I’ve got about twenty minutes before I get ready to go out, so I thought I’d put up this quick blog post.
Looking at the garden to-day I got to thinking about next year. One thing I’ve made up my mind about, is no more spur of the moment plants from the Garden Centre just because they look good, all very colourful and an abundance of flowers, I get carried away, but nine times out of ten I know nothing about them, mostly they are a seven day wonder, looking so pretty, then before you know it just a bundle of twigs and leaves with no hint of the glory that I bought.
So many times I’ve found labels of long forgotten impulse buys lying among the debris , half the time I can’t even recall what they were or looked like. Nor are they usually in the cheapo range and you don’t get much change from a tenner, No, in future I’ll stick to tried and tested common or garden species, so next year I’ll be posting pics of Marigolds and Lupins.
Well that’s the plan for now , but I don’t think I’ll make it a New Year Resolution.
One tried and true plant is the Geranium. I take cutting for next spring that way I don't have to buy any. I have seven cuttings, but I think one will not make it, not enough leaves. The cuttings should have at least 5 leaves, that way you are assured they will survive. You can put them in water or with rooting powder into a pot of Peet Moss. Make sure to keep the Peet Moss moist until you see some growth then water only once a week.
ReplyDeleteI seem to do best with marigolds, petunias and geraniums. A friend is supposed to send me some morning glory seeds so I will try my hand at those next season. I will be looking forward to seeing all your pictures. Hugs
ReplyDeleteThis year I put the little plastic sticks next to my new types of flowers I got this year. Now at the end of the season I look at the plant and decide to I want this again if yes pull the little plastic discription and will take it with me next spring so I only get what worked well. I know I also get all excited and want to bring home everything that is flowering. But my growing conditions are so unnormal that I really have to watch it. In my beds I stick with all perinnials. I am still gardening as I moved all my tomatoes and a bunch of my potted flowers down to the greenhouse. I just hate to see the die. Hope you are enjoying the fall and your shoulder is doing better.
ReplyDeleteThe plants you see in stores always look so inviting but so far I've resisted. Though I have plenty of yard the way we use it as a family would not be conducive to adding anymore.
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