Gardening in Yorkshire

gazza975526570

You are meant to pull any flowers off them in their first year to let them develop but you need a heavy heart to be able to do that!!!!

cootambear

gazza975526570 wrote: »

You are meant to pull any flowers off them in their first year to let them develop but you need a heavy heart to be able to do that!!!!

ya,would break my heart, never managed to do that yet

pink_poppy

No way would I do that either!! :eek:

Do you think it's possible I could get flowers/fruit on the baby plants this year?? I do already have some flowers on the parent plant so I didn't really expect anything on the little ones tbh.

cootambear

pink_poppy wrote: »

No way would I do that either!! :eek:

Do you think it's possible I could get flowers/fruit on the baby plants this year?? I do already have some flowers on the parent plant so I didn't really expect anything on the little ones tbh.

it does happen

small fruit though

then again, the smaller fruit is tastier than the big ones

Little_Vics

morning all.

It's blinking freezing here, so I'm snuggled under a blanket watching the grand prix.

I've got some things sprouting on my windowsill, but I'm so reluctant to plant anything out yet. We had a frost last night.

I'm going to have to sort something out with my strawberries - got a lovely old stone wall that I'm thinking of poking plants into the crevices. Do you think that will work?

pink_poppy

Freezing here too ~ lovely sunshine but we keep getting sleety showers & the wind is biting cold

LV, your strawberry idea sounds lovely, no idea if it would work though. Could they dry out too much in a wall??

Little_Vics

not much chance of drying out with all the rain we get!! Figured it might be worth a shot for a year and see what happens.

carebearbecky

Rain?! Can we borrow some? All I have had for a couple of weeks is a bit of drizzle and some flipping hailstones! Though from the forecasts this morning, tomorrow might finally rescue the lawn from the straw that appears to be taking over.

I have finally had some movement on my chillies, there is 6 little chaps up now, which would be great if I hadn't already planted a whole load more cayenne peppers as I had just about given up!!

pink_poppy

Rain, sleet, snow, hailstones, icy wind, we had it all yesterday!! My poor strawberries don't look very happy today.

madjackslam

louise3965 wrote: »

I'm on the coast in Yorkshire. Does anyone have any recommendations for which seeds to sow that will give me flowers along a high fence? I've just dug a border along about 18ft of fence in a bid to tidy up our dull side garden. It gets the sun in the afternoon and the soil seems in quite decent condition. I cant afford millions of bedding plants so thought seeds would do the job bit I've no idea which. I'd like them all to be one colour too but dont really care what colour that would be.

Can I suggest Cosmos? Ferny foliage and daisy like flowers that go forever if you deadhead them. Can get up to waist high. Mainly pinks and whites. It's down as a half-hardy annual, but it's pretty tough. You'll need to get them going reasonably quickly if you're sowing from seed. It would fit in at the coast, I think.