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Post by scallywag on May 21, 2014 18:56:58 GMT
bectil I have a bleeding heart I planted it last year and it has doubled in size, I have done nowt special just dug a hole and shoved it in  can you tell I am not a keen gardener  so I would say no they are easy to grow x
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Post by cazypops on May 21, 2014 20:24:42 GMT
Flipping heck! I really must get myself in gear and get some new large pots and compost, and get my Sweet Peas in and I've also got a packet of wild flower seeds from Country File to get in too.  At this rate it's going to be next summer before I get them in.  |
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Post by smilesbetter on May 21, 2014 21:23:07 GMT
My balcony garden is going alright, no flowers yet though despite planting LOADS in about February (They are still just large green leafy shoots, come ooooon!!!). Also growing tomatoes, plants are still tiny but growing fast, peas which shot up over the last wo days and are looking great, corriander, chives and attempting to grow basil but for some reason nothings happened with those seeds. Grew some delicious lettuce, the current growing ones don't seem to like the sun though so will have to replace those, spinach which isn't doing much and trying to grow pepper plants but not had much luck.
Some of the lettuce got weird white marks on the leaves, any idea what those could be? Hope it doesn't affect my other plants!
As I was typing this I looked out at the balcony and saw what looked like two cat eyes reflecting back at me. I looked behind me and couldn't see where Mieze was and it turned out she was lying on top of the recently flattened lettuces!!! I'd thought the sun had killed them!!!!! Was gonna get you's a pic but then she miaowed and came in. What a little *&%$^%$£*!!! Hahaha.
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Post by lotsofcats on May 22, 2014 11:02:17 GMT
My garden is looking okay at the moment and it always looks it's best from the end of May through June. I have a lot of perenniel geraniums coming out in the front garden with foxgloves. The pots and troughs have been planted with summer flowers and we are waiting for those to come out. I have pots of gazanias from last summer that didn't die off in the winter. My back garden has borders with roses and perennials, 2 lawns and a veg garden edged with fruit trees. I have apples, pears, cherries, plums, grapes, raspberries, redcurrants, rhubard, gooseberries, strawberries and the latest addition, a fig bush/tree. I have lots of pots with lupins, dahlias and alliums all growing well. Hubby has planted potatoes, runner beans, broad beans, beetroot, carrots, cauliflowers, sprouts and onions.
I've still got to find some room for sweetpeas and snapdragons that are growing in the greenhouse. We also have tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, rocket and spinach growing in the greenhouse. I am having my yearly argument with hubby over nasturtiums - I absolutely love them and I have had them in my garden for years as they self seed but hubby hates them as they take over and grow like weeds. I have persuaded him to let me move them to edge the vegetable garden as they attrack bees and I also read that they attrack blackfly away from the beans. The veg garden is edged with the flower pots to keep Kobi off it.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 11:05:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 11:08:22 GMT
I am having my yearly argument with hubby over nasturtiums - I absolutely love them and I have had them in my garden for years as they self seed but hubby hates them as they take over and grow like weeds. I have persuaded him to let me move them to edge the vegetable garden as they attrack bees and I also read that they attrack blackfly away from the beans. They do  They've got such lovely lush stems and foliage that blackfly just love them The flowers are also attractive to hoverflies who's young eat blackfly so nasturtiums are a must-have in my garden every year |
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Post by smilesbetter on May 22, 2014 19:52:14 GMT
Aww Carlotta's being cute... Hang on, what's that on the balcony!  Arghhh!  She's still there snoozing in the dark, she was too adorable to move haha. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 4:23:54 GMT
Awwww Gilly's favourite girlie  |
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Post by spider on May 29, 2014 23:33:46 GMT
maby this has been asked before but black spots on the leaves of a rose what to do whats wrong with it its not supposed to be a black spotty rose |
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Post by tonib on May 30, 2014 0:05:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2014 17:32:34 GMT
Yeah, they really went to town naming that one, didn't they My dad always used to have Iceberg roses in his front garden and they were particularly prone to black spot  I finished off removing the last of the spent tulips from my pots this afternoon and got the four pots cleared dug over (with my trowel) and planted two with trailing Nasturtium and the other two with Calendula The poppies and tagetes I planted the other week have already sprouted and are looking good |
