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Posted by Mamta (U2174216) on Tuesday, 13th March 2012
Hello all
I am back from my winter hibernation. I am a fair weather gardener! I spent 4 hours on Sunday weeding my front garden. I was planning some more today, but it was too cold and cloudy today.
I have one question;
What are the best bedding flower plants this year, as we will most certainly have a hosepipe ban soon. Looking on the internet is not of great help, most of the information is about perinneals, not annuals.
Thanks
This is a very good question, I have been looking at my garden very critically in terms of lack of water. I find that geraniums seem to survive well without water and my mum uses begonias in her difficult to water containers. I may not even do baskets this year.
Mamta
-found this it might help you decide what to grow
, in reply to message 1.
Posted by mister-grow-it-all (U14591945) on Tuesday, 13th March 2012
Gazania
I too was thinking of not bothering with pots Kate, but will do a basket or two, because these I can water by hand.
Hello thedogcody, I looked at the site on your link before I posted this question, but wasn't sure how accurate it is. It says petunia, which I thought needed fair bit of water. Anyway, these sound good;
Geranium
Begonias
Gazania
I would say marigolds and geraniums, especially the ivy-leaved varieties. Also annual poppies.
Mamta I will be doing pots as they can go on saucers but my baskets needed watering everyday last year and most of it ends on the floor.
My biggest frustration is that the year we were warned about drought and I bought lavenders and geraniums, then it rained all of July and August.
The list that Geoff supplied was useful, I like nicotianas so they can go back on my list.
I was passing a garden centre today and asked the guy in bedding plants. He also suggested Begonias and Geraniums. Marigolds are also something that I love, so will be a good choice.
Hanging baskets; I always put moisture retaining granules in my baskets these days. Last year, I tried something new; I put and deep plastic tray at the bottom of the basket, the kind you buy things like mushrooms in. I put the water retention granules mixed with compost in that and then filled and planted as normal. This seemed to have worked, I watered less than last year and the basket did okay.
I look forward to seeing the photos
Petunias are supposed to be drought-tolerant.
What this seems to mean here is that if I plants some, it rains all summer, but maybe you'll be luckier!
I look forward to seeing the photosÂ
I will try to remember to take some this year. My pansy one from autumn is still in bloom, but not at it's best any more.
What this seems to mean here is that if I plants some, it rains all summer, but maybe you'll be luckier!Â
LOL!
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