merledogs Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 More pics from the garden ... Rhododendron Van is just opening its first bloom ... Wisteria ... I bought some bulbs last year but didn't get round to planting them out as early as I should, so when they started germinating in the box, I shoved them in some compost. The majority of them have grown lots of leaves but no flowers but I've had a random yellow flower pop up ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Gorgeous, just gorgeous Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 I've just noticed that the Wisteria I planted last year by the garage, which I thought hadn't flowered at all, has a few flowers on at one end Am thinking of moving it though, I think it's just going to be too big for the garage, but I'm not sure I've got anywhere to move it to. I may just have to leave it and prune it right back every year. I've moved some big planters around with the aid of my trolley. I've now got two Rhododendrons just outside the patio doors (they might as well be where I can see them when they are flowering, rather than the other end of the garden). There's also a huge planter which my Acer was in which died, so I'm wondering what to plant in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Okay here's the setup. It's a north facing fence and will have a Clematis Armandii climbing over the trellis at the top this time next year (already planted in the border and will be trained across). I'm looking for a shrub/bush to put in the large planter which will compliment the Rhodos. It would be nice if it were summer flowering and fragrant. Preferably evergreen but if the plant is nice enough would consider deciduous. I did wonder whether a nice fragrant rose would grow in that position, but probably way too shady. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanrossscot Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 First white and yellow Iris out, I will soon have a whole bank of these out by the pond First bud opening on my rosebush Wild geranium blossoming now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Very pretty San I chose a Choisya Ternata for the planter. Ordered a 10L one off eBay so hopefully it'll be fairly large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzeanna Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 There's another choisya that I like the look of...dewitteana or something...flowers twice a year and highly scented... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Is it the Aztec Pearl one? We've got a large one of those which I walk right past into the office in the morning and I can't smell it at all. The one I've bought is supposed to be fragrant and bloom twice a year, so am hoping it's not one of those you have to shove right up your nose to smell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 My Choisya arrived. Not as big as I thought it would be bit it's a lovely plant. Not sure I'm going to put it where I bought it for though I may put one of my large leaved Rhodos there instead. Rhododendron Van is flowering at the moment. She's big and blowsy and pink 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 What a gorgeous colour that Rhodi is Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 It's actually brighter pink than that, but the light today is poor, very overcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 I have moved one of the other Rhodos into the big planter which I bought the Choisya Ternata for cos it's growing like mad... The Choisya has been potted into a planter in full sun, which it will undoubtedly prefer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 I've made a baby Buddleia What I mean is that I took a cutting off my Buddleia, dipped it in rooting hormone and shoved it in the compost next to the mother plant. I did this a couple of months ago and it's now got a decent root system, so I've potted it up. I've never grown a cutting before so am feeling quite pleased with myself I've got Fuchsia cuttings growing on the kitchen windowsill as well, which I've swapped with a couple of others on my gardening forum. Quite pleased that they are all alive too. Speaking of Fuchsias, quite a few of mine now have buds on the one is about to come into flower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 The first of my Fuchsias to flower ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Fuchsia Annabel ... Fuchsia Dollar Princess ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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