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19-04-2019, 05:22 PM
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Re: Hanging baskets and raised beds advice please.

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Hi SG.

Marge has been very busy but has now written what advice she feels she can offer:

Most important determinants about what you should chose are

i) Soil type
ii) Light/shade
iii) What effort you are able to commit (some plants need more effort than others)
iv) What you like in terms of appearance, colour schemes etc

Give some thought to whether you want perennials, which will come again next year and all you will need to do is add a thick layer of compost mulch to the baskets and troughs, or annuals which will die and need replacing next year. Annuals tend to be more colourful and prolific (although not always!). Perennials are easier in terms of having to replant (or not). Some perennials are colourful in terms of foliage rather than having big flowers, having a whole range of greens, browns and even black interesting leaves – e.g. Heuchera plum pudding.

Nasturtiums (annuals) are lovely for a hanging basket or for troughs as they are very prolific and will give you seeds for next year. They will give you warm Mediterranean colours (yellows, reds, oranges) so pick more upright plants that will complement such colours (white, deep purple, variegated green varieties of ivy) rather than clash (pinks). This is all subjective though because what you think goes might not be what someone else would choose.

For climbers, you can’t go wrong with sweet peas (annuals) and they have a lovely fragrance.

A greenhouse is fine for avoiding frost at this time of year. You can Google to find out when the last frosts are due in your area.

All the info you need is on the internet but you’ll need to set aside some time to research.
JBR, Thank you very much for all that lovely info. Do please thank Marge for taking the time to give me such great advice as well. I really appreciate it. I will plant perrenials next year when I have had a little more experience at gardening. Seems funny at my age to be so ignorant about plants, shrubs, soil etc, but I've worked full time for 55 years and raised the equivalent of half a football team, so never had the time!!

It's only now we are both retired that I can take my leisurely time to say Hello to gardening. HWMO is even more garden ignorant than me. He knows how to mow and strim the lawn, creosote the fences and shed and empty the small fountain in the middle of the lawn twice a month. That just about sums us up! Thank you both again. xx
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Re: Hanging baskets and raised beds advice please.

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SG if you have bedding plants that are or soon will be above the level of the raised bed edge then I wouldn't recommend netting. It's very good for protecting bulbs and seedlings.
Thanks Annie, I will not forget your very handy tip regarding netting for bulbs and seedlings. I was going to obviously throw the old fly screen away, but no way now. Hopefully, by next year, I will be a little more knowledgeable regarding seeds, bulbs, different species of blooms, shrubs, soil, etc. (one or another of my gorilla's have always looked after the garden for us, but as I say, we have retired now and all sympathy has disappeared from those ungrateful brats! It's now a case of "if you want to know anything, just pick up the phone and ask away". (another way of politely saying - you have all th time in the world to do it yourself now!)
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19-04-2019, 09:40 PM
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Re: Hanging baskets and raised beds advice please.

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JBR, Thank you very much for all that lovely info. Do please thank Marge for taking the time to give me such great advice as well. I really appreciate it. I will plant perrenials next year when I have had a little more experience at gardening. Seems funny at my age to be so ignorant about plants, shrubs, soil etc, but I've worked full time for 55 years and raised the equivalent of half a football team, so never had the time!!

It's only now we are both retired that I can take my leisurely time to say Hello to gardening. HWMO is even more garden ignorant than me. He knows how to mow and strim the lawn, creosote the fences and shed and empty the small fountain in the middle of the lawn twice a month. That just about sums us up! Thank you both again. xx
Marge says, you're very welcome!
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I remember some lovely photos of your garden years ago Kazz.

Do you still have your Acers?

Yeap I do Ernie and Little one, (as you recall Eric the taller acer passed away0 and the Little one is no longer the little one beautiful now and have a few more in the back garden now one orange doing very well. All reject or "£1 bin" acers.
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I love geraniums, particularly some of the beautiful Pelargonium varieties.
The really good thing about geraniums is that slugs and snails hate them. They do those lovely stacked planting towers in Europe where the geraniums trail in a lovely way. They look amazing. I've seen them in Spain.



That is exactly as I was trying to describe.
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That is exactly as I was trying to describe.
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Like this?
Wow! You've done an excellent job there, Rhian.
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Wow! You've done an excellent job there, Rhian.
Off t'internet JB!
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Off t'internet JB!
You posted it on the internet as well?

You're famous.
 
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