Hello From italy

 
Hi everyone,


I'm new to the forum and also to gardening! I wish my old dad were here
to advise me, he had extremely green thumbs!


I live with my wife in central Italy and after seven years we are
finally in a position to turn our attention to the garden.


At the moment the nights are clear and the temperature drops to well
below zero; it was -14°C a few nights ago. Just now in the sunshine it's
around 17°C. During the summer months the mid-day temperature can hit
42°C which is hot even for me!


The question is what would folks recommend for bedding plants - I am
about to start creating rockeries etc., (the garden contains a number of
slopes).


Over the years we've found that Ice Plants are the best at surviving the
summer heat but I don't want to have a garden full of Ice plants!


The garden faces south East.

I'm thinking along the lines of growing from seed - is that the most
economical approach?


Any help would be very gratefully received.




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Abruzzo Clive

 On 2011-01-18, Abruzzo Clive wrote:

Wow, the temp sure varies. How is it in the summer, the lows mostly? I
don't think that roses would survive the winters. I can be wrong. Do a
search on Google for some perineals that would.


Can you make some terraces? That would keep the water from washing out
your hard work. I assume you have rocky soil.


What do you want to grow?


I'm sure you will receive lots.
--
Bud

 Any help would be very gratefully received.

I'm sure he will too, but I'm frankly puzzled why he doesn't ask
around locally(oh, maybe he did?)

The people in that area would have experience, non e vero?  Also,
aren't there any nurseries or garden stores in the area?  And/or
garden clubs?

HB

 
Higgs Boson;910397 Wrote:

I'm sorry for the delay in replying I didn't receive an e-mail from the
forum telling me that there were replies.

The situation here is a little odd - if I were in England then yes my
neighbours would be the first port of call. Here in rural Italy it's
somewhat different - no one is particularly interested in growing
anything flower orientated other than Geraniums. We have tried Geraniums
on a couple of occasions but unfortunately the sun scorches them.

The people here are all small-holders spending all of their time tending
their vines and olive groves etc. They would consider a flower bed as
something utterly frivolous - flower beds don't produce anything you can
eat!

I see that you speak Italian, se volesse fammi qualche consiglio nella
bella lingua La prego di farlo pure, sarebbe un grande piacere.




--
Abruzzo Clive

 

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