Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back garden and
fill it with plants that will give me colour all year round. Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.

Mr Pounder

On 16 Aug, 17:25, "Mr Pounder" wrote:
Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back garden and
fill it with plants that will give me colour all year round. Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.

Mr Pounder

There is no plant that will flower all year round. There are a couple
that fower in the not-so-cold parts of Winter eg Winter fowering
pansies. But you need to have different plants to flower in different
times of the year. It's a lot of work.You could use foliagy things
but they are quite boring.

"harry" wrote in message
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On 16 Aug, 17:25, "Mr Pounder" wrote:
Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back garden
and
fill it with plants that will give me colour all year round. Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.

Mr Pounder

There is no plant that will flower all year round. There are a couple
that fower in the not-so-cold parts of Winter eg Winter fowering
pansies. But you need to have different plants to flower in different
times of the year. It's a lot of work.You could use foliagy things
but they are quite boring.

Oh dear.
Thanks for the reply.
What about something that will be green in winter and something that will
flower for the best part of the summer?

Mr Pounder

"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back garden
and fill it with plants that will give me colour all year round.
Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.


Are you absolutely sure you need perennials?
The pot will still need maintenace to feed and weed and it is unlikely that
you will be able to just plant it up then leave it forever.
These days it is very easy to plant up bedding a couple of times a year, and
there are loads in the garden shops.
For example, winter pansies for flowers over winter, then remove them and
replace them with geraniums and other bedding plants in summer.

It shouldn't be a lot of work and could keep you in attractive flowers most
of the year.

Alternatively, put in plastic flowers for zero maintenance :-)

Cheers

Dave R

--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")

"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back garden
and fill it with plants that will give me colour all year round.
Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.


Are you absolutely sure you need perennials?
The pot will still need maintenace to feed and weed and it is unlikely
that you will be able to just plant it up then leave it forever.
These days it is very easy to plant up bedding a couple of times a year,
and there are loads in the garden shops.
For example, winter pansies for flowers over winter, then remove them and
replace them with geraniums and other bedding plants in summer.

It shouldn't be a lot of work and could keep you in attractive flowers
most of the year.

Alternatively, put in plastic flowers for zero maintenance :-)

Cheers

Dave R

--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")

Thanks for that.
I will go for what you have suggested ----- not the plastic stuff :-)
Is it too early to plant daffodils in my front garden?

Mr Pounder

Mr Pounder wrote:
"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back
garden and fill it with plants that will give me colour all year
round. Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.


Are you absolutely sure you need perennials?
The pot will still need maintenace to feed and weed and it is
unlikely that you will be able to just plant it up then leave it
forever. These days it is very easy to plant up bedding a couple of
times a
year, and there are loads in the garden shops.
For example, winter pansies for flowers over winter, then remove
them and replace them with geraniums and other bedding plants in
summer. It shouldn't be a lot of work and could keep you in
attractive
flowers most of the year.

Alternatively, put in plastic flowers for zero maintenance :-)

Cheers

Dave R

--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")

Thanks for that.
I will go for what you have suggested ----- not the plastic stuff :-)
Is it too early to plant daffodils in my front garden?

Don't blame yourself if the winter pansies don't flower non-stop, but
they should come back in the spring if they take a break. I suggest a
nice dwarf evergreen shrub to give you some continuity. By all means put
your daffodils in now: most bulbs are best planted as soon as you can
get them, though most of them are very forgiving.

--
Mike.

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-08-17 15:44:00 +0100, "Mr Pounder"
said:


"harry" wrote in message
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On 16 Aug, 17:25, "Mr Pounder" wrote:
Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back
garden
and
fill it with plants that will give me colour all year round. Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.

Mr Pounder

There is no plant that will flower all year round. There are a couple
that fower in the not-so-cold parts of Winter eg Winter fowering
pansies. But you need to have different plants to flower in different
times of the year. It's a lot of work.You could use foliagy things
but they are quite boring.

Oh dear.
Thanks for the reply.
What about something that will be green in winter and something that will
flower for the best part of the summer?

