Winter Gardening
coppersend
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Hi Guys
I am after some advice on colour plants for my front garden.
I already have cyclamens, wall flowers and pansies in
I have crocus Hyacinth snowdrops planted in my lawn,
But only the cyclamens are in flower at this time of year.
Can you suggest other bright loud flowers possibly yellow that I can display.
I only have a very small garden so whatever i plant will either be removed in the spring
or will need to die right back to ground level
appreciated
PS The replies and advise given with my last post was fantastic so thank you
for the support to a newbie on GW
M
I am after some advice on colour plants for my front garden.
I already have cyclamens, wall flowers and pansies in
I have crocus Hyacinth snowdrops planted in my lawn,
But only the cyclamens are in flower at this time of year.
Can you suggest other bright loud flowers possibly yellow that I can display.
I only have a very small garden so whatever i plant will either be removed in the spring
or will need to die right back to ground level
appreciated
PS The replies and advise given with my last post was fantastic so thank you
for the support to a newbie on GW
M
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In the sticks near Peterborough
I am afraid I don't like things that look artificial
But thank you anyway
Winter pansies and violas come in yellow (but often as part of mixed packs), and will flower in winter but tend to slow down in colder spells. They perk up and have another go in spring alongside the daffs etc, then get straggly. If cut back they can regrow, or can be treated as seasonal bedding and removed to make way for summer bedding. If you wanted permanent planting I would suggest variegated shrubs. Maybe some of the euonymus that are sold small and cheap in the winter bedding sections of GCs. I guess lots of people use them as bedding.
Oops, just noticed you already have pansies! Maybe primulas - they come in lots of colours and they're supposed to be spring flowering and sold as bedding, but I have a few "leftovers" that have survived and they have some flowers on them now.
Though they also come in paler pinks and white. They don't die down but you could pot them and move them about? They need a regular splitting to flower well. But they do flower into November December even later and longer sometimes.
At least you can check them out and see if they are for you and you area of the country.
They need some sun to do well but soil they can take wetness quite well too.
Belated welcome to the forum .
If you want loud colours you're going to have to go with bulbs but they need to be planted in appropriate positions - soil, draiange, light levels - and will need at least 6 weeks of growing time after flowers have faded or been removed so that the foliage can feed the bulb for next year. That can lok messy in the grass in a small garden because you can't mow. Bit wasteful to mow what could be perennial flowering plants before they've built up their energy for the following year's display - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=91
There is a winter perennial - winter aconite - that is usually bright yellow but also comes in orange - www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/6540/i-Eranthis-hyemalis-i/Details It prefers alkaline soils.
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