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[AnneKipankitoo]

To continue into Spring 2022.

Unfortunately, I am not sure how many pictures I will be able to supply this year . Some builders are in building an extension for me .
I might have to live off all your lovely photos. Keep them coming!💐

They're lovely @FloBot7

Such lovely pictures all, that iris is stunning @FloBot7. You're making me want to get one!

What crazy weather @Sweetpea1532. I hope your plants all survive.

I've just reseeded my grass as some areas are becoming clay like bare soil and have added a camellia, a rhododendron, and a peony to the mix 🤪.

I have all my plants in pots so unfortunately lose a lot every year from becoming waterlogged. It's taken me this long to realise that's the issue. Hopefully this winter I'll place them in the greenhouse so they don't get oversoaked.

Does anyone have any tips for growing my new flowers in pots? I'm too scared to repot them

I love the colour @FloBot7.

Make sure the pots have drainage holes , put a layer of broken pots in the base .

Glad I took that photo, DH accidentally beheaded the few in bloom when tugging on the cord for the lawnmower
They're in a big pot about 45cm deep with a drainage hole and chunks of polystyrene rather than broken pots at the bottom (it's all I had at the time). I'm planning to direct sow some annual seeds for summer flowers. I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not. Does anyone know if it would be ok with cornflowers or stocks? It seemed like a logical plan at the time but now I'm wondering if the roots of the annuals will interfere with the dormant bulbs.

No that should be fine! I have a bed with irises and tulips, and I plant it up for summer with annuals or direct sow annuals (particularly fond of Linum Bright eyes) and the iris pop up again each year. As do the tulips.

The iris have all gone over, but you can see their long thin leaves among the tulips shoots. This bit was all snapdragons over the summer. I just put the young plants between the tulips as they died back, and then pulled them out in November.

I then put a load of chicken manure pellets on the surface, and mulched with garden compost, to ensure the bulbs had good nutrients leaching down to them for when they started to awake. Seems to have worked! (And very little weeding needed, hurrah!

Thanks @MrsBertBibby! That's a relief. I'm still trying to figure out how to get colour into the garden for more of the year while still enjoying cut flowers during summer.

Flowers ☺️

Beautiful!

Very nice 👍🏻

Lovely bit of colour 🤩

Well, my amaryllis collapsed. I put the flowers in a vase and this is them with a bit of evening sunshine on them .

Wow!

Thanks @MrsBertBibby

Stunning Annekipankitoo

Some tulips and hyacinths now out

Vibrant colours @applecatchers36. Thanks too .

@FloBot7 oh no about your DH wiping out your colour in one fail swoop

@notsogreenthumb you MUST do a name change....you officially are hereby bestowed with the annual award of ' Most Improved Gardener of All the World'. 🏆🎖
You've shown the ability to persevere through climate change, winds, floods and many other obstacles along the way. Your colour has brought much joy to the World!

@AnneKipankitoo you must hold the record for being able to squeeze every bit of beauty from an amaryllis...so lovely...that bouquet is gorgeous..( that thing just will not die) An award for you, too. 'Best Amaryllis Grower in the World' 🥇 Wear your ribbon proudly. You've earned it.

@MrsBertBibby
Thank you for sharing the tip about sowing annuals amongst the bulbs! I'm definitely going to do this. An award goes to you too for ' Kindest Gardener of the Year for Sharing Tips' 🏅

It is the Awards season after all @Sweetpea1532

@AnneKipankitoo 😂
Yes, all those other awards ceremonies had to check our awards schedule before they planned their events

Meanwhile somewhere in southern US it has decided to flood a bit making Lake Sweetpea in my mum's front and back gardens
At least the flowers and plants survived the below-freezing temps last weekend.

And that 'Everything will be Okay' sign has gone straight in the bin! I don't think it was encouraging to anyone

😂 You need it in NEON flashing lights . That is where you have gone wrong @Sweetpea1532