Colourful potting on day.

A quick check of all the seedlings and the caladiums. This beauty is Caladium Carolyn Whorton.

A friend recently gave me a water lily. I have now potted it up in an aquatic pot, lined with hessian and topped with small stones.

I potted on a fair few plants. I also potted on this Persicaria ‘Silver Dragon’ hoping that it grows a little faster. It has been a slow grower so far.

Pleased to see lots more plants are growing well around the yarden.

Until tomorrow.

Seeds, cuttings and putting on!

With the weather being a little chillier and very windy. I wasn’t outside so much today.

I wanted to list the plants I had split and find out which needed labelling.

Made some more labels out of plastic bottles that people have given me.

With the forecast of frost I’ve brought in my tender plants. Seems strange to think how hot it was just yesterday!

I have finally had time to pot on various seedlings. I have tomatoes, courgettes, naranjilla and tamarillo. Thats over a hundred seedlings pricked and potted on.

I have also potted up some persicaria and tinantia cuttings up.

Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

Rain rain rain …

I’m sure many of you (outdoor gardeners) are with me, and are happy that we have had a decent downpour.

Not really done much in my green space today … just took a few pictures.

This is Persicaria virginiana ‘Lance Corporal’, you can see where it gets its name from. I am becoming increasingly interested in persicarias as they are easy to grow and easy to propagate. They seem to like a lot of water but are very forgiving.

I like them so much that I have three on a wish list. I have four in my collection of plants so far.

This is Hosta ‘Hadspen Blue’, a lovely medium sized hosta, seems to be more slug and snail hardy than others.

Did you know hostas are also edible? Fancy some pan seared hostas?

A word of warning. DO NOT EAT MY HOSTAS!

This is Hosta ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ it has cupped shaped leaves with corrugated foliage. It collects the rainwater, hostas always look great with rain droplets resting on their leaves. So photogenic.

I’m excited, this is a caladium peeking out of the soil. These are some of the most amazing foliage plants known!! They are not hardy and be quite difficult to start as they are a little fussy.

Caladiums originate from South America, they need heat, they can be grown as house plants or outside in the summer. They range from white, pinks, greens… superb!!!

As with many plants they can be poisonous to humans and / or pets. Always make sure to check before planting.

I’m wondering what everyone thinks about my blog. Anything you’d like to know? Any questions?

I love to swap plants and seeds … let me know if there’s a plant I grow and you’d like a cutting.

Enjoy your green space