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Want to share your gardening exploits with the rest of us, got a question about a plant or looking for some ideas on gardening for wildlife or do you just want to show off your garden? Well then the greenfingers forum is for you.
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What better way to introduce your garden than posting a picture or tour of your own little patch of nature. So whatever garden space you have be it balcony, patio or postage stamp garden to acres of lovingly tended garden space, it would be great to see what you are getting up to! Here is a quick glimpse into my garden to get the ball rolling...
Plants are a dwarf gorse and a berberris and these are common frogs!
Warden Intern at Otmoor.
rosie,we have lots of Teasels and if I can get some seed from them in Autumn you would be welcome to some,have never taken any before so would have to see what happened.
Rosie,I see that several seed company's sell seeds and if you ordered immediately would get them started this year in my opinion.Thompson and Morgan,Unwins and Emorsgate Seeds,all sell seeds cheaply.
Alan, could it be Comfrey?
Hi my teasels are about 4 feet high. When do they flower? Not that I,m overly anxious for the flowers as its the seed heads that are the main attraction for me.
Regards Angie
Angielahaha
Soon Angie, very soon. The flower spikes should start to form in the centre of the spike so you might even be able to see that already. If not then expect to see the pink to purple flowers on the spikes throughout July.
Hi everyone. I just found this thread and I love it. I will be moving in a couple of months time from a medium/large village garden to a smallish small town terrace garden. I will need to see what's there already but it looks good to start more or less from scratch. I want to replace the hedge at the pavement and possibly put one in between us and the neighbouring garden.
I like the look of the mix in the RSPB hedge pack. Will it work in a hedge about 5-6 feet high?
How much width should I allow? I will have to keep it from obstructing the pavement and I would like it to be able to have flowers/fruit. I'd welcome any advice.
I am already potting up plants to take with me and I will collect seeds from my wild flowers this summer.
Hi Everyone here are some more hedge ideas and flowering shrubs that are great for wildlife. This Rosa Rugosa, you mentioned, is loved by bees and has huge Red Rose Hips in the Autumn. A Leycesteria or Pheasant Berry has huge dangly flowers rather like earings, bees love them and Bullfinch enjoy picking out the seeds in Autumn/Winter. The Senecio has silver leaves and is covered in yellow daisy like flowers, very good for insects.
Here is the Rosa Rugosa, I planted as a cutting and it's now huge, the bees climb inside
Pat Adams - Flickr - BLOG
This might be in the wrong place, I snapped this a few days ago on the shingle beach [non tidal], it looks as if it could belong in a garden, but I don't recognise this plant, any takers please?
Butterfly (3)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16304936@N06/
http://suffolk.activeboard.com/f528553/birds-of-suffolk/
Thanks Alan, I have done a Wiki and you are spot on en.wikipedia.org/.../Echium_vulgare, there is lots of this on Landguard Common Felixstowe in flower at the moment
Just returned from a weeks holiday. Took this photo this morning, before spending the day doing the gardening. Weeds everywhere, lawn needed mowing, bushes needed trimming, need another holiday now.
Not the best stitch job, but you get the idea,
Take care all, Stich.
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