Potting on ?

bouicca21

Didn’t realise there had been so many responses, thank you all. Though I am seriously disheartened by Davesnave, seeing as he is obviously a way better gardener than I am. I love lavatera, and don’t have room for a full size one. I shall cross my fingers in hopes of the babies growing up floriferous.

In the meantime I will hang on a month or two and plan on using the big pots for layered spring bulbs. Never done that before, but seems easy(ish). Presumably once the display is over the bulbs have to be removed and stored - or could I leave them and just put something else on the top once the foliage has died down.

Katiehound

bouicca21 wrote: »

In the meantime I will hang on a month or two and plan on using the big pots for layered spring bulbs. Never done that before, but seems easy(ish). Presumably once the display is over the bulbs have to be removed and stored - or could I leave them and just put something else on the top once the foliage has died down.

I leave my bulbs in the containers all year round. The only problem might be if you have a load of hungry slugs & snails!!
I actually have an acer in pot with tete a tete daffs, and a variegated hebe with crocuses/small bulbs planted underneath.
In my garden they either live.. or do the other!!

Farway

Katiehound wrote: »

I leave my bulbs in the containers all year round. The only problem might be if you have a load of hungry slugs & snails!!

I do the same, but feed them blood, fish & bone after flowering & before the leaves die back

Davesnave

bouicca21 wrote: »

I am seriously disheartened by Davesnave, seeing as he is obviously a way better gardener than I am..

Don't be disheartened. As I said, conditions where you are will be different and there are always plants which some of us find inexplicably tricky. Part of the interest in gardening is to find out what works on one's own patch. Sometimes the reasons why are hard to establish.


For example, a month ago, I was in a wild garden 1000' up on Dartmoor. They had highly successful gunnera growing there, despite the altitude and being in a deep valley below a tor, which must be a terrible frost pocket.

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I love Lavatera and have several in the garden (yes, it's large ), and, i have to say that these and their full size cousin, 'Barnsley' are definately not as vigorous as the other Lavatera i have.


These seem to be a lot thinner and 'whippier', i have some in the ground aswell as large pots and they all perform similarly


I'll not hike them out but they're certainly not stats of the show

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Davesnave wrote: »

Don't be disheartened. As I said, conditions where you are will be different and there are always plants which some of us find inexplicably tricky. Part of the interest in gardening is to find out what works on one's own patch. Sometimes the reasons why are hard to establish.


For example, a month ago, I was in a wild garden 1000' up on Dartmoor. They had highly successful gunnera growing there, despite the altitude and being in a deep valley below a tor, which must be a terrible frost pocket.

Indeed, individual conditions are highly influencial - even within those individual areas :beer: