"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 8/8/07 19:13, in article ,
"David
(Normandy)" wrote:

Must be the chilly mornings..... But Aug/Sep/Oct are good months to put
shrubs in. The soil is still warm and they get their feet down and get
away
well. This does not apply to periods of drought or absences on holiday,
of
course. ;-)

--
Sacha

I'll get my Rosa Rugosa "seedlings" in then. They are around 6 inches
high
now and ready to be out of their little pots.

David.



Poor little souls. Won't you send them to a 1 or 2 litre prep school
first?
;-)
If you're going to use 6" cuttings they need plenty of root and to go into
very good ground. And even then it's asking a lot of them. 6" are real
babies!
But I was thinking of winter flowering shrubs or didn't I say that?
Absent-minded moment, perhaps? So what will you plant in Normandy that
will flower in winter/early spring, David? What would be your favoured
choice?
--
Sacha

They've got plenty of roots - they're seedlings not cuttings. Grown from
last Autumns hips. I'm planting a hedge with them so have got around 100
plants. 1 or 2 litre pots would be a bit of a luxury. I've glyphosated the
ground where they are going and all the grass and weeds have died, so they
should be off to a reasonable start free of competition.

I'm not sure about flowering shrubs, that is the realm of the Mrs. We've a
couple of forsythia that are a mass of yellow flowers in Spring.

David.