Bits and bobs at the end of June

the ferns are lovely and that deutzia, im amazed at the magnolia growing so incredibly well

Congratulations on germinating the Magnolia Brian. I have a M. Stellata bonsai, and yes - it is very slow-growing!

That Primula Scotica is georgous, as is your Deutzia & all them ferns are fab :-)

Love the roses ,good luck with the daphne and the primula
scotica is lovely can't say I have ever seen it growing wild
and well done on the magnolia seeds germinating .:o))

What a pretty deutzia that is. You have enough magnolias there to try a bonsai if you like them - I bet Sheila's os beautiful. Photo Sheila?

Sheila
Thats a thought grow them as Bonsai they won't take much room.

You will not regret the New Dawn I had it years ago and it always put on a good show.
Am I in your will ? ;0))

Val
Was thinking of leaving them to ones younger than me.lol
I will make you Executor of the whole garden with a clause you can take your pick.Would that be alright.
B x

The Deutzia is beautiful Brian and I love all the ferns.

There's a lot going on there. That Deutzia is a bit special, your ferns are lovely and it is great to see these magnolia seedlings looking so healthy.

Gosh those Magnolia seedlings look robust and healthy, and I love the rose New Dawn I have had this in my garden for the last 25yrs or so, and have just bought another one.
I like the ferns especially the red regal.

What a lovely little primula BJS - truly beautiful - could that rose be Gertrude Jekyll - we were looking at David Austin roses at the weekend -

Hmmm - Steragram - I could take a photo of my Magnolia 'Stellata' bonsai, but you would be disappointed. It is only 3 years old, and hasn't flowered yet . . . how long can you wait?!

My fav is new dawn ... Got 3last year ... Just getting going now ... Gud luck with the mags

Will have to try a few cuttings, did a few some years ago but none rooted not sure why.
Any suggestions on rooting them?

Good idea Brian will take you up on that seeing as I am fitter than you ! LOL

gorgeous ferns - looking very nice indeed

You have plenty going on in textures alone and that Deutzia is stunning.

Hi Brian, its always a pleasure seeing your garden. I know you said you cant grow roses in certain places but I found my garden lost colour in July, August so I've added climbing roses and shrub roses, along with patio and groundcover ones to bridge the gap, they are working brilliantly. Why cant you grow them in places?

Daphne cuttings look great, what materials did you use? I like the idea of putting sand at the bottom too, that is a good idea. Watch out for slugs, they like daphnes and I catch them hanging around my cuttings from time to time. I usually put an empty beer can or bottle in with the cuttings and that attracts the slugs and kills them. Hope the cuttings root well, I have to mist mine several times a day when it gets hot but I don't have them in any direct sun at all.
Were you talking about Magnolia cuttings or something else? Most Magnolias are hard to root, it takes good timing and a strong rooting hormone. I've only rooted Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) and 'Jane' Magnolia.

Rkw
The Magnolia ref were i think to the seed that germinated.I did root a couple of cutting some year ago but they took to long to root and failed to make any new growth before fall and died during the winter,have not tried since.
Have been having problems with Perlite holding just to much moisture,this is down to lack of sun and high humidity we are encountering here over the last two months.So have switched to Vermiculite mix that is lighter and for me is working better.Misting at present is just once a day.trying to judge it by how much the dome on top is misting ,it varies from day to day.

I've been having problems with pro-mix holding too much moisture so started doing 2:1 perlite/pro-mix and 3:1 for plants that rot easier. I've had good luck with perlite when I use a coarse mix, if it is fine it doesn't work as well. Never had luck with vermiculite but most people seem to like it better, hope it works that way for you.

Lovely ferns Brian. Everything seems to grow for you. I bought a book on growing seeds when I was in London.....so fingers crossed. :o)

Lovely, I like the ferns also. Am looking for a mini one. Any recommendations ? Do you have Daphne Odora in there, it doesnt look like it.

Cinders no dont have Odora did have and moved it a while back and that was the end of it.How mini is mini in inches,they all tend to stay smaller in pots what have you in mind.

Was thinking on the edge of my rockery. It is a raised bed, with two little end pieces, funny shape really, but I wondered if one might look nice on the end.

Cinders
So needs to be happy in the Sun?.Quite a lot of the smaller ones have very thin fronds which scorch and not suitable for full Sun. Asplenium's there are small ones of them (loosely related to the mother in law tongue fern)I say loosely because you would not necessarily recognize them as such.Athyriums but need part shade that includes the Japanese painted fern, there is plenty of that here if you want to try it.And of course the one I propagated from the leaf,but that can get quite large over a few years thats Poystichum Setiferum.Again you can have that if you wish.

I rather liked the Athyrium Pictum Regal Red, but expect that would get rather large wouldnt it, it could have part shade on one end of rockery.
I can probably send you a small Daphne Odora cutting, with roots, if you would like it, and I am trying to get a Brunnera Jack Frost going for you. Not very big yet but you can have it. If you would like it of course.

Ditto Sticki!

lovely colours and lovely ferns Brian :o)

Bilbo it is nice just wants a bit of Sun