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grindle
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 Posted - 17/04/2008 : 08:24:30
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I have 2 in a hot place, any ideas would be gratefully received as to what I could plant them with, they don't hold a lot of soil and dry out quite quickly, I don't mind if it's herbs, annuals, perennial, just so long as it does't die quickly |
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MotherGoose
Tree
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 08:27:59
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What colours are you thinking Grindle, and what've you got growing close by? |
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steve
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 08:31:18
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| I find the Surfinia Petunias are fairly drought resistant grindle and look good in a variety of colours all season |
Steve
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Cherry
Moderator
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 08:38:58
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| Also normal basket and ivy-leaf geraniums. |
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grindle
Mrs
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 17:37:29
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quote:
Originally posted by MotherGoose
What colours are you thinking Grindle, and what've you got growing close by?
There's mostly a range of pinks purples whites at that end, last year I grew fuschias and BL in the troughs near them.
I tried growing some petunias in them last year and they didn't work very well, I think because you can't get much soil in them, and if I watered them in the morning by the evening they were bone dry (maybe I didn't give them enough) Like the idea of the geraniums Cherry they seem to like the dry heat |
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SueA
Tree
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 17:38:14
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| You could get away with a tumbling tomato plant in a half basket (I do) if you add moisture retaining gel & slow release feed & remember to water it often enough (I don't always!) |
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MotherGoose
Tree
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 18:05:18
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Like Sue says, you could grow a tumbling tom, and maybe edge the basket with Basil.
Or, like Cherry suggests, trailing geraniums would work well, maybe combined with some silvery leafed foliage like Helichrysum or Dichondra.
Or you could use Osteospernums, and Argyranthemums for lots of pretty daisy flowers in pink or white...
Or how about using a small lavender or two, and combining with Scaevola and Brachycome for a silvery blue basket...
Again, like Sue says, I would add water retaining gel and slow release feeding pellets, and if it gets really hot, you may need to water twice a day.
PS.Now all we need is some sun.... |
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grindle
Mrs
13904 Posts |
Posted - 17/04/2008 : 21:36:10
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 wow lots of great ideas thank you all |
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alisonmarie
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 22:13:43
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| I reckon the Ivy geranium would be the most drought resistant |
From sunny Suffolk |
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scotkat
Mrs
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Posted - 09/01/2010 : 16:49:28
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Does anyone know online where I could get hook on window books to go on fence.
Dobbies did have but no longer to. |
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steve
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enrich100
Mr
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Posted - 05/03/2010 : 01:34:31
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Like SueA I can recommend tumbling Toms if you are going for a edible garden my children love going out to ours and picking fruit then devouring it, strawberrys would be another option I sucessfully grew red and white strawberries a couple of years back which looked good
failing that I'm a tradtionalist loving trailing fuschias geraniums, Lobelia, this year I will have dwarf snap dragons and busy lizzes growing in them (yes I know I'm old fashioned) |
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grindle
Mrs
13904 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2010 : 04:35:48
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| Hello enrich, welcome to the forum |
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bookworm
Mrs
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Posted - 05/03/2010 : 17:22:33
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| Last year I grew Illusion begonias on my south facing stone walls,apricot and lemon,drew a lot of admiring comments. |
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half wall baskets