3: Gardening Diaries ...

[alp]

Good morning to a sunny day!

Here are tips for wisteria

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wisteria

Remember to watch GW as there will be advice as to how to prune wisterias. There are 2 times in the year to prune a mature wisteria. Don't know how old and big yours is. But pay attention on the videos on that page and you will get some advice.

Hope ;yours comes with blooms

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[BigC]

Morning everyone...many thanks @alp that will do nicely...Its not mature at all but since I've moved it into a sunnier position it seems to be doing a whole lot better this year.

Well yesterday I got the garden aerated but its still a bit damp in preparation for its annual first treatment (weed feed etc) Just needs scarification and aerated in the opposite direction. I'm on holiday next week so hopefully thats when I'l get that all done...I was toying with the idea of overseeding with a specialist seed that likes to be kept short golf or bowling green mix...but again that might not be practical or hard wearing considering we have a dog...Grass is a pretty much overlooked plant

Last years effort was pretty good. see before and after shots

 

[Logan]

The garden is pretty much enclosed TBH nowt much gets in or out for that matter..Certainly not hedgehogs..if that was the case I would stop..vermin I wouldn't be bothered about...Birds hmmm never seen any down at the two patches where I treat...its pretty localised in any case about 2 ft sq. in two areas.

That's ok then.

 

[Logan]

Going to do more weeding at the back of the back garden. Hasn't been done for a few years.
Thing is what to do with it all, the compost bins are full so I've put the weeds in compost bags by the bins and let it rot down, then i can put it in the bins when there's less. But i've got 4 bags already.

 

[alp]

I agree with that lady - it's worth buying a wisteria which has flowered, I bought one reduced to just over £10 and this year, it is coming into bud Bought one from Asda 5 years ago for £2 and now it is still growing, No flowers again! You're such a perfectionist, apart from that hanging basket.. Hang me or not!

Bought from Homebase last yar £10.43

Dyson's Joy

Aquilegia

White allium

 

[Zenj]

Morning all
Beautiful day my first nomocharis is out

 

[alp]

That looks like the beautiful Japanese lily in Malvern. Very beautiful! Well done, @Zenj ! Very delicate pink! Thank you for sharing!

Yes, lovely day here, too!

Re-watched GW episode 7 and there is so much I don't know.

 

[Logan]

Lovely flowers @alp

Those lillies are beautiful @Zenj

 

[Mark56]

Impressive pictures all

Alp, does your Wisteria smell delicious? Subtle but impactful. Alliums are opening up here too, purple sensation are my favourite, globe master is a little underwhelming in colour & size but they were only cheap bulbs from Lidl. Weigela Dark Horse and the later lilacs in full force, Aquilegia too. I picked up a 6 pack of Aquilegias and foxgloves in autumn sold as boxed bedding from you know where, as plugs for £3 a pack. They are all massive now. Definitely going to plant out in autumn as produces bigger plants, same for wallflowers I believe.

Remember the £5 free voucher from Wyevale you told me about? Well I tried to purchase something for £4.90 a few weeks ago, the cashier and store manager declined as they said it had to be exactly £5 or over, how ridiculous? So I emailed their customer service and got a free £10 voucher. Same for Longacre as they messed up one of my deliveries for 2 weeks.. complained and now a voucher is in the post. It pays to complain folks!!!

 

[alp]

Whoa! Now you're £10 richer! I have to say their 50% off clearance prices are enough to make me cry! Sooooo expensive. They are for those stockbrokers or bankers. The compost I got have got loads of twigs and big pieces of wet wood. The quality is just not there. Glad that I bought a Miraclegro compost, but that was £3.50 after half price. £9.20 for a camellias with no buds. I mustn't get carried away...

@Logan That's a nomacharis, not really a lily. Wonder what family it is. Googled! Liliaceae! Haha! Such a big varieties of this names. Just now it showed an orange one. @Zenj If you catch up last week's episode, you will see the same gorgeous lily on a stand which won gold. The exhibitor said it was from the mountain of Japan!

 

[Zenj]

Nomocharis is a genus of the family Liliaceae. It consists of about 7 species native to montane regions of western China, Myanmar, and northern India.[2] They are similar to Lilium, with one of the more obvious differences being the flowers being more shallow or sometimes flat.[3]

They you go a bit of info hard to find any different ones at the moment at a decent price

 

[Logan]

@Logan That's a nomacharis, not really a lily.

It is a lily,but not as we know it.

 

[alp]

Nomocharis is a genus of the family Liliaceae. It consists of about 7 species native to montane regions of western China, Myanmar, and northern India.[2] They are similar to Lilium, with one of the more obvious differences being the flowers being more shallow or sometimes flat.[3]

They you go a bit of info hard to find any different ones at the moment at a decent price

Yes, £9 last time I saw it. And it doesn't include postage. I have found out that erythroniums can be bought in some gcs, but prettier ones cost an arm and a leg and have to be sourced at specialist nurseries which whack you with hefty prices.

Nice to know that they are from that part of the world. Tons of flowers were discovered in China. Magnolia, Rhodo, .. Amazing how much have been collected by plant hunters in the past.

 

[Zenj]

Maybe change to a trillium grower have to win the lottery first
Trillium apetalon album
£ 55.00

 

[alp]

Maybe change to a trillium grower have to win the lottery first
Trillium apetalon album
£ 55.00

But that flower is soooo boring. Unlike the nomacharis! Did you watch the Beechgrove Garden in which the man kept saying he wanted to have Trillium Chloropetalum, not the white one. I myself prefer to have more varieties of erythroniums. They could be very pretty.

Today has been perfect for gardening. I got rid of the oriental poppies before they even flowered. Fed up with having them taking over. Then I realised that I had a mauve one going to flower. I thought that I was a bit cruel. But they were everywhere. Took me 3 hours to get rid of about 10 of them and I still have another 15 left.