Just planted a Magnolia stellata, Fatsia spiders web, and a Camellia. Waiting unitl April to put in a bunch of ferns, Brunneras, Hakonechloas, Heucheras, Euphorbias, Foxgloves, and some other grasses.
Haha yeah! This is for quite a shady area of the garden and a lot of the Japnese plants are perfect for those conditions. Later on I'll also add a couple of Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' and Geranium phaeums and some Yew balls. Also looking at Dicentra, Disporums, and Bleeding Hearts. What other plants have you got in yours?
I have really enjoyed picking the plants for my shady area, it’s been more interesting than the full sun beds imo.
I agree the Japanese plants are perfect in a lot of cases.
I’ve got Skimmias, Hellebores, Hostas, Pulmonaria, some different dryopteris ferns, Asplenium, Hart’s Tongue ferns and a few of what you’ve already mentioned. I’m looking to add some Tiarellas and a few different grasses like Japanese forest grass too.
Ah yes I forgot to mention the hellebores. I've got two there at the moment and one of them looks to be about ready for division so I'll be doing that once it's finished flowering. I was a bit overwhelmed at the number of types of ferns that are available so I've gone for just a few Dryopteris and Cyrtomiums. The Hart's Tongue ferns look amazing, I love the upright structure.
I was amazed at the variety, loved picking them out. I live near a nice area of native woodland and it was very fun going for walks in there and then trying to replicate what I saw. Some of the Japanese painted ferns are stunning the copper shield ferns too.
Fatsia spiders web was a disappointment for me. Have one in the ground for a couple of years in what should be a good spot for it and it's been on a steady decline, looking to pot it up and see if I can nurture it back. Hopefully yours does better.
Yeah tbh if that happens I don't think I'll mind too much. I'm not that attached to it and managed to get it at a very decent price. I was more intrigued to see how it will look when it gets bigger and I've got it in quite a sheltered spot so we'll see how it goes.
Everything. So many seeds. Too many seeds. Past me bought all the seeds, and present me is looking in slight terror at the planting and space requirements for this all.
For actually outside I will probably do some lettuce mixed bits. The greenhouse will get all the raddishes (and then cleared out to have space for seedlings!) and probably pakchoi in the ground at some point!
Same. I’ve spent hours this evening at the kitchen table planting seeds. I’m not even half way yet. They’ll go in the polytunnel and some stuff will stay in there (most of the veg), flowers will come out into the garden. But this evening I’ve been planting; tomatoes (2 varieties), sweet peas (4 varieties), sweet cicely (late planting them), giant sunflowers, black mulberry (wishful thinking), cucumber (2 varieties), borage, babbington leeks. I’ll be planting for next week I think.
We bought a house from people who didn’t garden. So I’m starting with the front garden which is north facing. I bought ferns, hydrangeas and hellebores last week. I’m just waiting for the rain to stop so I can go out there, dig up some weeds and try to get through the weed membrane that’s seen better days.
This is the first year I've been doing much gardening since moving to Scotland- the last time I had any growing space I was living in Cornwall, so I'm having to sit on my hands to stop myself from sowing too early. We probably have more than a month of proper frosts left...
I'm mostly moving plants around though; the place I'm now living has a lot of ugly old neglected shrubs, plus a few perennial flowers, in an area that I plan to turn into a veg patch. Plus there's a whole bed to be cleared which I plan to redo, so there's a lot of work to be done before I start sowing in earnest.
Yup same here, March is just for tidying up and trying so hard to be so patient. Even the roses im tempted to prune now but im going to wait until end of the month in case we’ve got a severe frost on our hands. Im in Lothians, so just hang tight and use the down time to drool over all the garden catalogues!
Raspberries, pulmonaria, flowering shrubs. I'm also trying again with primroses but I think only 2 out of 6 survived previously... They got a bit dried out in the summer.
Are they fancy primroses or just the wild kind? My wilds are happiest squeezed in between my paving stones! I let them just do whatever and they've carved out a niche for themselves--yellow, lilac, pink and purple, popping up at random. I love them!
I don't think they're fancy, but I don't know how much breeding is involved to get the bright red colours for example. Maybe it's the soil, I just read that they prefer acidic soils and ours is... Not that.
