What grows best for you?

Salvias love my clay soil here, and so do cornflowers. I have borage everywhere and fennel. I love it - reminds me of family holidays on Guernsey when our children were very young.

I have tried to grow lily-of-the-valley in every garden I have had but just cannot get it to be happy. I have bought it from garden centres as well as taken plants from MiL's and various friends' gardens, some local, some distant and now just have to accept that their easy-to-grow almost weed is my nemesis.

MrsKen I love the flowering stick!

Patsy70

Hellebores, Roses, Clematis, Snowdrops, Daffodils, herbaceous Geraniums, Fuchsias, Cornus, Hibiscus are some that do particularly well.
I’m hoping the Trachelospermum Jasminoides, Salvia and Penstemon recover, as they’re looking very sad at the moment. We need sunshine and warmth! Winter is soooo long! 😔

Do you chop down the penstemons?
Is March the best time?

Some of mine do well, the more unusual types seem to disappear. I had a lovely one called Apple Blossom but it had disappeared last year.

I will chop down the Penstemons and other perennials.at the end of March Callistemon21, when hopefully the weather warms up. I do hope they survive. 🤞

My bay tree is growing well. It's enormous!

Thanks Patsy
It all looks rather a mess out there!

Our bay tree was supposed to be in a pot and topiarised (is that a word?) but we planted it in the garden, it is enormous but pruned each year to keep it under control.

Callistemon21

I've lost lupins, delphiniums, hollyhocks, helenium, but wild strawberries and oregano are everywhere, in the lawn, the garden beds, cracks in the pavers.

Are you me, Callistemon?

(mind you, I blame the slugs for the loss of most of those)

I have forget me nots bent on world domination, too.

We have a bay tree at our house share in France. It was about 6ft high 30 years ago. Left unchecked it's now a very substantial tree and must be about 30ft high.

It doesn't grow at all well for me up here in Co. Durham, though.

Our bay is probably 40ft+ now. I think it's female. It's at least 30 years old.

Borage, phacelia and salvia as our soil is very sandy in full sunlight. Going to try and grow soapwort this summer.

MaizieD

Callistemon21

I've lost lupins, delphiniums, hollyhocks, helenium, but wild strawberries and oregano are everywhere, in the lawn, the garden beds, cracks in the pavers.

Are you me, Callistemon?

(mind you, I blame the slugs for the loss of most of those)

I have forget me nots bent on world domination, too.

I collected the wild strawberries, planted them in tubs but the fruits weren't great so I pull them up now.

Still they appear. The oregano gets mown with the lawn.

Forgetmenots got in amongst the proper strawberries!

I think the little black slugs got some of the herbaceous perennials.

Chillies.

I'm still trying to use up last year's!

Cosmos, gladioli, columbine, roses & most especially, hibiscus & hydrangeas grow well here. Lily-of-the-valley, sweet-peas & delphiniums sadly don't.

I have trouble with snowdrops too, I have a planted loads on either side of my magnolia but one side never grows yet the other flourishes. I was told snowdrops like poor soil.

Dandelions.