It is a fairly new one, so I suppose not. We do not have it, but then I am not keen on double flowers.
Define proper rockery!. You are creating a. somewhere for a certain type of plant to grow, which needs sun and fast draining soil, with cool roots...
Group 2 Clematis are those which need no real pruning, so alpinas, macropetalas, montana, cirrhosa etc. A light trim means that you just cut off...
C. Josephine is a light pruning sort of Clematis (Group 2). You could probably pinch out the tip now for increased branching, but you may be...
MB, sorry to have not replied before, we went out for the afternoon. If it is not too late, then think of a dry stone wall which has fallen over...
Er, hate to make it even worse, but that is only one of three greenhouses, and of course there is a thirty foot by 15 foot polytunnel too.
[img][img] [img][img] [img][img] [img][img] [img][img] [img][img] These are our main alpine growing areas. They look empty because I took...
That is indeed one of our alpine areas. The full story of construction with pictures is due to appear in the Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society...
Peat based is ok, just not used it much myself. Sharp sand will do fine as long as it is sharp (should almost cut your fingers!) I always wash...
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1. should i put bits of compost/soil etc in the lower layers as i build up? Yes, the best way to begin is to use the biggest rocks as a sort of...
Other question springs to mind too. Is it to be viewed from all round or????. Is it on the 'flat' or is there already an existing slope? What is...
You have asked a huge question. There are books after books on rock garden construction and planting up. What type of rocks have you? Different...
Where would I begin? Sedums, sempervivums, saxifrages, grasses, hemerocallis, scilla, Sorbus, Magnolias, er I could keep going.
Me too.
One interesting point is that the Amenglish spoken in some parts of Eastern America is nearer to Elizabethan/Stuart English than anything spoken...
The bath itself we think was the base for a post, as in archeological digs where they find post holes, this has a sharpened post like hole in it....
[img] If you take a virtual stroll around these are most of the structures you would see. Starting at top left, is the 16 by 8 greenhouse. Next...
You will have to get a side car then won't you!
Just to cheer me up, and you too I hope. [img] These were in my garden last year about this time.
