Thanks for responding Liri, nutcutlet and Tetley - I think nutcutlet's right - I now think it's definitely a photinia....thanks very much and happy new year to all!
Very heavy frost last night, but still have a very colourful display of pelargoniums growing both sides of my front porch - if it stays mild, could they possibly last through the winter? I keep thinking I should put them in the greenhouse with all my other pelargoniums, which have been inside for a few months now, but they are so bright by the front door that I thought they should take their chance outside.
My pelargoniums stayed out over winter a couple of years ago. We had a couple of frosts but nothing severe and they were reasonably protected from strong wind and driving rain.
They were a bit leggy by March but I cut them hard back, gave them a feed and they were lovely big plants by the summer
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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cyclamen
probably C. persicum
i think it's definitely photinia
what about P. davidiana?
You're more likely to be right Tetley. My experience is only of killing one P davidiana.
Thanks for responding Liri, nutcutlet and Tetley - I think nutcutlet's right - I now think it's definitely a photinia....thanks very much and happy new year to all!
Very heavy frost last night, but still have a very colourful display of pelargoniums growing both sides of my front porch - if it stays mild, could they possibly last through the winter? I keep thinking I should put them in the greenhouse with all my other pelargoniums, which have been inside for a few months now, but they are so bright by the front door that I thought they should take their chance outside.
My pelargoniums stayed out over winter a couple of years ago. We had a couple of frosts but nothing severe and they were reasonably protected from strong wind and driving rain.
They were a bit leggy by March but I cut them hard back, gave them a feed and they were lovely big plants by the summer
Well here's mine....
calendulas, cyclamen, erysimum, polyanthus, viburnum- bodnantse & burkwoodii, Welsh poppies, pansies/violas, both, wallflowers, hellebore Niger & orientalis, heucheras, bergenias.
spotted up lane yesterday...brunnera plus some type of cow parsley!! J.
Here are mine, a day late but I am sure they were all there yesterday....
Helibores - White and Purple
Violets
Pelargoniums
Yellow flower (can't remember the name
and I'm sure I've asked more than once)
White flower (see above)
Elephants ears (can't remember the posh name)
And that's it!
First year I have been able to do this! No frost or sub zero trmps
pelargoniums purple and blue
brunnera
clemats Mrs something and a wee bit of the blue one
honeysuckle (!) yup that's what I thought . It's in a sheltered corner
cotoneaster
ivy
yellow rose and a white one ( shrub)
one wee bit of Kaffa lily
some crocus trying but not the snowdrops yet
there are still purple foxgloves in the wood
thats it, better than ever before
A A Milne