Posted by pipistrollers on March 15, 2010, 4:24 pm
Hi everyone
I have just joined the forum and am a total gardening beginner.
I don't know if I need to tell you but I live in Southern England.
I got myself a patch and spent much of last summer digging it over. I
am trying
to create a cottage garden.
I planted 36 hardy perennials end of last August and the little things
lived
through the snow etc. I was really proud. Because my plugs were
so small, I
didn't know the difference between a plug and a weed so paid
a gardener to come
in and do some weeding last week. The idiot dug up
all my plugs, threw them
away and claimed they were weeds. I was
heartbroken to say the least.
I have been given a load of bulbs which I have been told are summer
flowering.
If I plant these bulbs now, will they flower this summer and
also, are these
plants very invasive as I will be planting loads of
other plants soon? The
bulbs I have been given are ...... gayfeather,
ladys mantle, golden rod, allium
moly, gladiolus nova lux and astilbe
spirea.
Thank you for your help in sorting out my confusion.
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pipistrollers
Posted by Anne Welsh Jackson on March 15, 2010, 8:19 pm
> ladys mantle, golden rod, and astilbe spirea.
These are not bulbs.
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AnneJ
Posted by pipistrollers on March 16, 2010, 8:54 am
Anne Welsh Jackson;880320 Wrote:
> pipistrollers
pipistrollers.6145096@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote:
> -
> ladys mantle, golden rod, and astilbe spirea.-
>
> These are not bulbs.
>
> --
> AnneJ
Oh dear this is making things more confusing. They came in a container
with
what looks like dry earth in it - I took it that they are bulbs.
There is so much to learn with gardening.
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pipistrollers
Posted by ®óñ© © ²°¹° on March 16, 2010, 11:42 am
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:54:50 -0400, pipistrollers
>Anne Welsh Jackson;880320 Wrote:
>> pipistrollers pipistrollers.6145096@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote:
>> -
>> ladys mantle, golden rod, and astilbe spirea.-
>>
>> These are not bulbs.
>>
>> --
>> AnneJ
>Oh dear this is making things more confusing. They came in a container
>with what looks like dry earth in it -
That's exactly how Bareroot plants are delivered.
Instructions are normally to plant them straight out into the garden
provided that the soil is not waterlogged or frozen.
Were planting instructions not included?
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(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)
Posted by pipistrollers on March 16, 2010, 5:39 pm
®óñ© © ²°¹°;880380 Wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:54:50 -0400, pipistrollers
> pipistrollers.6154db7@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote:
> -
>
> Anne Welsh Jackson;880320 Wrote: -
> pipistrollers pipistrollers.6145096@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote:
> -
> ladys mantle, golden rod, and astilbe spirea.-
>
> These are not bulbs.
>
> --
> AnneJ-
>
>
>
> Oh dear this is making things more confusing. They came in a container
> with what looks like dry earth in it --
>
> That's exactly how Bareroot plants are delivered.
> Instructions are normally to plant them straight out into the garden
> provided that the soil is not waterlogged or frozen.
>
> Were planting instructions not included?
>
>
>
> --
> (¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)
No planting instructions whatsoever which is why I ended up so confused.
I don't
think I have ever seen a bare root plant before.
I am really proud as my crocuses have come up lovely. I also have 2 of
my
snowdrops and waiting for May for my bluebells.
I was devastated when the so called gardener paid to come and weed dug
all my
plug plants up - poor things were alive and growing. It will be
off to the
nursery to buy plants now. It will be nice when its done and
I will have my
cottage garden patch
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pipistrollers
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