The sun is strong but the air is fairly cool, perfect weather. Sixish things in my garden to join in with Jon, as do many other gardeners Worldwide.
1. However small my garden, I just cannot resist growing a few veg. For instance today we had a delicious cucumber the first of the season. My friend grew on some seeds and shared the plants around. They were such good plants, and as she has a green house, all the tomato and cucumber seeds are being passed along for growing on.
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| Cucumber growing in the conservatory |
Two tumbling tomatoes in a large ceramic pot have started to set fruit.
2. I opened my garden for 'paying' visitors for the first time this week. Actually they were donating some money to have tea and cake to raise funds for our gardening club. They also happened to have a tour of the gardens front and back. I managed to find a spare Semiaquilegea for Maggie, and another plant is already promised for Anthony.
One of the plants one the side in the conservatory was Crassula Falcata Buddha's Temple. I received my original plant over ten years ago, and every few years I go in for some renewal in the form of cuttings, throwing the mother plant away. Here is the bowl with some very long terminal leaders removed. .
Usually I use the pups, but this time I am also trying some 'slices' of the main stem. I'll report back with updated pictures later in the year.
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| Rose Munstead Wood |
What a great collection and I love the Crassula Falcata. I haven't seen it before.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rosie, it is a hybrid introduced several decades ago, and is starting to appear around succulent sales. I love the form.
DeleteAh, Tulipa sprengeri. Five years from seed to flower suggests I have a chance of pulling that off. How did you grow them? I sowed seed in a pot but they only came up about an inch in this, their first year, and have disappeared. I was going to see if there were bulblets and perhaps put them in fresh compost for next year, still in a pot.
ReplyDeleteJust like you I sowed them in a very deep pot twelve inches across. I had about 50 seed and they all germinated. They can escape through the bottom so I put some water permeable weed membrane on the bottom to stop that. Try to keep them in leaf for as long as possible, they need water during the growing season and good light but not scorching. I left them in this big pot for two years, then potted them in clumps of about 15 bulbs in new pots, then grown on for another year, then when they started to emerge the following year, planted them into the garden. Hope that makes sense.
DeleteThanks for that, very helpful. I need to do something with mine which are in a 9cm pot, too small, too shallow. They weren't in leaf for long either so I don't know what I'll find.
DeleteTulips from seed? I am very impressed. There have been some lovely roses on show this week and your Munstead Wood is no exception, what a colour! Happy opening to you Sis, hope the sun shines on you all x
ReplyDeleteGreat photo of the alliums from the kitchen window. I;m so pleased your tulip has finally flowered....you had a long wait!
ReplyDeleteWhat a long time you had to wait fir your tulip! I do hope it continues to multiply. I think my species tulips have been too wet these past winters and don't seem to have been doing so well.
ReplyDeleteThe length to flowering time and the fact that they place themselves very deep with the soil accounts for their price. This year they were mainly around the £9 per bulb. Next year I wonder what they will fetch.
DeleteFabulous idea this cucumber in your conservatory. Does it have enough light? I think yes, seeing the first fuit. My nemesia is starting to bloom, I only have a few but will be saving seeds for more next year.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Nemesia are very popular this year, I look forward to seeing yours one of these weeks Fred. Yes I've grown cucumbers, and the voile is just to give a little shading or the leaves would scorch.
DeleteYour alliums simply sparkle Noelle and have inspired me to plant some in a large area of gravel near our car port 😄
ReplyDeleteHow kind of you to open your garden to gardening club members, although I guess you will be amongst friends for both events. You have certainly filled your garden since you first arrived, but without making it look crowded 😊
ReplyDeleteI am touched by your compliment Cathy. There is a lot but many have their moment then get covered over as they slowly go into dormancy ready for their time the following year, as with the snowdrops etc.
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