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Post by Auricula on Sept 20, 2013 9:05:32 GMT
Jilly is dead right Jasmine . It can break out onto the fields and streamsides all it wants ( and it does  ) it's when it takes over my beds and you need a JCB to dig out the mat of old corms, that it gets me down  Then... it just dies down...and... up comes the wild garlic 
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 20, 2013 17:50:34 GMT
Our wild garlic isn't so bad now as all the diggings from the drainage work on the playing field was piled up where the wild garlic was so it's under about 5ft of clay!
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Post by Auricula on Sept 20, 2013 18:07:21 GMT
I forget about it.... and suddenly, there it is |
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Post by Jilly on Sept 20, 2013 18:55:28 GMT
Thanks for EG Auricula which was here when I got home, I may retire to bed with it shortly  |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 20, 2013 20:31:03 GMT
I forget about it.... and suddenly, there it is I used to forget about it and then suddenly smell it!!!!! |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 25, 2013 14:20:57 GMT
I've just posted Gardening Which to you Ladygardener. If anyone gets The Garden magazine and wants to order something from Haylofts - wait til the magazine comes this month as there's a £5 off voucher in a flyer! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 25, 2013 15:38:25 GMT
Thanks Jasmine, I always look forward to reading it. Jilly I posted GA to you. |
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Post by andy on Sept 25, 2013 16:19:06 GMT
This months RHS mag "The Garden" is fab with some wonderful features on both Bressingham and a Belgian garden. Just goes to show what colour can be around at this time of year.
Of the two, methinks Bressingham needs visiting next year....it looks inspirational.
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Post by Jilly on Sept 25, 2013 17:00:21 GMT
Thanks Jasmine, I always look forward to reading it. Jilly I posted GA to you. Oops sorry Ladygardener I meant to post yesterday to say it was here when I got in from work, thank you |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 25, 2013 17:28:59 GMT
This months RHS mag "The Garden" is fab with some wonderful features on both Bressingham and a Belgian garden. Just goes to show what colour can be around at this time of year. Of the two, methinks Bressingham needs visiting next year....it looks inspirational. I haven't started mine yet Andy but will look out the articles! I just looked at the cover and thought, 'It's nerine time of year!' |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 26, 2013 6:18:44 GMT
Glad you got it ok Jilly. Jasmine, mine are starting to bloom already. |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 26, 2013 6:38:49 GMT
I've never been very lucky with nerines - perhaps I ought to try again.
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 26, 2013 7:54:08 GMT
Definately worth a go Jasmine. Mine have multiplied and I have quite a lot of them. I'll be thinning them out after they've died down. I can send you a couple of them if you'd like. I grow them at the edge of the middle border where they get any sunshine we have, it's dry more than well drained there. |
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Post by Auricula on Sept 26, 2013 8:02:54 GMT
I've never had any luck with them either. Was going to get some this year but I have nowhere suitable for them now  |
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Post by Auricula on Sept 26, 2013 8:03:05 GMT
gremlins - double posting  |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 26, 2013 8:28:02 GMT
Gremlins that even post counts maybe  If you wouldn't mind Ladygardener - thank you! I can find them a sunny wall! Think it's what I should have done last time! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 26, 2013 8:30:43 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 26, 2013 14:10:42 GMT
I've just posted Gardening Which to you Ladygardener. If anyone gets The Garden magazine and wants to order something from Haylofts - wait til the magazine comes this month as there's a £5 off voucher in a flyer! , thanks very much the magazine arrived this morning. |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 26, 2013 17:46:05 GMT
That was quick Ladygardener - I didn't put it in the post box until the middle of yesterday afternoon. I wasn't sure if we had a second collection anymore! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 27, 2013 5:56:38 GMT
I stayed up late reading it last night Jasmine. Very interesting to read that article about saving and sowing perennial seeds. |
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Post by Jilly on Sept 27, 2013 9:12:35 GMT
That was a really interesting article wasn't it Ladygardener. I love Bob Brown's pieces in Gardening Which, I always turn to those first. |
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Post by Auricula on Sept 27, 2013 10:10:27 GMT
Been toooo busy to even open my RHS magazine yet |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 27, 2013 13:16:35 GMT
That was a really interesting article wasn't it Ladygardener. I love Bob Brown's pieces in Gardening Which, I always turn to those first. He explains things so well and it all makes perfect sense Jilly. |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 27, 2013 17:31:37 GMT
He said something about sowing straight away didn't he - and that bought seeds were so far past their best by date by the time they got to the customer...or am I making it up |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 28, 2013 5:22:18 GMT
He said something about sowing straight away didn't he - and that bought seeds were so far past their best by date by the time they got to the customer...or am I making it up Yes that's what he was saying Jasmine. He was saying that sometimes the instructions to get perennials going are so complicated, sometimes needing stratification etd... Then the poor gardener thinks they've done something wron when so few if any of them germinate. He said the best way to grow Perennials is to get some seeds from neighbours/friends/clubs. Certainly made me think. Interesting that we were talking about Nerines and there was an article about them too. Mine are coming into flower now. They were saying that it's best to get them from someone who is dividing them rather than buying them as they have more chance of doing well quicker without having to wait a couple of years for them to flower. They advise dividing in springtime just as they're starting to grow again. Glad I read that as I did'nt know. |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 28, 2013 8:33:12 GMT
You read the nerine section closely Ladygardener - I think I skimmed over it as I didn't have any! I wonder about all these bulbs in the GC at the moment and feel sorry for some of them which will have dried beyond hope and then won't grow. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 28, 2013 8:49:06 GMT
Yes that's the thing I often wonder about Jasmine. I try to buy my bulbs as soon as they're in the shops. I guess the ones ordered online are fresher, they'd be kept in much better conditions. |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 28, 2013 11:20:44 GMT
Certainly from somewhere like Avon Bulbs Ladygardener but SR was selling freesias bulbs that had been kept in 'special conditions' and not allowed to dry out and if I remember right only 2 of the bulbs came to anything |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 28, 2013 12:29:09 GMT
I've never grown freesias but have seen them in the shops. I did hear a long time ago that they're difficult to grow so have avoided them Jasmine. |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 28, 2013 13:45:48 GMT
I thought they'd be ok given the sales blurb but I wouldn't bother again Ladygardener. I've finished GI Jilly so will get it in the post along with your seeds! |
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