The zombie army COVID-19 Gardening thread.

[mcelliott]

Great year for echiums - 54 in total. Tallest ones will probably reach 12 ft but can go a lot higher.

[otolith]

sammyb349 said:

The naturalised alliums look fab. Might do that on our front lawn patch!

One of our friends said she had tried it and it didn’t work, so it’s a bit of a relief that they seem to be doing well!

[PositronicRay]

Winter 2019 Darling, may I have a shrubbery?




What there? Yes please

Okaaay

March 2020




Just it a bit of time now.

[Harry Flashman]

otolith said:

We saw a stunning display at RHS Wisley last year where they had naturalised alliums into a lawn. So last October I planted several hundred bulbs in the small front lawn. This was harder work than I anticipated!

Half way through putting the plugs back in



They’re not all out yet, but it’s getting there.





Bonus - no mowing until they’re done! Bees seem to have appreciated that too.

Lovely! I have a little patch of lawn with allium naturalised, but I love the scale of your effort. I dint have a feint lawn, sadly.

Today has been some weeding. Buttercups have gone mad in my garden, along with cleaver. I've been a bit neglectful and things have got out of hand.

This little ceanothus specimen outside the utility room door has gone nuts, now.

Roses are all in bud and I'm looking for an explosion of colour over the next few weeks...ramblers in trees and hedges, dloribundas in pots, and climbers on walls/fences. All ready to go..

[Harry Flashman]

Garden is looking a little wild and unkempt but I have to say I prefer it this way.

[sammyb349]

otolith said:

One of our friends said she had tried it and it didn’t work, so it’s a bit of a relief that they seem to be doing well!

I’ve just seen it at Lincoln Inn Fields in London - looked fab with late flowering white daffs in toe. I am sold for our front patch! Will report back in autumn

[sammyb349]

My roses just got gobbled by our resident deer.

[PlywoodPascal]

sammyb349 said:

My roses just got gobbled by our resident deer.

Oh … no

[SS9]

Speaking of Ceanthus, mine is putting on quite the show this year…


This was grown from cuttings taken from my mother in laws garden in 2018…



Glad to see this thread revived!

[Harry Flashman]

How easy is it to take cuttings?

[PlywoodPascal]

Harry Flashman said:

How easy is it to take cuttings?

Easier at night when the owners can’t see you.

[SS9]

Harry Flashman said:

How easy is it to take cuttings?

I’ve read online somewhere they’re notoriously difficult. I’ve tried a few times since and have failed, albeit lazily.

These were some of the first cuttings I ever took so I probably doted over them more than typical. I can recall not a lot happening the first couple of years. Clearly it’s possible though and worth the effort IMO!

[Harry Flashman]

So I have belatedly cut back some very overgrown trees, and it turned out that despite my earlier post, there was only so much wild and unkempt I was willing to take. Yes, it's the wrong time of year for pruning. But I had a mess on my hands and I've got away with it before, so...

Woodchipping machine out for the day. Makes an excellent mulch.

[otolith]

I too have been wood chipping out of season, having taken off some low branches from the yew and the lime. Makes a good mixture with grass cuttings for composting.

[Bill]

mcelliott said:

Great year for echiums - 54 in total. Tallest ones will probably reach 12 ft but can go a lot higher.

Ours all got frost. Luckily swmbo was already on it and has seedlings coming on for next year.

[mcelliott]

Bill said:

mcelliott said:

Great year for echiums - 54 in total. Tallest ones will probably reach 12 ft but can go a lot higher.

Ours all got frost. Luckily swmbo was already on it and has seedlings coming on for next year.

Oh that's bad luck, we haven't had a frost for about 3yrs here! They are a labour of love though.

[otolith]

Harry Flashman said:

Lovely! I have a little patch of lawn with allium naturalised, but I love the scale of your effort. I dint have a feint lawn, sadly.

I regretted ordering the bulbs as soon as I started planting them, but I think it's worth the backache.

[Harry Flashman]

Been a very big day of gardening, mostly weeds due to neglect.

Lawn is going to have to be treated with Dicamba as a tonne of creeping buttercup has taken hold, and removing it by hand will take 100 years, and leave massive holes in my lawn.

[Harry Flashman]

By the way, whomever resurrected this thread, thank you. I love it - let's all please keep posting as our gardens kick off!

[Bill]

mcelliott said:

Oh that's bad luck, we haven't had a frost for about 3yrs here! They are a labour of love though.

Yeah, I didn't think it had been that cold here. The new lot were rescued from the grass where they'd self seeded in a park in Lyme Regis.