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Summer bedding, anyone bought it yet?

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Buffybee Thu 09-May-19 18:22:44

Mine are also huddling near my wall cornergran ☺ and being covered over tucked in at night.
I've bought pretty much the same as you have Lemon, geraniums, trailing petunia, Bacopa and fuschia.
I know it's a bit early but if you leave it much later to buy them, they sometimes sell out, the ones I bought were 20% off and some things, like Cineraria had sold out.
Hopefully find time to get them in this weekend. ???⛅

Sparklefizz Thu 09-May-19 18:13:59

The soil is still very cold with this recent chilly spell. Best to wait another 10-14 days I've been told by a professional horticulturalist.

shysal Thu 09-May-19 18:06:53

I think they are Nemesia, SisterAct.

SisterAct Thu 09-May-19 17:49:39

Impressed I managed a photo ???

SisterAct Thu 09-May-19 17:48:53

plant out at the end of May. Wish I kept a list from year to year for quantities, names and colours. Bought plant last year but don’t know name now, Can anyone help ?

Alima Thu 09-May-19 17:40:04

I had one of those shysal, they look lovely when full of blooms. I intended to plant up some containers yesterday but was thwarted by the weather, more like March than May. (We had some very low overnight temperatures this last few days.) Did manage to do a few this morning before the heavens opened. Usually plant out the flower beds at the end of May, always enjoy planting out the bedders.

crazyH Thu 09-May-19 17:38:45

Lovely shysal ?

shysal Thu 09-May-19 17:31:48

lemongrove, this is the 3 tier basket (Ebay), bigger than I expected, comes up to my shoulder. It will be a month or so before the flowers fill it out but this is the habit of the Petunias. I loved my old planter but it had to be thrown out due to rusting away.

cornergran Thu 09-May-19 17:24:11

Ours are poised outside, huddling my a protective wall, waiting to go. Next week I expect, if the forecast is accurate anyway.

lemongrove Thu 09-May-19 17:16:39

shysal your three tier planting sounds intriguing, will you post a pic of it when you plant it up please?smile
Yes, lobelia do go over too soon and need so much watering.
I have kept a helichresium ( prob wrong spelling) going in a pot since last Summer, amazingly, outside but next to the house.

Charleygirl5 Thu 09-May-19 17:11:57

I have thought about it but no further!

crazyH Thu 09-May-19 17:09:50

I just bought some pink Begonias for my pots, from Lidl

shysal Thu 09-May-19 17:08:05

I have also noticed all the flowers on Photinias, they are spectacular!
I haven't planted out any bedding yet, will give it another couple of weeks for the weather to warm up. I have grown some Tidal Wave Petunias, Nicotianas and Verbena Bonariensis from seed but they are still pretty small. I shall plant up my fence baskets with balcony geraniums, and million bells which did very well last year instead of Lobelia which goes over too soon.
I have today assembled a 3 tier planting basket for some of the red trailing Petunias which should cascade nicely and hide the mini greenhouse.

lemongrove Thu 09-May-19 16:56:39

Just bought and planted out some lovely Summer bedding,
Anyone else done it yet, it is a bit earlier than we usually plant out, but going to be busy next week so decided to get on with it.Bought mainly pelargoniums and million bells with a few petunias.
Also, for those of you with photinias in your garden.....have they flowered this year?We have quite a few of these shrubs, some were planted about seven years ago, others three years ago, and they have flowered prolifically for the first time this year.They look fantastic.