We have had wind and rain, warm days and cool clear days, all in the space of a week. The nights are getting shorter, and there is loads to do in the garden. I ought to be there getting on with tasks, but it always interesting to see what other are up to, and also having this log allows me to look back at plants, my thoughts when first planting them, and the changes in the garden.
1. Right up by the back wall I had a lovely clump of Corydalis cheilanthifolia, which had done very nicely for a few years, and I had also moved a piece to another area. In my autumn clear up I was sad to notice that both had decided to pop their clogs. However as I cleared along the wall, I found a self seeded one. When a nice plant finds the place it wants to grow, l hope it flourishes there and also flowers next year.
4. Last year I lost the prostrate rosemaries and also the Foxtail one. I have a small one coming on: will this do for good drainage, as it is suspended between two rocks?
5. Pear 'Beth' when first planted in December 2019had plenty of room:
On one side even though cut to the ground last winter Fuchsia Delta's Sarah is a well over a metre high and finally flowering nicely. and on the other the upright Rosemary is starting to flower. You can see smaller good rosemary replacements waiting to find their rightful place. The pear obviously needs to have both the Fuchsia and Rosemary removed. Fuchsia cuttings will be taken this weekend! Both plants are pending removal.
Is your fuchsia Delta's Sarah in the ground (mine is in a pot, outdoors and in the greenhouse for winter)? I suppose so. Do you trim it a bit? I had asked Jim about another fuchsia and he was telling me not to prune it until the end of winter because it protected the new growths. Seeing yours as beautiful and as big, makes me want to plant it in the ground... A try?
ReplyDeleteThis is a hardy fuchsia, and this is its third season since being planted in the garden. Here it is pretty mild, and yes I have cut it down by three quarters or more in the autumn, but this against the advice which suggests prunning in the spring. If I were you Fred, I would keep it in the pot this winter, but try taking some cuttings now, and plant out in the spring. It will have the chance to establish itself from cuttings over the summer, and then you could leave it in overwinter.
DeleteGood idea, I'll do that!
DeleteI hope my Fuchsia Delta's Sarah looks as good as yours in a few years.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it will.
DeleteAlways nice to see a Corydalis! I'm the same as you - if a plant seeds itself somewhere, more often than not I give it a chance.
ReplyDeleteMy Salvia leucantha would be flat on the ground if it wasn't lying on top of something else. I did cuttings very late, so I must dig up the main plant. It's quite a brave step to plant apples and pears in a well stocked small garden. Are you envisaging restricting their size?
ReplyDeleteYes, I have been 'prunning along with Jim'! and also looking at the prunning at The Newt. I'll post a blog with a few pictures of their fruit trees soon.
DeleteI hope the little Corydalis is happy in its wall pocket. I loved reading the history of the D'Arcy apple. Does it taste good? (asking cos I have just about got space for another fruit tree.)
ReplyDeleteWhen it is fully mature, and ready to eat, it has the most complex of flavours. WE share it, and eat it quietly the more to savour its flavour!
DeleteAn interesting six as always Noelle 😄 I love your hare. I picked up some wallflowers from a garden centre a couple of weeks ago. I think they are 'Sugar Rush' too but too dark outside now to check on the label. They are already in flower! I think that I need to do some judicious snipping.
ReplyDeleteI was just about to write 'interesting post, as always', then noticed Anna had written exactly the same! But it was, so I shall stick with that!
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