Planting advice please

 What with the warm weather recently, I decided that it would be a good time
to dig up a previously grassy patch of the lawn and put in a new flowerbed.
I didn't count on finding lots of rubble which the previous owners of my
house didn't take down the tip and just buried in that part of the garden.
It's going to take a lot longer now to get that all up than I previously
anticipated and I'm now going to fill in the hole with brand new compost
from the garden centre as there was not much soil there to start with.  I
think this will take me another week or two as it is hard going.

I've got some lavender, rosemary, hebe, and cuphea hyssophilia plants in
their original pots waiting to go in.  Is it is still alright to plant them
in the ground at the moment or should I wait until spring?

Cheers

 

Yes if you can afford to water them well for at least 2 - 3 weeks until
they start to establish then it is fine to plant them now.

If it heats up again (like it did the other week) then leave it a
while..  Ideal weather for planting is overcast..

You may also need to get some mulch (of your choosing) the to top the
soil with when you've planted.  Allow the plants to settle a few days
after planting before mulching.

Water the plants well the night before you plant. Place them out where
you want to plant them. Dig the holes and fill with water and allow to
drain away. Plant the plants and firm in well with a boot (with a foot
in it;-)
Then water again.  It is better to water well 1 or 2 times a week than a
little every day.
//
Jim

 in article 1g0ls5w.1htukv7zjsvbjN%00senetnospamtodayta@macunlimited.net, Jim
W at 00senetnospamtodayta@macunlimited.net wrote on 1/9/03 10:41 am:


I'd just like to inject a note of caution here: chances are that watering
rosemary and lavender too much will kill them.  Both like to have quite dry
roots and sharp drainage.  As we are now moving towards a wet time of year,
I doubt they'll need much watering but they will still need to drain very
well.
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Sacha  
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
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Indeed a valid point.. but given the description of the original
'ground' eg 'lots of rubble' there may not be too many problems with
drainage!-)  We really haven't had much rain yet, or at least not here
in London.. 1 or 2 heavyish showers in the last month or so and thats
about it..

Good weather for cactus.. Bad weather for planting if you cannot afford
to water.
//
Jim

 Just leave the plants in their original pots, keep them watered, and plant
them any time in the autumn.  I have similar plants to you waiting in their
pots, but I won't be able to plant them until much later, probably October.



flowerbed.