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[hely]

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Hi,

I have seen lots of pics of some of your gardens, and i must say, they look very nice

i have just emptied 10 pots from mine and now need to fill them with some other plants...........as you may well guess i am not much of a gardener :- " so would love some advice on what sort of plants i should fill my pots with for the winter.................o/h has given me £130 squidleys

is it to soon (as the weather is still nice) to get winter plants yet???

should i wait a while??

thanks in advance

from a non green fingered lady :- "

 

[posh totty]

do what i did hun , go out spend hard earned cash , et lots of pretty plants, spend ours potting them and designing the colours and times of flowering etc, have fruit down one side and flowers the other and sit back and admire how long you have spent and how wonderful it is going to be ................................................................................

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then let the dogs in , to which the pots will be turned out igs sitting comfortable in the soil with tender plants hanging out of mouths , add 1 whippy girl with an issue with garden holes and chase each other round and round te garden with as many palnts as you can dig upo before mum starts shouting!!! (w00t)

I GIVE UP!!!!!

 

[hely]

PMSL...............lucky for me Gypsy has no interest in my pots....................although the lawn isn't looking to good :- "

 

[jgear]

I would recogmend winter flowering heather, small evergreens, skimma (with red berries) dwarf holly and ivy. You could underplant with early bulbs for colour next year.

It is difficult to get much colour this time of year, but you could try buying some Dhalias in flower which will survive until the first frost or Chrysanthemums if you keep them dead headed.

 

[hely]

I would recogmend winter flowering heather, small evergreens, skimma (with red berries) dwarf holly and ivy. You could underplant with early bulbs for colour next year.
It is difficult to get much colour this time of year, but you could try buying some Dhalias in flower which will survive until the first frost or Chrysanthemums if you keep them dead headed.

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"underplant with early bulbs".............lol, does that mean i cant just throw them in :- "

thanks for that, i will write them down for when i go to the garden centre :thumbsup:

cheers chuck

 

[05whippet]

I like the ornamental grasses...they are great for all year round too and look lovely planted in pots topped with gravel. :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

ooo lucky little you having money to spend on the garden... :thumbsup: thats really nice

My garden did I must say look better before 3 whippets :lol:

Yes bulbs are good to plant....they cheer the garden up in spring....hostas for a bit of greenery but watch the slugs and snails.....

depends what you want flowers or greenery ?? ask the dogs.. :lol:

 

[hely]

thanks guys :thumbsup:

just want something thats easy to look after and looks nice :thumbsup:

the last time i planted bulbs, nothing happened..........maybe they were upside down :- "

maybe i should get Alan Titchmarsh round (w00t)

 

[trac]

dont know much about gardening come to think of it neither does oh :- " but i did see some lovely winter heather in aldi last week,at a good price as well :thumbsup:

 

[hely]

thanks :thumbsup:

although i dont think we have a aldi around here...........will try the garden centres :thumbsup:

 

[Jazzys dad]

You could always plant F1 Hybrid Pansies for all winter flowering.

 

[oakmoorehill]

do what i did hun , go out spend hard earned cash , et lots of pretty plants, spend ours potting them and designing the colours and times of flowering etc, have fruit down one side and flowers the other and sit back and admire how long you have spent and how wonderful it is going to be ............................................................................................................................................

then let the dogs in , to which the pots will be turned out igs sitting comfortable in the soil with tender plants hanging out of mouths , add 1 whippy girl with an issue with garden holes and chase each other round and round te garden with as many palnts as you can dig upo before mum starts shouting!!!  (w00t)

I GIVE UP!!!!! 

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Tnaya I did notice you had a lovely Alice Iggie plant growing in one of your pots

 

[peony]

There are so many things available at this time of the year, which give colour and interest for months ........ I actually think the selection now is better than that which is offered in the summer )

Go for contrasting colours and leaf shapes; dwarf conifers, bud blooming heathers, osmanthus, pernettya, carex, choisya, heuchera, the list is endless!!

There is no right and wrong with gardening .......... experiment and combine plants which appeal to you (just check if any need ericaceous compost) use evergreens and add winter flowering pansies or violas, or cyclamen,(which will survive until we have really hard frosts) for bright splashes of colour.

At the moment I am making up winter pots and baskets like a mad woman, but am warning customers that this spell of summer-like weather isnt ideal for the more typical winter plants. My advice would be to hang on for a week or two if you can and then re-do the pots .................plants like the winter flowering pansy excel in cold temperatures yet tend to stretch and go leggy when its warmer.

:luck: Good luck with your planting and post pics of the finished thing!!

 

[lillybet]

Had an interesting chat with an American lady who has whippets in the ring at a dog show on Sunday.

Her advice was loads of plants in containers but they must all be hanging baskets or high window boxes , out of the reach of our helpful apprentice gardeners :- "

I plant winter pansies this time of year as we have alot of high winds here they cope well with that , then in the spring I buy packets of dwarf marigold seeds , they grow to 6 is high I sow them in seed trays they grow like weeds , I prick them out and when ready plant all my tubs boxes etc .

Lillibet

 

[hely]

thanks guys, having a trip to the garden centre at the weekend, so will write down the names of the plants and see if i can find them :thumbsup:

thanks for the tips :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Lal]

I'm no good at gardening but can manage winter flowering pansies, got climbing fuschias as well and they have thrived despite my neglect!!

I'm no gardener - my back garden has grown a 12ft trampoline and a lawn that looks like hell thanks to one whippet with designs on digging to Australia!! Oh, and the yellow burnt off patches too (though I think that's his 2 lady friends who come to stay now and again!)

Seriously though, I can't believe the amount I could spend on plants etc so I go for things that will survive despite me!