There are some bulbs which are a lot quicker to flower from seed and you can hurry up the process a little. The tiny bulbs like, Leucojum...
Probably safer to bag it, they do not stay for long!
Yes, of course tulips develop seeds. When the pod is ripe it will split, Inside are the seeds, lots of them. Sow fresh and put the seed pot...
Phlomis fruticosa is Jerusalem sage. There is a pink flowered Phlomis too, but mine did not survive long enough to flower for a picture!
Phlomis fruticosa is what it looks like to me.
Sounds like Plum moth. We use a pheremone trap put on the trees in early spring. This attractas the males who then refrain from mating with the...
The use of this kind of soap as an insecticide is actually illegal in Britain. Moreover some liquid soaps contain chemicals which can harm your...
Bearded iris need their rhizomes to be baked by the sun for them to flower well. The time to move them is after flowering (bit hard if yours do...
And to answer another part of your question,no they are not in the same family. Clematis are in the same family as Buttercups and Anemone etc....
Wife and I did it with the help of our two daughters (before they went to university). There was no overall plan, it is a bit like Topsy, it just...
For those who do not realise what went on before, this is a picture taken from about where the big pond is. It was taken about 11 years ago. [img]
As threatened, here is the garden taken on Mayday. The first picture is what we see from the kitchen window. Then it is basically a tour of the...
May Invitation to View is under preparation.
was taken sat on the Swing seat. This is the view that went with the Earl Grey. [img] [img] [img]
I definitely collect them, on any aspect of gardening. Trouble now is I have all the ones I can afford and the ones I would love to have are way...
Emma is correct. 18 is Corydalis lutea, a bit of a seed weed here. 22 is Muscari Valerie Finnis. Sorry I have not had time to go through...
THought you may like to see how the old place is looking this year. The nice thing about pics like these is that you canot see the weeds!...
Verbena bonariensis it is, but it is perennial not an annual. It also self seeds all over the garden too!
Clematis seed needs to be fresh to stand much chance of getting it to germinate. Seed from hybrids may not come true and what you get may not be...
At the last count we have over 100 clematis of various kinds.Now we live in one of the coldest parts of England (frost every month except August...
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