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Lots of plants coming back ba on 10:25 - Sep 12 by Ryorry
Climbers round dead or dying trees are amazing.
My Magnolia died last winter (suspect it was just too wet for it), so rather than just chop it down, bought a Clematis Montana (think it was 'Summer Snow' but not 100% sure) to climb up and through it. Has grown 3 feet in 3 months!
I did just this for a customer with a couple of his trees that had died,and I shaped the tree cut off some of the smaller branches and twigs out of it.
They made excellent bird feed stations and with plants like a nice Clematis Montana growing up them they looked fantastic.
Don’t use Russian Vine though,that stuff is a nightmare.
Plus you have all the little insects who live in the trees.
I can’t wait to fully heal and get out in the garden with my loppers !
Could be a disease buh on 10:12 - Sep 12 by Dyland
Sorry to hear that, very sad. The soil may need some heavy treatment.
Sadly, my garden is composed of well-established bushes, shrubs and trees, so it is not really possible to do that.
But generally clay is good for growing apart from things like Rhododendrons, so the solution if droughts are to become a thing, is to extract water by pump from the stream over which I have riparian rights. That's what the previous owner did but the pump he used is now broken. And I would only use the water to preserve bushes etc which this summer have proven to be vulnerable, rather than, say, using it on the grass.
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Lots of plants coming back ba on 10:19 - Sep 13 with 1123 views
Lots of plants coming back ba on 10:25 - Sep 12 by Ryorry
Climbers round dead or dying trees are amazing.
My Magnolia died last winter (suspect it was just too wet for it), so rather than just chop it down, bought a Clematis Montana (think it was 'Summer Snow' but not 100% sure) to climb up and through it. Has grown 3 feet in 3 months!
I had one die a few years ago because of a combination of sharp frosts and bright sunlight when it was coming back to life in spring. I left it in place but last year it toppled over because the sometimes very wet clay soil must have caused it to rot at the base.
Didn't mean to be a party pooper.
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Lots of plants coming back ba on 10:23 - Sep 13 with 1113 views
Lots of plants coming back ba on 10:03 - Sep 12 by Dyland
Roses and salvias especially.
We have a China Rose (sorry) that climbs around a crab apple tree that’s kind of dying due to the rose. This one won’t come back now but when it blooms in spring it’s just crazily beautiful, with the tree acting an incredibly evocative foil. Currently the four cosmos beneath it are et pleased with themselves.
Blackberries having a second ripening too.
It’s amazing and awe inspiring.
From what I have seen of wild blackberries, they seem much smaller than usual.
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One for the gardeners. on 10:30 - Sep 13 with 1100 views
One for the gardeners. on 06:24 - Sep 13 by Benters
I have lost one Lavatera plant and a Bamboo seems to be really struggling both were taken from cuttings about 15 years ago so were very established plants.
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If the bamboo is dying that's a bonus....horrible invasive things that shouldn't be anywhere near buildings or neighbours gardens!
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
One for the gardeners. on 09:56 - Sep 12 by mellowblue
same here, at least it was a consistent colour when it was straw like. Patchy as anything , dandelions galore.
I think a lot of people will have to fundamentally rethink their attitude to lawns in the next few years. Oddly this might be one of the more difficult mental transitions English people have during climate change... Will be interesting to see whether we shift to the more drought hardy grasses (which are often unpleasant on the feet), to the US style watering-heavy approach (can't see that given our lack of drought preparedness) or to different use of the space. A lot of people are shifting to artificial grass but that's got its own problems.
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One for the gardeners. on 09:34 - Sep 14 with 773 views
I think a lot of people will have to fundamentally rethink their attitude to lawns in the next few years. Oddly this might be one of the more difficult mental transitions English people have during climate change... Will be interesting to see whether we shift to the more drought hardy grasses (which are often unpleasant on the feet), to the US style watering-heavy approach (can't see that given our lack of drought preparedness) or to different use of the space. A lot of people are shifting to artificial grass but that's got its own problems.
One for the gardeners. (with interesting edit) on 10:03 - Sep 12 by Guthrum
The modern style of rose (multi-petal, rather than basic dog rose) was reputedly introduced to England by Anne Boleyn, who was educated and spent much of her youth in Austria and France.
Roses became associated with England in part because of its use as a royal emblem. To a much more limited use by Lancastrians and Yorkists than in popular imagination (the term "Wars of the Roses" was never used at the time, being an 18th and 19th century invention), but much more so by the Tudors.
Edit: The "Minden Rose", which is associated with the old Suffolk Regiment and its successors, thus being the name of a former pub in Bury, comes from the 1759 Battle of Minden, during the Seven Years War.
During that engagement, where an alliance of England, Prussia, Hannover and other German states faced French and Saxons, the English infantry was ordered to advance upon a large body of French cavalry, backed by cannon. Normally a suicidal thing to do.
As they moved through gardens, some of the English picked roses and wore them in their hats. They attacked and, in fierce fighting, broke the enemy horsemen and forced them to flee, leading to victory. The rose was then adopted as an emblem of the regiments which took part.
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Not wanting to swerve the thread but, on Minden Day ex forces can , possibly Suffolks or EA Regiment, can go from pub to pub and claim a free pint. I was in BSE on a Minden day and there was lots of ex soldiers 'enjoying' the occasion wearing berets , medals and roses.
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One for the gardeners. on 20:05 - Nov 2 with 250 views
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