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Post by sussexgirl on Apr 30, 2007 8:48:51 GMT
I am not a very keen or very good gardener but would love to plant 4 different types of plants so that they flower round the times of our birthdays. End April Beg June Mid August End October. We have a small South facing garden, the least maintenance required the better. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks
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Post by faeryboots on Apr 30, 2007 9:00:57 GMT
Lavender is easy, smells great and you can get it in varying colours. Will flower from May to September if looked after. Rosemary flowers from April onwards. A potentilla bush, again easy, pretty yellow flowers, from April through to the middle of May, sometimes longer. Some roses from June. Fuschias are lovely and colourful and some hardy geraniums are fairly easy. My currant is looking lovely at the moment. A purple sage will give colour all year from deep purple to a silvery green in winter. I'm sure lots of people have other suggestions. Most of these things you can bung in the ground and let them get on with it! All will do well in a south facing garden.
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Post by revmichael on Apr 30, 2007 9:03:13 GMT
What about Nov-Feb young lady? I like to have plants that flower during this time. Try snowdrops, aconites and crocuses in the bulb line. A good clematis is one of the cirrhosa varieties - especially 'freckles' and the winter flowering honeysuckle, Lonicera fragrantisima or 'Winter Beauty'. Then, of course, there are the numerous autumn colour leaves as well as some nice evergreens that are not firs.
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Post by sussexgirl on Apr 30, 2007 9:14:58 GMT
We dont have any birthdays between those periods Rev. sorry. thanks for the suggestions so far, I was really looking for plants we can each call "our won" which will look at their best around the birthday times. I have some Lily of the valley for theh elder tyg (end April) but am quite at a loss as to what to plant for younger Tyg which will be at its best at teh end of October.
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Post by revmichael on Apr 30, 2007 9:41:25 GMT
We dont have any birthdays between those periods Rev. sorry. thanks for the suggestions so far, I was really looking for plants we can each call "our won" which will look at their best around the birthday times. I have some Lily of the valley for theh elder tyg (end April) but am quite at a loss as to what to plant for younger Tyg which will be at its best at teh end of October. Sorry. I didn't read your note carefully enough to realize that's why you wanted those months. However, winter bloomers are a very good thing. I would feel the draught without them.
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Post by Rose Tinted Glasses on Apr 30, 2007 11:02:55 GMT
We dont have any birthdays between those periods Rev. sorry. thanks for the suggestions so far, I was really looking for plants we can each call "our won" which will look at their best around the birthday times. I have some Lily of the valley for theh elder tyg (end April) but am quite at a loss as to what to plant for younger Tyg which will be at its best at teh end of October. Try some Japanese Anenomes for Sept / Oct flowering. They are really pretty flowers for late summer. They come in white or pink, sigle or double blooms.
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Post by revmichael on Apr 30, 2007 13:21:28 GMT
We dont have any birthdays between those periods Rev. sorry. thanks for the suggestions so far, I was really looking for plants we can each call "our won" which will look at their best around the birthday times. I have some Lily of the valley for theh elder tyg (end April) but am quite at a loss as to what to plant for younger Tyg which will be at its best at teh end of October. Try some Japanese Anenomes for Sept / Oct flowering. They are really pretty flowers for late summer. They come in white or pink, sigle or double blooms.
Great idea - and they are easy too. I love the white Anenemome 'Honorine Jourbet'; delicious. Have a look at this website: www.plantations.cornell.edu/publications/IthacaJournalArticles/Flowers_of_Fall.cfm
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Post by Tina Biscuit on Apr 30, 2007 22:17:01 GMT
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Post by Lord L on May 1, 2007 18:39:08 GMT
How about Bluebell for late April? And roses might be considered traditional for June.
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Post by Lord L on May 2, 2007 19:19:47 GMT
Or, as an alternative to Roses, how about Cornflowers or Aquilegia for June, Phlox for August and Colchicum (as I believe someone has said) for October?
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Post by revmichael on May 3, 2007 8:02:43 GMT
Or, as an alternative to Roses, how about Cornflowers or Aquilegia for June, Phlox for August and Colchicum (as I believe someone has said) for October? My Lord you must have a wonderful garden. Is this inside the moat, or beyond it? In which months is it open to the public?
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Post by patacake on May 5, 2007 0:10:06 GMT
Try some of the hardy geraniums. There are lots of varieties in all the nurseries. A good pink one is geranium "Patricia" and a good blue is G. Magnificum. Wonderful value and long flowering period. I wouldn't be without these in my garden.
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Post by Fi on May 5, 2007 2:29:42 GMT
I love autumn crocuses, but a somewhat more exotic alternative is to get some saffron crocus (Crocus sativa) - they are lovely flowers with a luscious scent and you can be crop the pistils for your own, home grown, supply of saffron. Finding a supplier may be tricky, but a Google search is bound to find a supplier, but after that they are, in my experience, easy to grow. My only concern would be that I'm not sure they, or autumn crocuses, could be trusted to hang on until Late October to flower.
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Post by revmichael on May 5, 2007 7:52:53 GMT
The way our weather is going just now suggests that all kinds of plants will flower at different times from the ones we are expecting them. Try anything. They all have two chances - live or die.
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Post by Tina Biscuit on May 5, 2007 13:18:28 GMT
Try anything. They all have two chances - live or die. Nice to see someone else who subscribes to my method of gardening!
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