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Mimosamargot

Mimosamargot's Surprise patch garden

Garden Type: Terrace | Sun: Partial Sun | Soil: Silt

I love my garden. I share it with several million slugs and snails, not to mention the greenfly. The most successful of my plants are those that have self-seeded. Hence its name. Most of the things I plant succumb to the above mentioned friends. Some years I manage to harvest the runner beans that have survived slug attacks.

Last year I got a new garden shed which is big enough to stand up in. I can now reach everything without having to move several items first.

My biggest failure is the inability to grow clematis. I follow all the instructions – shade the roots, plant deeply with lots of compost – but usually only manage 1 to 3 blooms! Better luck this year.

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Plantings

  • Potato Vine

    Potato Vine

    Solanum crispum

    Transplanted on 05 Jun 08 Have planted a white 'Potato' vine to grow up m...

    • 3 journals
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    • Neutral

  • Ceanothus

    Ceanothus

    Ceanothus

    Planting Out on 05 Jun 08 I have planted this in a largeish tub in the ho...

    • 1 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Paeony

    Paeony

    Paeonia lactiflora

    Planting Out on 05 May 08 Just remembered I bought a paeony plant before ...

    • 1 journals
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    • 0 comments

  • Tulips

    Tulips

    Tulipa

    Established on 15 Sep 07 This is the first time I've had success with tu...

    • 1 journals
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    • 1 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Spider Lily

    Spider Lily

    Lilium

    Planting Out in 2005 I don't know the name of this lily which I boug...

    • 1 journals
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    • 2 comments
    • Happy

  • Alpine Strawberry

    Alpine Strawberry

    Fragaria vesca spp. alpina

    Planting Out in 2004 This Alpine Strawberry has grown from 1 small p...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 1 comments
    • Happy

  • Roses

    Roses

    Rosa

    Established in 1985 The red rose was given to me as a house warming...

    • 0 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Japanese Anemone

    Japanese Anemone

    Anemone hupehensis

    I've always admired Japanese Anemones in other ...

    • 0 journals
    • 1 faves
    • 1 comments
    • Happy

Comments

  • LindaMae

    LindaMae wrote:

    Good luck with the clematis – I’ve had a pretty mixed sort of experience with them myself. I think it’s getting better, but it’s taken several years so be encouraged! A myFolia friend sent me a link to this website which has a list of Q and As under the help tab: http://www.britishclematis.org.uk

    Posted on 20 Mar 08 (about 1 years ago)

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