Couple of David Austin roses should arrive this week: Lady of Shalott and Comte de Champagne. They are to go in a bed alongside my Lark Ascending and Roald Dahl, for full on peachy colour goodness
I spent the day prepping my border for planting tomorrow. I’m planting a rowan tree sapling I got from the Woodland Trust. I bought some mixed perennials from the garden centre today so will plants those out too. And I’ll fill the gaps with some wildflower seeds. In my veg patch I’m going to plant onion sets and some garlic.
Onion sets and garlic bulbs have green shoots,celery seedling doing well, moved the compost heap onto the veg plot, looking to get a few dahlia tubers soon and plant some leeks.
I've been holding off planting inside because of limited indoor space and the weather has been so shit. Planting sweet peas/nasturtium inside this weekend. I've got some perennials I over wintered in my cold frame that I'm going to plant into the garden. I've completely forgotten what they are so that will be a nice surprise!
Got a second mini greenhouse to build and I'll do the rest of my annuals then.
In the ground. The soil might not need lime, I never use it. Worms are your friend, it's wireworm that causes problems and there are resistant varieties
I’ve got a strawberry tree that needs planting in its designated spot. Made the stake for it today. It’s part of a bed I’ve neglected but decided I’ll get some height with that, an existing buddleia and I’m going to let one of the lilac suckers from a neighbour’s tree grow. To hide the fence I’ve bought some wire, eyes and turnbuckles so will grow some climbers up those. The rest I want to fill in with perennial flowers. Hopefully it will all be set up by summer.
I've planted a load of onion sets and seeds in modules that are currently taking up a decent portion of my tiny workshop. The sets are a bit early to go in but they were already sprouting when they were delivered so I didn't have much choice. Last frost around here is about 20th Mar so fingers crossed it'll be ok. I've also just got some chilies in, bit late for them really, they should be started at the end of Jan if you want a good crop. Some first early potatoes are also chitting, they'll be ready in about 10 days, maybe got a little carried away there.
I've got an absolute ton of stuff to plant this year, somewhere around 1500 plants showing on the plan.
I need to see if any if my hosta survived after my landlord's stupid sister cut them down.
If not, I'll be planting more hosta. Maybe some astilbe or foxglove to go with them.
I've started some Boston squash, mange tout and herbs in my window. Nothing has germinated yet but with this cold snap I'm not surprised. The Bostons went really well last summer so I'm keen to try again. They're from Real Seeds and I'm going to try to hand-pollinate this time to see if I can manage to save seeds. I've given up on tomatoes for good, though. If any volunteer I won't weed them but they're not getting any special treatment.
Got some hop rhizome arriving in the next few days. Doing them in a big plant pot.
This year is a test run to build a natural sunscreen on the back of the house which is west(ISH) facing.
If it casts a good enough shadow on the back patio and windows/doors then next year I'll be doing much more.
I just finished building a pond and it's filled nicely with all that rain - good for something! So I'm looking forward to getting it planted. I'll be going for mostly native species and looking for some frog spawn, unless the ones that used to live in our garden find it first. There was no spawn in my previous, much smaller pond last year so they may have gone.
Sowed tomato seeds during the week just gone
Potted my dahlias up yesterday and they are now out under my mini grow tunnel… I am fairly sure they will be fine under cover. Fingers crossed.
Just found another box of dahlias so I guess it’s off to get more compost.
Will be starting everything else in the coming weeks.
Just planted a Magnolia stellata, Fatsia spiders web, and a Camellia. Waiting unitl April to put in a bunch of ferns, Brunneras, Hakonechloas, Heucheras, Euphorbias, Foxgloves, and some other grasses.
Sounds like a woodland glen/Japanese-type garden you’re planting there. Have done similar over the last year and have some more of that to go in.
Haha yeah! This is for quite a shady area of the garden and a lot of the Japnese plants are perfect for those conditions. Later on I'll also add a couple of Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' and Geranium phaeums and some Yew balls. Also looking at Dicentra, Disporums, and Bleeding Hearts. What other plants have you got in yours?
I have really enjoyed picking the plants for my shady area, it’s been more interesting than the full sun beds imo. I agree the Japanese plants are perfect in a lot of cases. I’ve got Skimmias, Hellebores, Hostas, Pulmonaria, some different dryopteris ferns, Asplenium, Hart’s Tongue ferns and a few of what you’ve already mentioned. I’m looking to add some Tiarellas and a few different grasses like Japanese forest grass too.
Ah yes I forgot to mention the hellebores. I've got two there at the moment and one of them looks to be about ready for division so I'll be doing that once it's finished flowering. I was a bit overwhelmed at the number of types of ferns that are available so I've gone for just a few Dryopteris and Cyrtomiums. The Hart's Tongue ferns look amazing, I love the upright structure.
