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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2007 9:06:18 GMT
Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for planting up containers for the winter period? I have a large amount of primulas on the go in my mini green house so I should have plenty of cover. Last year I went for pansies, but I'm just not keen on them anymore as they tend to flop about a lot...
So, what are you all planting up?
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Post by Plocket on Sept 27, 2007 10:32:26 GMT
I haven't started yet but I keep looking at my hanging baskets which still contain tomatoes and thinking that I must do something about them.
Although I don't particularly like them I've been looking at ornamental cabbages this year because they are colourful and take up quite a bit of space!!! If I use them, I'll also put in some trailing ivy and probably some pansies.
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Post by andy on Sept 27, 2007 15:59:17 GMT
Pansies, violas and cineraria 'silver dust' for me. Don't forget the virtues of dwarf conifers, ivy, bulbs, cordylines, small euonymous and fatsia
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Post by Chuckles on Sept 27, 2007 18:05:57 GMT
I'm not planning on doing any winter baskets although I do have one that has Ivy in it already. I may be tempted to add something to that maybe ;D we'll see.
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Post by bagpuss on Sept 28, 2007 12:15:02 GMT
Phormiums are a good bet. I have Jack Sprat, Maori Queen and another one, which I can't remember the name of (it has a cream/green leaf with a red edge).
They don't take much to look after them either.
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Post by beejay on Sept 28, 2007 19:18:03 GMT
Have just planted up my window box with gold/green carex, bronze Uncinia, purple heuchera, gold lamium, ivy, cream & purple violas + narcissi & crocus.
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Post by Shrubrose on Sept 29, 2007 7:33:42 GMT
I'm not planning on doing any winter baskets although I do have one that has Ivy in it already. I may be tempted to add something to that maybe ;D we'll see. Cant believe it! ;D |
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 29, 2007 8:09:30 GMT
I haven't started yet but I keep looking at my hanging baskets which still contain tomatoes and thinking that I must do something about them. Although I don't particularly like them I've been looking at ornamental cabbages this year because they are colourful and take up quite a bit of space!!! If I use them, I'll also put in some trailing ivy and probably some pansies. Ornamental cabbages are weird! I just cannot see the point! Cabbages are for eating and they're just as ornamental - January King is beautiful! I'm not getting at you Plocket dear(  ) - just I do not understand what people see in them! I am just hoping to clear up my garden for winter.....looking at some bare earth will be a rest after a summer of huge weeds......and I haven't even answered the question have I? Sorry...no hanging baskets for me in winter - I love watching the bulbs poke through in the ground. |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Sept 29, 2007 16:09:40 GMT
The only stuff I'm putting in tubs atm are alliums and anemones.....I tend to shove pansies, bellis and violas in the permanent tubs over winter...so sweet...if un-challenging... ;D
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Post by bagpuss on Oct 1, 2007 12:37:10 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 21, 2007 10:25:19 GMT
I've plantd up my chionodoxa Puschkinia Libanotica and muscari with some ivy, hope they all do well.
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 23, 2008 18:06:53 GMT
Anyone got anything exciting in there pots for winter this year  All I've done this year is put a few winter pansies in plastic terracota pots and plonked them in a metal basket thing that hooks over the trellis on the fence. Brightens the place up a little ;D |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 23, 2008 18:16:08 GMT
I haven't done anything yet Chuckles but it will probably be pansies and cyclamen again |
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Post by Tig on Oct 23, 2008 18:45:31 GMT
I've planted a few pansies in a couple of my urns but I hate pulling stuff out that hasn't finished flowering  I have some wallflowers growing in the borders, and I have planted rather a lot of bulbs - narcissus, tulips, fritallaria, crocus, snowdrops, anemone, alliums, brodiaea  . I've got some new heathers growing, cyclamen and 6 bedding chrysanths (Dark Triumph) as well. x Tig |
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 2, 2008 18:47:37 GMT
Hellebore aurientalis and Ophiopogon in one pot still looking good. The Hellebore flowers white and sits in the middle the ophiopogon is torn apart and spread around that. The lady from the GC said it would die ( scared muts let me do the tearing ) but so far it is still looking healthy after three weeks. So what did you all bung in pots for the Winter then? Don't know the name of my red berried one( have to dig up the label ) but that too is doing better than expected.  |
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) - just I do not understand what people see in them!
All I've done this year is put a few winter pansies in plastic terracota pots and plonked them in a metal basket thing that hooks over the trellis on the fence. Brightens the place up a little ;D
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