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  Posted by everhopeful (U11289037) on Thursday, 15th March 2012

  How do we keep the garden interesting in August I usually find most things have finished flowering
  My husband bought me a visit to Highgrove but because we were abroad he forgot to arrange a day in May which was my choice. So he had to take August which I am dissapointed about.

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  Posted by kate1123 (U14824475) on Thursday, 15th March 2012

  My garden is just getting into full stride, dahlias, cosmos, crocosmia, sedums, passion flower. I struggle more in June when the bulbs have finished.

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  Posted by Joe_the_Gardener (U3478064) on Thursday, 15th March 2012

  Big daisies of all sorts - helenium, echinacea, etccccccccccc

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Thursday, 15th March 2012

  My garden's full of lush stuff in August, all the veg is growing strong and most of the flowers from July onwards are coming into bloom. Gladioli, lillies, quite alot of the clemantis climbers flower right through the summer.

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  Posted by everhopeful (U11289037) on Friday, 16th March 2012

  I find April May and June the best months so now I have some idea from you helpful people I will add some of those plants to prolong the interest . I do have lots of veg and some cosmos etc but once the roses and lavender have finished the garden loses its wow factor, and this is not only mine but some that i visit.
  I guess a smaller garden is easier to keep filled and I do have lots of pots with pelergoniums which get put amongst the perenials to fill out the bolrders.
  Thank you
  EH

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  Posted by kate1123 (U14824475) on Friday, 16th March 2012

  EH how does yours look good in May and June?
  
  My understanding is that you have to be very careful visiting gardens, I visited Hyde Hall in September and was very disappointed.

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  Posted by Tee Gee (U10012255) on Friday, 16th March 2012

  These pictures have been taken in August and are of my garden & allotments over the last four or five years.
  
  Last year I pulled out most of my back garden because I lost over a thousand bedding plants due to 'poor' compost!
  
  Not expecting the compost situation to get any better in the near future I am now making my garden more perennial, so I am not sure what it will look like this August, but I am optimistic!
  
  

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  Posted by jo4eyes (U13654107) on Friday, 16th March 2012

  It's often worth buying a plant each month from a GC/nursery, that way you should always have something in flower all season. Not the cheapest way, but should work to extend your season.
  
  In my garden, part-shade in NWest, will have Dahlias, Cosmos, Rudbekias, Asters, Nastursiums, Crocosmias, Budleas, Clematis, Roses, Fuschias, Hardy geraniums will often repeat flower after earlier cutting back. J.

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  Posted by everhopeful (U11289037) on Friday, 16th March 2012

  EH how does yours look good in May and June?
  
  My understanding is that you have to be very careful visiting gardens, I visited Hyde Hall in September and was very disappointed.Ìý that would be the lavenders and roses and lots of shrubs and the pelergoniums
  
  
  

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  Posted by everhopeful (U11289037) on Friday, 16th March 2012

  These pictures have been taken in August and are of my garden & allotments over the last four or five years.
  
  Last year I pulled out most of my back garden because I lost over a thousand bedding plants due to 'poor' compost!
  
  Not expecting the compost situation to get any better in the near future I am now making my garden more perennial, so I am not sure what it will look like this August, but I am optimistic!
  
  Ìý Wow I am so impressed by those wonderful pictures and I bet they all tasted good also
  
  
  I dont bother with bedding plants I prefer perrenials and flowering shrubs.
  Lots of herbs and lavenders and roses when the spring bulbs have finished. I also have some clematis. I am wondering if I need to feed everything more often as I dont seem to get as many flowers as some people.

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  Posted by kate1123 (U14824475) on Friday, 16th March 2012

  I wondered the same thing, do I need to feed more or have more plants closer planted.
  
  EH I will have to consider roses, I have a few but they are all in the wrong places, a beginners mistake and they have been disappointing.

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  Posted by Tee Gee (U10012255) on Saturday, 17th March 2012

  In my opinion your thoughts on " more feeding" and "closer planting"might not be necessary!
  
  For example i only feed my plants once a year and I do this by applying a top dressing of general fertiliser just prior to planting out.
  
  Usually this is Fish,Blood & Bone on edible plants and Growmore on ornamentals.
  
  If plants are in pots or under cover I feed them more often.
  
  I have no particular pattern when I plant out, usually it takes the form drawing a mosaic in the soil,similar to how Alan Titmarsh sows annual seeds,
  
  This gives me a patchwork quilt effect.
  
  Within the patches I plant out 2" plug plants at centres roughly equal to the eventual spread of the plant being planted.
  
  For example a plant that potentially has a spread of 9" would be planted out at roughly 8"-10" apart within the patch, so the bigger the patch the more plants of that type I would require.
  
  Another consideration I make when planting out is the eventual height of the plants.
  
  Visually this takes the form of tallest plants at the back of the border or in the centre of bed.
  
  So basically my planting is fairly random, that is; it is done to suit the area I am covering and/ or the number of plants I have of a particular variety.
  
  Watering is another factor, I only give my plants a good soaking at planting out time and that's it! Unless the plants are under cover or in containers then I water as required.
  
  So basically I grow my plant quite hard and don' t coddle them too much, I have this idea that lush plants are more susceptible to pests & disease.
  
  I hope you don't mind me relating my methods but I thought my views might be worth considering...Tg
  
  
  
  
  

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  Posted by kate1123 (U14824475) on Saturday, 17th March 2012

  Tee Gee thanks for the advice, I think the problem as a novice gardener is trying to work out quantity, I have often been to the GC and bought 5 plants and they look lovely in the shopping basket but disappointing in the garden. Last year I bought 20 dahlias and it was the first time I felt I had got the quantities right.

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