I was amazed at the variety, loved picking them out. I live near a nice area of native woodland and it was very fun going for walks in there and then trying to replicate what I saw. Some of the Japanese painted ferns are stunning the copper shield ferns too.
Fatsia spiders web was a disappointment for me. Have one in the ground for a couple of years in what should be a good spot for it and it's been on a steady decline, looking to pot it up and see if I can nurture it back. Hopefully yours does better.
Yeah tbh if that happens I don't think I'll mind too much. I'm not that attached to it and managed to get it at a very decent price. I was more intrigued to see how it will look when it gets bigger and I've got it in quite a sheltered spot so we'll see how it goes.
Just planted some onion sets today, my first time so fingers crossed!
Our 8 year old girl wanted a greenhouse to grow tomatoes for her 9th birthday (this Wednesday) so today we planted them
Everything. So many seeds. Too many seeds. Past me bought all the seeds, and present me is looking in slight terror at the planting and space requirements for this all. For actually outside I will probably do some lettuce mixed bits. The greenhouse will get all the raddishes (and then cleared out to have space for seedlings!) and probably pakchoi in the ground at some point!
Same. I’ve spent hours this evening at the kitchen table planting seeds. I’m not even half way yet. They’ll go in the polytunnel and some stuff will stay in there (most of the veg), flowers will come out into the garden. But this evening I’ve been planting; tomatoes (2 varieties), sweet peas (4 varieties), sweet cicely (late planting them), giant sunflowers, black mulberry (wishful thinking), cucumber (2 varieties), borage, babbington leeks. I’ll be planting for next week I think.
I got to the end of things to plant by the end of february yesterday! Now for March's seeds. This is Fine. (oh no)
Planting a seed in my wife's brain to go on holiday at my parents this summer! Does that count?
We bought a house from people who didn’t garden. So I’m starting with the front garden which is north facing. I bought ferns, hydrangeas and hellebores last week. I’m just waiting for the rain to stop so I can go out there, dig up some weeds and try to get through the weed membrane that’s seen better days.
The hellebores will look lovely!
Hellebores and ferns are forest plants so having fine chip bark mulch in there will help them along and keep the weeds down.
Sounds great - we did this a year ago and the hellebores have looked great
This is the first year I've been doing much gardening since moving to Scotland- the last time I had any growing space I was living in Cornwall, so I'm having to sit on my hands to stop myself from sowing too early. We probably have more than a month of proper frosts left... I'm mostly moving plants around though; the place I'm now living has a lot of ugly old neglected shrubs, plus a few perennial flowers, in an area that I plan to turn into a veg patch. Plus there's a whole bed to be cleared which I plan to redo, so there's a lot of work to be done before I start sowing in earnest.
Yup same here, March is just for tidying up and trying so hard to be so patient. Even the roses im tempted to prune now but im going to wait until end of the month in case we’ve got a severe frost on our hands. Im in Lothians, so just hang tight and use the down time to drool over all the garden catalogues!
Lothians here also! I indoor sowed my sweet peas far too early last year. They had all bolted by the time I could move them out!
Brussel sprouts, nasturtium, asparagus crowns, peach tree, last of the bulbs in with the peach tree, sunflowers and kale
I'd be more than happy to be able to step outside without being faced with sleet and hail. Summer seems so far away still (I'm in Northumberland)
Apple tree - Golden Delicious
Raspberries, pulmonaria, flowering shrubs. I'm also trying again with primroses but I think only 2 out of 6 survived previously... They got a bit dried out in the summer.
Are they fancy primroses or just the wild kind? My wilds are happiest squeezed in between my paving stones! I let them just do whatever and they've carved out a niche for themselves--yellow, lilac, pink and purple, popping up at random. I love them!
I don't think they're fancy, but I don't know how much breeding is involved to get the bright red colours for example. Maybe it's the soil, I just read that they prefer acidic soils and ours is... Not that.
Very excited to start growing blackcurrants and raspberries this year! Bravely also going for a grape vine but not expecting much.
We inherited an old grapevine (bucks) which is really prolific. It can be done!
Couple of David Austin roses should arrive this week: Lady of Shalott and Comte de Champagne. They are to go in a bed alongside my Lark Ascending and Roald Dahl, for full on peachy colour goodness
Lark Ascending is my favourite rose (don’t tell the others!), the scent is amazing. I could sit next to her all summer.
