Definitely Brunnera, wish they would stay alive in our garden. There are a lot of new named forms around these days. Am I the only one who...
All outlets sell things at the prices people are prepared to pay. Garden Centres are no different. The charge stupid prices fro stupid things...
Will confess though that we would buy a strip of something which was labelled Greek Parsley (I think) last year. Never seen the seeds of whatever...
What is even worse is that Carrots will not easily transplant, so unless you let them grow on in the container, most of them will not develop...
Old seeds will not germinate too well. See if you can get fresh.
These are close ups of some of the clumps of Pulsatilla we have. You would not believe the number of self sown seedlings we have to weed out....
I have just found some seedlings of this in my cuttings frame of all places. I remember vaguly leaving a plant in there a couple of years ago.
They may be planted at any time as long as the soil is not frozen.
Agreed, Stylophorum diphyllum. Lost all mine this winter, sadly.
The major thing you need to know about getting Paeonies (herbaceous ones) to flower is that the top of the plant should be no mmore than an inch...
If Hex sent it to you, then it is likely to be either P. lutea which is yellow or P. ludlowii(?). The first is a single yellow and the latter is...
They are incredibly easy to grow from fresh seed sown straight away after collecting. You do need to keep an aye on the seed pods. They open and...
Post a picture when it flowers showing the inside of the flower and we can probably tell you which one it is too! Shock the teacher with erudition!
Glad you enjoyed them. I have spent part of the afternoon, dodging showers, cleaning up the dozens of seedling ones in the Frames. Most of them...
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Came from Farmyard Nurseries in Llandysul as 'Plum coloured'
Taken last sunny day in our garden. We have a lot of these. [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img]
Ours flew away, 'cos I forgot to clip their flight feathers. We can hear them on the Lake at the Big House up the road. They were Call ducks which...
Last one is correctly Scilla melaina.
[img] Chionodoxa Valentine Day [img] Hyacinthella heldreichii [img] Scilla biflora Norman Stevens [img] Scilla melaina All flowering for...
