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Post by Moose on Apr 30, 2015 18:31:58 GMT
I have made a start on a border round my front garden .. probably got about ten or twelve feet done but it's harder work than I thought. Not totally convinced that I have got all the roots out but I'll see what happens. Put a fuschia and a couple of bulbs in but my mum is going to bring me some more stuff tomorrow
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Post by Moose on May 1, 2015 15:18:58 GMT
My mum brought me some perennials from her garden so I have put them in. They look a bit scruffy frankly but I am hoping they will perk up when (if?) they take hold
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Post by Mari on May 1, 2015 16:41:41 GMT
They usually do. Many flowers, especially the bush kind grow on "old wood" i.e. the wood from last year which you thought was dead. Rhodondendrons and Hydrangeas are easy in that regard.
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Post by Mari on May 1, 2015 16:42:30 GMT
Daisies and geraniums are easy too. Oh and violets (though those often don't survive the winter).
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Post by whollygoats on May 1, 2015 21:52:56 GMT
Our zonal geraniums don't tend survive our rather moderate climate. But I agree with everything else.
I'm not a fan of daisies, and I've replaced them with rudebeckia (aka black-eyed Susan). I like the screaming yellow in midsummer.
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Post by whollygoats on May 1, 2015 21:55:53 GMT
If you're not sure of what you might want to put there on a long term basis (perennials and shrubs), plant annuals. Cast seed.
You will NEVER get rid of other plant matter when you turn over old sod and try to create new soil. Always EXPECT to have to persist over several years at ridding the turned soil of unwanted voluteer plant starts (aka weeds and grass).
Me? I have an ongoing war against grass and maple seedlings on my front slopes. This has been going on for more than a decade.
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Post by Moose on May 8, 2015 21:56:54 GMT
I dug a new bit of border today Have put bulbs in there and a mix of annuals and perennials (many of them given me by my mum) down the side. I have no idea if it will work or not and it might not - I am still wandering up and down pulling out stray grass roots and I would imagine that yes, it's gonna be an ongoing battle. Eventually though I hope to get on top of it
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Post by Moose on May 8, 2015 21:58:00 GMT
I am turning over the sod and then throwing most of the top layer away and putting compost down in its place. I do not doubt there are still plenty of roots under there though. But I will persist
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Post by Mari on May 9, 2015 8:44:44 GMT
Good luck
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Post by Miisa on May 9, 2015 12:44:05 GMT
Every time I see this I get excited and think it is about Border Terriers, but turns out it is about some sort of vegetation. Hmph.
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Post by JoeP on May 9, 2015 14:03:43 GMT
Every time I see this I don't get excited.
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Post by JoeP on May 9, 2015 14:07:27 GMT
Every time I see this I get excited and think it is about Border Terriers, but turns out it is about some sort of vegetation. Hmph. What if we have a thread on dog roses? Or the dog flower?
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Post by Miisa on May 9, 2015 14:50:24 GMT
OMG, mean!
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Post by JoeP on May 9, 2015 15:40:05 GMT
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Post by Moose on May 9, 2015 16:21:12 GMT
Made a start on side borders today loads still to do tho. Not totally decided what I will do with them once I get them trimmed down
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Post by Alvamiga on May 10, 2015 23:34:00 GMT
I keep envisioning a trench to form a political border from the Tory hoards!
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Post by Moose on May 11, 2015 17:15:24 GMT
Most of the stuff in the borders seems to be coming along pretty well - I've just been out for a close look. We've had two days of heavy rain and a lot of it is starting to grow and flower.
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Post by whollygoats on May 12, 2015 2:10:02 GMT
I keep envisioning a trench to form a political border from the Tory hoards! Well...That's a mite more interesting than envisioning a chain bookstore, which is what "Borders" brings to my mind.
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Post by Mari on May 12, 2015 20:55:16 GMT
I could use some rain here.
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Post by whollygoats on May 12, 2015 23:26:03 GMT
We're getting ours...several of my tall bearded iris are now battered to the ground.
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Post by Moose on May 13, 2015 18:24:57 GMT
been gorgeous here today. Noticed that one of the perennials my mum gave me is not looking very happy though not sure what to do about that
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Post by Mari on May 13, 2015 19:00:59 GMT
Water it?
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Post by Moose on May 15, 2015 17:30:41 GMT
I have. I think it just does not like its new home
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Post by Fr. Gruesome on May 17, 2015 8:53:47 GMT
Give them time to acclimatise.
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Post by Mari on May 17, 2015 10:01:01 GMT
Yes, patience
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Post by kingedmund on May 17, 2015 15:11:56 GMT
Pretty here today too. Cannas are growing, hibiscuses Re blooming, iris and lilies are all pretty, my amaryllis are blooming. I have petunia borders, celosia, impatients, kalancchoe, verbenas of all colors, geraniums, Christmas cactus are all going now. Unfortunately my tulips, daffodils, and other bulbs have stopped blooming.
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Post by Moose on Jun 4, 2015 18:27:02 GMT
Dug another border today and put in some plants that my mum gave me. I've got bark chips down the borders too
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Post by Fr. Gruesome on Jun 5, 2015 12:45:54 GMT
Are you receiving assistance from the UK Borders Agency?
* runs away very quickly in deed *
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Post by whollygoats on Jun 5, 2015 21:43:08 GMT
I keep wondering if she thinks that digging borders will keep the Scots out.
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Post by tangent on Jun 5, 2015 22:28:31 GMT
No, for that she needs to plant wallflowers.
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