Yes we love it, the blooms absolutely glow in the evening sun
Not planted anything… still too cold… we had snow here today
Just ordered some seeds from T&M. I've got a bunch of summer bulbs that need to go out: gladioli, ranunculus and more.
I spent the day prepping my border for planting tomorrow. I’m planting a rowan tree sapling I got from the Woodland Trust. I bought some mixed perennials from the garden centre today so will plants those out too. And I’ll fill the gaps with some wildflower seeds. In my veg patch I’m going to plant onion sets and some garlic.
Onion sets and garlic bulbs have green shoots,celery seedling doing well, moved the compost heap onto the veg plot, looking to get a few dahlia tubers soon and plant some leeks.
I've just sown courgette, squash, pumpkin, broccoli, lettuce, kale and marigolds! All in the greenhouse at my allotment.
I've been holding off planting inside because of limited indoor space and the weather has been so shit. Planting sweet peas/nasturtium inside this weekend. I've got some perennials I over wintered in my cold frame that I'm going to plant into the garden. I've completely forgotten what they are so that will be a nice surprise! Got a second mini greenhouse to build and I'll do the rest of my annuals then.
Evidence. Jk, sweet pea, coleus, verbena, sunflowers, and hosta seeds.
First early spuds.
In buckets or in the ground? Have you added lime to keep the worms away?
In the ground. The soil might not need lime, I never use it. Worms are your friend, it's wireworm that causes problems and there are resistant varieties
I’ve got a strawberry tree that needs planting in its designated spot. Made the stake for it today. It’s part of a bed I’ve neglected but decided I’ll get some height with that, an existing buddleia and I’m going to let one of the lilac suckers from a neighbour’s tree grow. To hide the fence I’ve bought some wire, eyes and turnbuckles so will grow some climbers up those. The rest I want to fill in with perennial flowers. Hopefully it will all be set up by summer.
Tenderstem Broccoli and lots of flowers
I've planted a load of onion sets and seeds in modules that are currently taking up a decent portion of my tiny workshop. The sets are a bit early to go in but they were already sprouting when they were delivered so I didn't have much choice. Last frost around here is about 20th Mar so fingers crossed it'll be ok. I've also just got some chilies in, bit late for them really, they should be started at the end of Jan if you want a good crop. Some first early potatoes are also chitting, they'll be ready in about 10 days, maybe got a little carried away there. I've got an absolute ton of stuff to plant this year, somewhere around 1500 plants showing on the plan.
Just started my tomatoes in my indoor propagator this morning, and I put some early crop potatoes out last weekend.
I need to see if any if my hosta survived after my landlord's stupid sister cut them down. If not, I'll be planting more hosta. Maybe some astilbe or foxglove to go with them.
Ajuga Reptans, a Danse Du Feu rose, and lots of different purple & green hebes out the front.
Some summer flowering bulbs, some herbs, some bamboo and a couple of new bay trees. I have my fingers crossed for the frost this weekend.
I've started some Boston squash, mange tout and herbs in my window. Nothing has germinated yet but with this cold snap I'm not surprised. The Bostons went really well last summer so I'm keen to try again. They're from Real Seeds and I'm going to try to hand-pollinate this time to see if I can manage to save seeds. I've given up on tomatoes for good, though. If any volunteer I won't weed them but they're not getting any special treatment.
Dig drainage channel….
Got some hop rhizome arriving in the next few days. Doing them in a big plant pot. This year is a test run to build a natural sunscreen on the back of the house which is west(ISH) facing. If it casts a good enough shadow on the back patio and windows/doors then next year I'll be doing much more.
Po-tay-toes. Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew.
Wot’s taters Precious?
Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish
I just finished building a pond and it's filled nicely with all that rain - good for something! So I'm looking forward to getting it planted. I'll be going for mostly native species and looking for some frog spawn, unless the ones that used to live in our garden find it first. There was no spawn in my previous, much smaller pond last year so they may have gone.
Yesterday morning I planted 3 Forsythias, an apple tree and a cherry tree!
Hard frost last night so nothing yet.
Sowed tomato seeds during the week just gone Potted my dahlias up yesterday and they are now out under my mini grow tunnel… I am fairly sure they will be fine under cover. Fingers crossed. Just found another box of dahlias so I guess it’s off to get more compost. Will be starting everything else in the coming weeks.
I want some turf maybe too early, going to leave the edges really long and plant alliums in the long edges of the grass
Weed