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Post by bectil on Jun 2, 2014 18:04:52 GMT
scallywag & @gillykat, sorry I meant from seed (silly me, forgot to put that sorry!  ). The shrub I was talking about above, the one on the way to my customers garden is still flowering! I couldn't believe it when I noticed the other day! We got some bedding plants the other day (we're abit late this year) to do some pots and baskets. I also bought Rudbeckia Goldstrum and Geum Coccineum to fill the gap next to the Verbenas and Geranium Rozanne in the raised sleeper border. My brother bought home two apple trees for me, when he was at his old work. He thinks they're Falstaff apple trees, and he told me not to plant them in the ground because they're have the biggest root stock... well I'm going to plant them I will just have to keep them well pruned! lotsofcats, how do you keep your dogs away from the vegs? I would like to grow peas and other things, but Alfie is likely to go over and wee on them I've spoke to my parents about putting a nice fence up to keep the dogs away from the plants, but they didn't seem too keen on the idea My pumpkins and cone flowers are doing good, but the rotten slugs have eaten ALL my wild flower seedlings. Not happy! - I put copper coins around the edge of the pot, yet the so-in-so's still managed to eat them 
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 18:17:33 GMT
You want to grow Bleeding Heart from seed? I googled it and came up with this... voices.yahoo.com/how-propagate-bleeding-heart-seed-11517032.html Seems a bit of a faff on....I've always just bought them as ready-grown in pots or those bags of compost with the root segments in (from the £1 shops  ) which you stick in the ground or pots and they just start growing themselves in the spring It is Dicentra spectabilis we are all talking about, yes? Mine, ironically enough, gave up the ghost the other week...when I examined it I realised it was rotten at the base and when I dug up the roots they weren't much better so it's gone to the great compost bin in the sky and I've replaced the soil in the container and planted loads of Calendula (port marigold) seeds for the bees and butterflies |
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Post by lotsofcats on Jun 3, 2014 10:37:07 GMT
Yeah, they really went to town naming that one, didn't they My dad always used to have Iceberg roses in his front garden and they were particularly prone to black spot I finished off removing the last of the spent tulips from my pots this afternoon and got the four pots cleared dug over (with my trowel) and planted two with trailing Nasturtium and the other two with Calendula The poppies and tagetes I planted the other week have already sprouted and are looking good Tagetes - now that's a flower I used to love and haven't had for years. Like you I have planted Calendulas in my troughs and in the border - I also have some in the border that survived the winter and they are flowering now. I have edged the troughs and border with lobelia so it looks like I'm going for a yellow and blue theme this year. As you know from my previous post I love Nasturtiums but the funny thing is I can only grow them really good in my back garden - they are puny and pathetic if I put any out the front garden!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2014 15:43:12 GMT
I have problems with nasturtiums too I'll buy the trailing varieties yet I'm lucky if they barely reach 12 inches and only give me four or five flowers  I'm hoping this year's do better I just love old-fashioned flowers and had loads of Virginia Stock last year and as we had such a mild winter it has continued to flower all the way through and is still going strong...and even self seeding in the cracks between the paving  Tagetes (French marigold) I adore and always buy two/three different varieties each spring and they always do well....as long as the snails don't munch on them  Today I was in Ashington with Neil and bought a tray of Livingstone Daisies for just £2 so fingers crossed we get some lovely sunny days as they have THE most stunning flowers when the weather is good My dad always used to have them in the garden when I was growing up so I've got a bit of a soft spot for them as they were part of my childhood Hopefully mine will end up as pretty as these!  |
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can you tell I am not a keen gardener 
so I would say no they are easy to grow x
At this rate it's going to be next summer before I get them in. 
So I'm going to move it soon and put it in a fresh pot of compost and pamper it this summer 
My pots USED to be in a spot that only got the morning sun but now that I've got them in the middle of the courtyard against the storage cupboards they get LOTS of sun...perfect for the hardy annuals I love to grow but not so good for shade lovers like foxglove and dicentra 
- its called (wait for it) Rose Black Spot !! 
) which you stick in the ground or pots and they just start growing themselves in the spring 
I'm hoping this year's do better 
