reds. I'll have a go at Aquilegia: Aquilegia are an unfussy, hardy and long-lived perennial that thrives in most soils and aspects by Bev Pounsett-Krynauw

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07/04/2013 22:23:05

by Verdun

What to sow in January

're growing. Most of my experience is with hardy perennials, shrubs and trees. No heat required. If they don't get it naturally they don't need it from me. Thanks everyone for your advice,you never cease to amaze me. I will try some pansies and snap dragons by nodlisab

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04/01/2013 13:16:17

by ThaiGer

Flowering plants that like shade

, no flowers though, fuschias- lots of hardy ones, usually the less showy flower types. Plants- heucheras, bergenias, small spring flowering bulbs- before any overhead tree canopy closes in, vincas- minor less invasive, solomons' seals, hardy geraniums, some by Danielm2323

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06/01/2013 10:55:25

by ThaiGer

2 plants for large pot

't grown this hardy perennial convolvulous then check it out. Velvety blue cascading flowers all summer Thank you all so much for the advice; I had not realised that heucharas were shade loving; it means I can move the unhappy one in the flower bed by artjak

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12/04/2013 00:14:29

by Woodgreen wonderboy

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