Gardening corner 2018 season!???

I heard that more snow is coming at Easter
but don't quote me

I went to a NT garden this afternoon and in the glass house was a sales table with an Albizia Julibrissin plant for £5!
I’d never heard of it before. It’s a bit like a mimosa, but has pink flowers, late summer. Apparently it grows into quite a big tree, but you can keep it in a pot in a courtyard. Which is what I intend to do. It can withstand -20, but it’s going into the greenhouse until the frost is over.
Has anyone else got one? Any tips on keeping it healthy?

As I've had trees cut back and some out-of-control shrubs removed, I now have space to plant some perennials and roses. But the bed where I have cleared this space is absolutely sodden with all the rain we've had over the winter, topped up with the recent snowfall. I hope there will be a decent dry spell so that I and my garden helper can get on with the work of creating colour in my garden. The PTA of a local primary school takes orders for annuals which always give me a good display in pots.

My resolution to stop spending on the garden has flown out of the window. I have just ordered a Flowering Cherry and some lavender.

Advice please.

As I said in my previous post I have been unwell for a while so garden has suffered from a lot of neglect. I have just opened a cupboard and found the daffodil bulbs that I had intended to plant beginning to sprout. Is is worth trying to plant them out (maybe in pots as garden so wet) or should I just discard them altogether?

You have nothing to lose by trying. Last year my GS brought me back some tulip bulbs from Holland well out of season. He was so anxious for me to plant them that I did, and they sprouted but didn’t flower. This year they are showing through the soil, so maybe we will have some flowers.

Completely repaired my wildlife pond now,.full of frogspawn ? the grandchildren love watching them develop...now to get stuck into the garden..first a cuppa whilst I sit and enjoy the beautiful Tete a tetes,primroses, snowdrops etc..and watch the small birds enjoying the feeders and then taking a quick dip..

Just brought a bit of the garden into the kitchen?

Oh how lovely tilly!!

Let me be a warning to all you enthusiastic gardeners after a winter off. About 2-3 weeks ago out I went full of enthusiasm to cut back etc. I completely did my back in and still tottering, and in a lot of pain. So take it easy!! Can’t bend at all so DH is doing stuff under instruction.

Started feeding the roses and shrubs.

Monty Donis 2 minutes got to go.

I have one type of day lily - they’ve been in the garden for years! Haven’t a clue of their name though.

Talking about GW btw

Love the ginger family!!

The snow has seemed to kill my clematis off will it get new leaves sprout or should I cut it back Anyone know ?

Wait , I bet it starts to sprout -once it does then you can cut it back to healthy buds. Perhaps fleece the new growth if frost is threatened to save it from a double whammy, although tbh mine always recover.

Spring has sprung!
Wonderful warm sunny day.
Mainly just tidying up and the lawns first cut.
It is now a warm sunny evening. The birds are still singing.
The loudest call is the blackbirrd with his 'Georgy porgy'.

The Easter Weather forecast is a worry. I think our local wildlife may have been fooled with todays lovely warm spring weather.

Ditto with us today Cherry a really mild sunny day, just right for clearing up and pottering.
We need to plant about five new perennials but are holding off until after Easter.
Still no daffs showing, but crocus and hellebores look great.

Thanks Whitewave

I have been in the garden!!!!! I feel like a new woman!

lucky

Yep Luckgirl
I feel I have shrugged off the winter and emerged from hibernation.

Very wise Lemon
I am itching to do some planting in a new flower bed.
We have bunches of lovely primroses and three lovely blue hyacinths planted last autumn from an indoor pot and some nice tete-a-tete daffodils.

I have my fingers crossed for heavily in bud Camellia.

Busy day in garden yesterday! Lots of daffodils out already, hyacinth in garden showing lots of colour, also hellebores and muscari, also found evidence of hedgehog activity so I’ve put out some meal worms!?????
Lots to do, let’s hope for a milder Easter although I’m not holding my breath!

Haha Luckygirl hope that you're not aching everywhere as I am with the unaccustomed digging etc...aàaagh worth it,love my garden but oh am paying for it ??

Spent a few hours this afternoon continuing with belated tidying, including hacking back the Gertrude Jekyll rose which I've allowed to get enormous. Hope it recovers enough to flower as prolifically as normal

Snowdrops going over but primroses, crocuses, minature daffs and hellebores all going strong.

And the frogs have sprung into action at last.

Please don't let it snow at Easter; I've had enough snow for this winter..

Planning your garden for pollinators

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I have the grasses to move, some mulching and feeding to do and clematis, delphiniums, sweet peas to plant out and have a bad back.

Sooooooo frustrating.

We inherited a large empty pond. A friend gave us some frog and toad spawn so we are watching it like expectant parents.
Wet this morning but with the promise of improvement. So may start digging over the veg patch later.