Where to put it?

That was a good days work Spritz :-)

Thanks! It was when I came in that I felt chilly.....

All change now here Spritz.Heavy snow forecast during the night and blizzards ! Just light sprinkling at moment,but very icy out !

Lovely Christmas present from hubby Spritz will look really nice when its full of bloom :~)))

Too cold here to work outside - blowing and snowing! Well done, you!
Which Lonicera depends on which roses you have on there, when they flower and if you want the honeysuckle to flower at the same time or later. The closer to the wild one the better for perfume.
Is this the pot the Pieris is going in to?

It is indeed - the rose right behind it is 'New Dawn', and the one to the right is 'Ballerina' - so they're two shades of pale pink. A late flowering one would take over from the roses, I thought. It wouldn't matter too much about the scent - that's just an added bonus!

Our area should be free of snow tomorrow, but it's a slight threat for Saturday. I shall wrap up warm - and get on with it! (I hope!)

Wow what a day's work. I wish you all the best for tomorrow as it's forecast for yet more snow and f-f-freezing temperatures again.

oh what a lovely days work in the garden. we have had about 1/2-1" of snow with more forecast for tonight. so i hope it is fine fr you tomorrow. dont forget to wrap up warm mind. will henry help or will he stay in the warm and watch?

will look good there barbara, honey suckles are pretty to, read up and some are very invasive apparently and shouldnt be put in gardens close to other plants, so guess you will have to read up on differant ones :o))

Henry decided to go in the stream and bark at me! - how he can paddle in ice-cold water beats me!

By the way, I did ALL this work this afternoon. I went hell for leather to keep warm....LOL. Told you I was crazy!

He must have a strong constitution then Spritz. Duke wouldn't go swimming at any time let alone in freezing weather like this!

I knew you would have itchy fingers! Its amazing how much work you can do when its cold - I sometimes think it helps to speed things along!

LOL. You're getting to know me, aren't you, Bl.....yes, I'm even wondering how to persuade my husband to go and fetch bags of ericacious compost - and finding white erica to plant BEFORE Christmas! :-)))))))))

Ian - Henry loves any kind of water, icy, dirty, muddy, deep, shallow, moving, still, just ANY at any time! Oh yes, he'd love to go swimming, not just paddling, given the opportunity. :-)

looks like an ideal spot for the pot :0) there spritz cant wait to see it finished, wouldnt like to rush you mind :0)))

LOL. I am sooooo impatient, Joanella!

im the same i cant wait to dig up my veg off the plot 4 xmas day i want to get it tmoz, but am holding myself back from the trowel lol your pot is a good size though !

Spritz..... Don't get too cold- the weather is deceiving....it's been hovering at zero here all day.

I know what its like when you want to get something done. Alan had to bring out a glass of brandy on one occasion when I was working in freezing temperatures out there in the garden!
Make sure there are plenty of warm drinks, or a flask of hot soup or even a ' nip of something stronger ' at hand!!!!
Hope all goes well locating the pot in its new home.

It would be Lonicera Periclymenum 'Serotina' (Late Dutch) for me. If you see a honeysuckle flower, you're going to stick your nose in it aren't you and it would be a shame not to be rewarded with that gorgeous scent. Very good choice of pot - love it, but wouldn't like to lift it out of the car boot !!! :~))

I think it will look nice with the trellis behind it. What's going in the pot ?

Just noticed your dear little tools in the first two pics...no wonder it took you all day!
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Thanks all - yes, I'm sure it will be icy out there, Grenville - but I am a stubborn 'wotsit' - and I want to get the rest of the honeysuckle out!!

Thanks, Mw for the suggestion - l'll check it out.

Hywel - I have a Nursery sourcing a specimen Pieris 'Flaming Silver' for me - but it won't be available until Feb/March. In the meantime, I'd like to get white Erica in there!

BS - if you'd had to dig out 'trillions' of tiny Ox-eye seedlings individually, you'd have been using the small trowel, too...it's a great little tool. :-))) My hand-rake was for raking leaves gently out of the Osteospermum - I want to keep them.

