Friday 7th March 2014

Barnsley House gardens - home of Rosemary Verey

Julia read from Rosemary Verey's gardening diary about jobs to do in the garden in March. So many things to be getting on with now that spring seems to have arrived. The Garden House garden will be open on April 13th for the National Garden Scheme so lots of work to do in readiness for that.

We had a quick plant identification:

Primula veris

Narcissus Minnow

• Saxifrage - great as an edging plant or to grow in an alpine collection. They need a well drained spot.
• Narcissus 'Minnow' - a dwarf narcissi with lovely  scent and has a number of flowers on each stem
• Leucojum vernum - spring snowflake, related to snowdrops and can be used in a rock garden, added to a moist border or naturalised in grass
• Primula veris - cowslip - a semi evergreen perennial  favours a sheltered position in sun or semi shade. Good for edge of a woodland area.

Activities in the garden this week:

• Pruning and feeding hybrid tea roses 
• Planting aconitums and knifofia 
• moving the cold frames to outside the greenhouse
• establishing a fernery in top garden
• sowing peas and herbs/ salad in guttering in greenhouse
• potting on rosemary cuttings
• continuing work on the path

Sue and Vicky continue with their path work

Julia and Karin planting mint collection in the tanks



Aniseed at the Friday group