Mr Pounder

Where do you live? I recommend Euryops chrysanthemoides as it flowers for
months on end and is evergreen but we lost it to bad frosts in a couple of
spots in our garden last year. In a pot you could easily protect it with
fleece. It will need potting on into a larger pot as it increases in size
but is otherwise terribly easy to grow as it stops itself and needs no
pruning.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

Lancashire.
Bad winter last year.
Thanks for the reply.

Mr Pounder

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Mr Pounder wrote:
"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back
garden and fill it with plants that will give me colour all year
round. Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.


Are you absolutely sure you need perennials?
The pot will still need maintenace to feed and weed and it is
unlikely that you will be able to just plant it up then leave it
forever. These days it is very easy to plant up bedding a couple of
times a
year, and there are loads in the garden shops.
For example, winter pansies for flowers over winter, then remove
them and replace them with geraniums and other bedding plants in
summer. It shouldn't be a lot of work and could keep you in attractive
flowers most of the year.

Alternatively, put in plastic flowers for zero maintenance :-)

Cheers

Dave R

--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")

Thanks for that.
I will go for what you have suggested ----- not the plastic stuff :-)
Is it too early to plant daffodils in my front garden?

Don't blame yourself if the winter pansies don't flower non-stop, but they
should come back in the spring if they take a break. I suggest a nice
dwarf evergreen shrub to give you some continuity. By all means put your
daffodils in now: most bulbs are best planted as soon as you can get them,
though most of them are very forgiving.

--
Mike.

The shrub looks good.
Thanks for the help, I am the guy that watered weeds for 2 years as I
thought they were flowers.
I once planted daffodil bulbs with the pointed end down, seemed to make
sense. They did not grow.

Mr Pounder

On 16/08/10 17:25, Mr Pounder wrote:
Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back garden and
fill it with plants that will give me colour all year round. Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.

Mr Pounder





Some short stemmed daffodils, winter-flowering pansies , trailing ivy.

When pansies finish flowering , you can replace them in late spring
/early summer with petunias that will flower for a good long time.

Not a lot of work.

On 19/08/10 09:08, Ed wrote:
On 16/08/10 17:25, Mr Pounder wrote:
Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back
garden and fill it with plants that will give me colour all year
round. Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.

Mr Pounder





Some short stemmed daffodils, winter-flowering pansies , trailing ivy.

When pansies finish flowering , you can replace them in late spring
/early summer with petunias that will flower for a good long time.

Not a lot of work.


And also a hardy perennial fuchsia.

Ed

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-08-18 16:15:19 +0100, "Mr Pounder"
said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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Oh dear.
Thanks for the reply.
What about something that will be green in winter and something that
will
flower for the best part of the summer?

Mr Pounder

Where do you live? I recommend Euryops chrysanthemoides as it flowers
for
months on end and is evergreen but we lost it to bad frosts in a couple
of
spots in our garden last year. In a pot you could easily protect it
with
fleece. It will need potting on into a larger pot as it increases in
size
but is otherwise terribly easy to grow as it stops itself and needs no
pruning.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

Lancashire.
Bad winter last year.
Thanks for the reply.

Mr Pounder

Then it might not survive with you but others who live in the area might
say differently. It will go down to -5C but not over long periods.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

Thanks for the reply.

Mr Pounder

"Ed" ex@directory wrote in message
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On 19/08/10 09:08, Ed wrote:
On 16/08/10 17:25, Mr Pounder wrote:
Greetings all.

I am useless at gardening.

I would like to put one of those big stone plants pots in my back garden
and fill it with plants that will give me colour all year round.
Perennial.

Nice simple suggestions appreciated.

Mr Pounder





Some short stemmed daffodils, winter-flowering pansies , trailing ivy.

When pansies finish flowering , you can replace them in late spring
/early summer with petunias that will flower for a good long time.

Not a lot of work.


And also a hardy perennial fuchsia.

Ed

I got some daffodils bulbs yesterday.

Taa

Mr Pounder