Month: May 2009

Today I planned to go to new garden shop (at last!), but my friend checked it and told me than there’s nothing for me at the moment. The most space of the shop is for shrubs and fruit trees. So I decided to go to another shop recomended to me, besides it’s much more closer.

And I was pleased to find there something new – saxifrage (Saxifraga x poluanglica, I guess), Geranium sanguineum ‘Album’ and Brodiaea (Triteleia) laxa.

I know saxifrage as a outdoor plant, good for rockeries, but I love this plant and want to keep it indoor, in my room. It’s lovely!

This plant is absolutely new for me, but it caught my eye and I didn’t resist. I planted it in a pot and hope to see its flowers this summer. I will combine it with dwarf irises in container.

Do you have any experience with Brodiaea? It would be interesting to know!

At last I sowed seeds of streptocarpus (F1 Dragon Seed from Dibley’s nurcery).    

I hope I will have luck with them. Seeds are so small, so soft that I was affraid to do something wrong. Time will show!

Dear Rita, thank you once again for this wonderful gift!

Another fabulous day in the garden today.Sunshine,water sunshine,water.A large section of the day went on the watering of the plants.Moved out some more trays to the tunnel from the greenhouse and put some more in the coldframe.Most of the second and third sowings of the veg seeds sown over the last few weeks are showing quite well now.Gave a visit to a garden centre straight after dinner.Picked up some more herbs.[Unable to attend Bloom this weekend,unfortunately]Planted some more tomato,and spinach,in the evening time on some raised beds in the veg section.Have a lot drawn up to complete in the garden tomorrow.Keep up the sunshine and stay as long as possible.