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clay soil so little choice of plants
in May. If you want to reduce the overall work, go straight for perennialsHardy geraniums com ein all sorts of colours and sizes and will go on for years.   Achilleas also come in many colours and flower for long periods.  Ajuga reptans makes good low by Renu
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23/02/2013 21:19:30
by Dovefromabove
greenhouse vs coldframe
goes or the plastic joints break. I won't be growing anything that needs to spend its whole life inside like fussy tomatoes, I'll grow outside types, but I would like to grow some half hardy annuals and hardy annuals and perennials that like a cosy by cloud8
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11/08/2012 22:40:14
by blairs
Mini Greenhouse - door open or closed?
(ok, rolling it up!)   Thanks for the replies, very much appreciated. The plants are all hardy perennials, 5 each of  - Geum, Delphinium, Foxglove, Echinacea, 2 types Lavender, Penstemon, Scabiosa, Silene, Poppy, Gaillarda and Heuchera - not bad by Wodufin
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29/04/2013 22:26:38
by Shrinking Violet
Talkback: Hardy annuals
. could anybody advice me if i can sow general ripe herbaceous perennial seed directly into small modular cells, rather than sowing into a seed tray and then transplanting into modular cells when the time is right? I am also a fan of hardy annuals and am by Antonia
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07/07/2012 12:42:24
by kate1123
Stupid weather!
fleece or straw to place on the flowerbeds. But I do have some very attractive-looking (not) carrier bags! Getting impatient. Thanks, Noob. Any thing that is marked hardy can tolerate frost-any thing marked half-hardy can't and needs protection till by Noob Gardener2
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03/04/2013 14:27:01
by Noob Gardener2
perennial plug plants
start next year. Overwinter in cold frame but does your shed have good light? I think they are fully hardy perennials, once they're not tiny baby plants. I'm hoping so anyway, although I don't know exactly what - temperature they are okay up to. I by melanie walker
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07/08/2012 14:31:31
by christopher2
ideas for a container on a SW facing wall
interest, hardy, fool proof and with very little shelter. I was hoping for a camelia or rhodo, (something I presume won't grow well in my neutral soil) Any ideas? Thanks I am a little confused, are you looking for a climber. Are you planning on using by debanslow
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07/06/2012 07:57:14
by debanslow
How & when erisimum & scabious cuttings?
I'm not very experienced wtih cuttings, could anyone tell me when & describe how to take them from erisimum bowles mauve & scabious butterfly blue? They're both meant to be hardy but I don't want to take any chances & would like more of them by Lokelani
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06/07/2012 09:46:16
by Lokelani
B&M Bulbs
got any experience of B&M plants?  Also, being a newbie, I don't know much about the above, apart from the Dahlia.  I assume (apart from the Dahlia) that they're all hardy perennials?  Sounds good to me-dont have a B&M down here but I guess it is like by ShropshireLass
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25/02/2013 14:35:44
by ShropshireLass
plants for part shade/ full shade
, erythroniums, frittillary- if moist enough. Plants - heucheras, japanese anemones, hardy geraniums- lots to chose from, Vinca minor, Solomons seal, epimediums- if dry shade, ajugas for ground cover, yes various ivies, lamiums. Grasses - I've got an evergreen by Gardengirl..
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09/04/2013 18:36:56
by Verdun