UK gardening - cheating tips wanted :-)

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cheating tips wanted :-)

Kate Morgan

2007-06-22, 9:25 am

We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all my
roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up for
the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky peeps
will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open their
gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)

kate

Capt. Beefheart

2007-06-22, 1:25 pm

"Kate Morgan" <katemorgan@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all
> my roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
> shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up
> for the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky
> peeps will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open
> their gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)
>
> kate

That reminds me...About 10 years ago i was Texture coating a super-rich
chaps mansion in Newbury, this was a huge job & i was there for 4 months or
so & we all got along nicely. It was also a hot summer & they was having a
garden party with a marquee & all the trimmings for their 30th wedding
anniversary. The trouble was that his wife wanted perfection & was rather
miffed that the lawn looked scorched & she asked me if i had any ideas to
rescue it, i jokingly suggested that i buy some grass coloured water based
emulsion & spray the lawn with my spray-paint unit....So we did & after a
few passes with my kit we had a lush lawn that looked rather excellent.
Regards,
Beefheart.

Tim

2007-06-22, 1:25 pm

Capt. Beefheart wrote:
> "Kate Morgan" <katemorgan@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:467bd040$0$8713$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>
> That reminds me...About 10 years ago i was Texture coating a
> super-rich chaps mansion in Newbury, this was a huge job & i was
> there for 4 months or so & we all got along nicely. It was also a hot
> summer & they was having a garden party with a marquee & all the
> trimmings for their 30th wedding anniversary. The trouble was that
> his wife wanted perfection & was rather miffed that the lawn looked
> scorched & she asked me if i had any ideas to rescue it, i jokingly
> suggested that i buy some grass coloured water based emulsion & spray
> the lawn with my spray-paint unit....So we did & after a few passes
> with my kit we had a lush lawn that looked rather excellent. Regards,
> Beefheart.

Whoops managed to reply to Capt. B's addy, so apologies if you see this
twice

I've seen the groundsmen at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua water the
grass with green dyed water prior to a match! don't know how common that is
though?

Thinking about it, instant wow things might be sexy lighting, or some mature
plants from a specialist that are at their best, sculpture shaped things!
Interseting new pots with some nice new plants plonked (carefully arranged!)
in them. Just a thought

HTH

Tim
--
http://www.timdenning.myby.co.uk/

Serena Blanchflower

2007-06-22, 1:25 pm

* Kate Morgan wrote, On 22/06/2007 14:35:
> We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly
> all my roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of
> petunias, the shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any
> tips to make up for the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW
> factor, many picky peeps will be here to look and no doubt comment. How
> brave people open their gardens open their gardens to the public I will
> never know :-)

When I got married, many years ago but at this time of year, the
reception was in my parents' garden. My mother brightened up a couple
of relatively empty patches with bedding plants, planted in their pots
a couple of days before the wedding to reduce the risk of shocking them.

--
Cheers, Serena
I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control
what goes on inside. (Wayne Dwer)

Kate Morgan

2007-06-23, 9:25 am

Thank you all, I have a few good ideas now, we will pray for a fine day :-)

kate
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Serena Blanchflower" <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote in message
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>* Kate Morgan wrote, On 22/06/2007 14:35:
>
> When I got married, many years ago but at this time of year, the reception
> was in my parents' garden. My mother brightened up a couple of relatively
> empty patches with bedding plants, planted in their pots a couple of days
> before the wedding to reduce the risk of shocking them.
>
> --
> Cheers, Serena
> I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control
> what goes on inside. (Wayne Dwer)

Charlie Pridham

2007-06-25, 3:25 am

Kate Morgan

2007-06-25, 9:25 am

Lilies are a good idea , they look and smell great and I could leave it till
just before guests arrive to put them in place. I only have one clematis
and that is a Bill McKenzie which is a terrific plant, it looks stunning
every year climbing up the side of our forest stone barn, thanks Charlie.

kate

> We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all
> my
> for
> Lilies in pots.
> and for next year plant more clematis as the rain that ruins the roses
> makes
> them do even better! (my roses are a mess too!)
>
> --
> Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
> http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
> Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
> Lapageria rosea
>
>

Sacha

2007-06-25, 9:25 am

On 25/6/07 10:05, in article
467f8580$0$8719$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net, "Kate Morgan"
<katemorgan@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Lilies are a good idea , they look and smell great and I could leave it till
> just before guests arrive to put them in place. I only have one clematis
> and that is a Bill McKenzie which is a terrific plant, it looks stunning
> every year climbing up the side of our forest stone barn, thanks Charlie.
>
> kate
<snip?

You could perhaps get some standard roses in pots, too? But to be honest, I
don't think anyone is going to be able to be picky, Kate. The weather is
just awful for everyone. It's been nothing but stair rods or
straightforward rain here for days, wind, some wind, gales and now back to
freshening wind again..... ;-(

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)

Kate Morgan

2007-06-25, 9:25 am

snip
> You could perhaps get some standard roses in pots, too? But to be honest,
> I
> don't think anyone is going to be able to be picky, Kate. The weather is
> just awful for everyone. It's been nothing but stair rods or
> straightforward rain here for days, wind, some wind, gales and now back to
> freshening wind again..... ;-(
>
> --
> Sacha
Yes you are right Sacha we are all in the same boat and I am not going to
worry any more, the summerhouse has sprung a leak so guess what I will be
doing this afternoon. I do have lots of Pheasant Berry's to give to any
guest who might want them also some baby Acanthus so I should be able to
get some brownie points :-)

kate

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