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Thanks Darrel. And it certainly is a very good grower. It burst in to flower almost over night.
 
I have seen this before Geraniums near to and in water, a few years ago working on a factory an overgrown part of the canal ,masses of "wild" geranium in flower growing at side of and into canal, it was a lovely sight
 
Rhododendron surrounded by ground elder. Any tips for getting rid of the latter?
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Ground elder is a bugger indeed. We have a patch in a rose border that every few years we think we've finally got on top of, then it returns.
If you don't mind spraying, now is probably the time, when it's in full growth. If you're using glyphosate, the trick is to feed it generously first, and then hit it a week or so later.
We had one area where we gave up weeding round things, and just dug everything out we wanted to keep, stuck it in buckets, and then we could dig properly to a depth and clear it. We still get the odd bit returns but 20 years on it's still relatively free. Rhodos are very shallow rooted, so yours would probably lift and move quite easily: I'd be inclined to do that and then you can really get at the ground elder properly.

we also have a continuous battle with bluebells, which are v. invasive and will outcompete any small bulbs. If you have the Spanish ones (not sure from the photo but if you have mauves and whites they'll be spanish, and the plant is coarser overall than the native) they're particularly invasive and if there is a proper bluebell wood at all close by, bees will crosspollinate and the wood will end up as a hybrid population, which is quite a loss.
 
dw1305 said:
I love a Turk's cap Lily. If I had somewhere cool and damp I'd definitely have a go with that one.

Maybe a move to Alba beckons.
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everybody welcome!
dw1305 said:
I look longingly at the Nomocharis and <"Lilium nepalense"> lilies even though my garden could be more unsuitable.
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Have just started with Nomocharis .. but we have lots of turkscaps, most now over for this year, sadly. They will survive in a sunny border, but not really thrive. These langkonense, and some martagons, are actually in a well-drained raised bed in fairly full sun. But then, full sun in the NE of Scotland is probably the same light as semi-shaded in much of England.

Plenty of seed set this year on the martagons, if you fancy a go.
 
Hi all,
hwscot said:
Plenty of seed set this year on the martagons, if you fancy a go.
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I've grown a few over the years, but they've all dwindled away eventually. One problem is that they are haute cuisine for Lily Beetles.

About the only one that survives long term is Lilium pardalinum, and that never looks like it is enjoying itself.
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cheers Darrel
 
Hi all,
PARAGUAY said:
a few years ago working on a factory an overgrown part of the canal ,masses of "wild" geranium in flower growing at side of and into canal,
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Possibly <"Geranium x oxonianum "Claridge Druce"> it is very tenacious of life and sets seed freely, I've seen it "wild" in all sorts of places.

cheers Darrel
 
dw1305 said:
Hi all,

I've grown a few over the years, but they've all dwindled away eventually. One problem is that they are haute cuisine for Lily Beetles.

About the only one that survives long term is Lilium pardalinum, and that never looks like it is enjoying itself.
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Ah, well there's another reason to move to Scotland. So far we've been spared .. though we're all aware that may change. I'm in the Scottish Rock Garden Society, and haven't heard of folk in the NE suffering .. yet.

I'd keep trying though. A lot of the martagons on the market are actually hybrids, with L. hansonii in particulary, but many named varieties probably way beyond resolving into particular parentage. Some are much more robust than others. Our conditions are generally favourable, but still some varieties go better than others. Our best doer, probably, is L. m. albiflorum .. grows well and sets lots of seed. Very happy to send you some if you fancy another try.
 
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