It DIDN'T take all day - only an afternoon! :-))))))

the white ericas sound lovely, will you use them as disposable bedding or will you try and use them year on year?
I always intend to compost bedding but when they have been really good i try and save them, hence all the pots of things.

Pieris sounds nice. You'll be able to give it the soil it needs. I like white heather too - and if the Pieris is called 'Flaming Silver' they should go well together :o))

I suspect that me being me, I shall want to change the Ericas after they've flowered - so yes, they'll be potted up! My area outside the greenhouses always looks like a mini-Nursery, Sbg! LOL.

Thanks, Hywel - I had a 'vision' of what I wanted to plant - and I hope it works!

and why are you not out there gardening spritz? I have the supervision of 8 working in the computer section. Rather boring oh hum.

I thought you meant the heathers and Pieris were going to be there together. Well maybe it would get a bit overcrowded.

That's a nice BIG pot Barbara

It's nice to get something you really want for a gift!

Have you made an ultimate decision yet or are you just mulling it around in your head?

Watch this weather as it's bitterly cold, like Grenville said you may need a little tot of something stronger to warm you up, good work though, it's nice to have a good old clear-up, clear out the clutter, isn't that the motto of a Scandinavian furniture maker who does nice meat balls?

Regards, Micky 45

Well done Barbara you did work hard , i like all peiris looking forward to seeing it in the spring.

I'm dubious about putting any type of climbing honeysuckle with those roses - makes pruning any or all of them a nightmare. I like late flowering clematis with roses as they can be cut right down in spring and you have nice seed heads (with some of them)through the winter.
Are you thinking of 'chuck out your chinz' Micky 45?

I've done more clearing out there this morning - I don't think a replacement honeysuckle will work, either! So cross that one off.....I can't really plant any other climbers there, looking at the thick mat of Osteospermum! Never mind, it was only an idea!

Hywel - the pot is big enough to take the pieris AND heathers! The heathers will be on their own until I get the pieris, though.

Still my 'vision'!!! Ultimate decision - as long as I can get the pieris, that is! :-)))

Although it's not scented, how about lathyrus latifolius (everlasting pea)? Perennial, reaches around six feet and flowers from summer to early autumn - there are selected forms with pink or white flowers

Might be best to give some 'thinking time' and let the pot 'settle' in its new home before you think about replacing the plants in the surrounding area.

I know your'e just like me Barbara, you also want things done YESTERDAY!!!!... but sometimes it's best to wait.

Just another suggestion........ think as well about different light levels as well- theyre low at the moment, but some plants will look entirely different when the winter begins to fade and things brighten up,and this might also influence your choice of plants and the overall planting scheme for the pot and the surrounding area.

Andrew - thanks but no thanks! I've already got a surfeit of Lathyrus!

You are right, Grenville - I want it to look right and have these 'visions' in my head - not always practicable, though!

I'm not giving up the Pieris idea, though! LOL. I might end up not planting anything else at all - and just let the pot speak for itself!

I'm determined to get white erica in next week...I can just imagine that....:-)))

How about an unusual conifer Barbara ? much better than a boring old Pieris :o)))

Don't forget I have the second pot to sort out still! LOL.

two! conifers then ?

TWO???? My name isn't 'Bluespruce'!!!!

Barbara ...very good work...I love that I can now see the little brick work you have uncovered....very very nice.

I am quite taken with Jasmines..I found one in particular that may be something of interest you . I would not be suprised if you already have it..but when you talk of a flowering climber...the Jintu Jasmine of Tibet, sounds lovely to me..it is the..Jasmine Sambac it has a smell that is described as spicey and exotic, a bit of a musky scent as well...it made me think perhaps you would like to consider it.

I'll check it out, Cat - thanks. I have a feeling that I won't be able to plant anything else in this area, though. It definitely looks better without the non-flowering honeysuckle and I might just leave the roses to their own devices!

I've just published the next instalment, by the way :-)))!