The weather was unexpectedly dry so our morning of reading gardening books and magazines had to be postponed. We had some discussion about taking cuttings and good ground cover plants. Generally cuttings should be taken just beneath the leaf node. There are some plants like clematis or honeysuckle where internodal cuttings can be taken.
Plant identification
- Anthemis punctata 'subsp cupaniana' ( Sicilian chamomile) - this is an evergreen perennial with silver green foliage. It is covered in long lasting white daisy flowers. It forms a loose mat and is good for growing in borders over slopes or in gravel gardens
Anthemis punctata
- Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy' -A short perennial that thrives in shade and makes good ground cover. The leaves are silvery-whitish, so they stand out as do the pure white summer flowers. If it spreads too far, it is easily restrained by slicing back with a spade. Best grown in moist but well drained soil.
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy' - Lewisia cotyledon - a rosette forming evergreen perennial with fleshy leaves and salmon coloured flowers. It needs to be grown in well drained acidic soil - good for alpine beds or in crevices of a wall or in a pot. It is important not to let the rosettes get too wet.
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| Lewisia cotyledon |
- seed sorting ready for Seedy Sunday
- digging up,dividing and putting back some of the asters
- pricking out the ammi seedlings
- pruning the Judas tree in front garden
- cutting the strawberry runners and potting up the new plants
- pruning the blueberries in pots
- cutting back the old leaves of the hellebores and feeding with chicken pellets
- weeding and sorting out the plants by the pond
- planting a new bare root climbing rose for Meg
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