Gardening Tips

@panda12 wrote:

@mrs_teapot wrote:

Im lucky because I have a stream that runs though our property…. have a bridge over it too… which is lovely. I just put in a lavender hedge in front of a Yorkshire stone wall… looks lovely… smells divine too…

So whats my tip…. well if you buy a rose always look for continuous flowering plants…. that way you will have colour all summer and ensure it still has a perfume so many roses have no smell… which is a shame. Don’t forget vertical gardening too…. climbing plants are brilliant for covering unsightly fences huts etc although I dislike ivy.

I’ve got patio roses snd two other types, I can’t remember their names!

Climbing plants + six cats = potential disaster!

Might do some hanging baskets though.

Just one cat now here panda….she is 15 and not into climbing…. she is very sedate and scared to death of ducks :D

When we were in the UK we had a back garden of about 60 sq meters which was surrounded by a 2 meter fence meaning that though we were surrounded by other houses it was very private.

We split the garden in two and had one side for growing a few vegetables and herbs. The other side we created an area surrounded by plants with a covered area under which we could bbq and eat even if we had the occasional shower. We had a water feature which was a half barrel with a water pump to create a flow of water as I also like the sound of falling water. The water feature was filled with large stones to avoid any possible accidents.

We had no grass and when we got home from work in the summer it took us the time to drink the first gin and tonic to weed the garden. A lot of the plants were chosen because of the fragrance they gave off.

Here in France we have a garden of 5000 square meters and with a different climate we have to plant with regards to that. We have an underground river with two wells so use the water to fill the swimming pool and to water the garden. We have a lot of grass which takes a fair bit of time to mow, a vegetable patch which produces nice fresh veg and a courtyard that has hanging baskets etc to create colour. With Willow trees, apple pear and plum trees, Laurel and Leylandi hedges, there is always something to do.

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panda, as a plant salesman, i am really ask anc and blonde
here is my tips for summer, well we are well into the bedding season now,and my top ten sellers sre
1,trailing lobelia
2,alyssum
3,petunias
4, geraniums
5,dahlias

6,bizzy lizzies
7,,marigolds?
8,begonias
9.pansies
10,nemesia

n.b the ? mark on marigolds is about cats love the smell and like to pee on them, as they do salvias and cats will kill them,note most of the plants i have put are annuals not perennials, i will hopefully bei putting on a plant thread soon,called ask rogue ok?

to mrs t, yes your bizzies ,impatiens should be ok this year,but due to our inclement rainy weather this year , the slugs are out in force, so i would suggest you put your bizzies in hanging baskets ok.