Florist News

Dear Phalanopsis & Bryan! Love all the tips...very helpful, thanx. Can you help? I have a HUGE mimosa tree.....but nothing will grown under or near it. I have to resort to putting tubs and planters around it to cover bare earth. It's in full sun so ground VERY dry......... any advice welcome.

Hi Kar,
Mimosa (Albizia Julibrissen).
Beautiful as it may be, Mimosa is not a good neighbor to many native species of flora or fauna. It is irrefutably invasive and propagates freely from seed and also by sprouting new shoots from a dense spreading root structure.

Sciece Lesson Now.
Mimosa is allelopathic this means chemicals from the tree that wash down with rain suppress blooms in other plants and suppress seed germination of most species of plants. Mimosa may not be the greatest plant to have growing anywhere near blooming trees that fruit to sustain wildlife as yields can be compromised in the presence of this species.
In short, you are doing the only thing you can!
Hope this helps.
Bryan.

another flippin one to keep in a pot then hehe, I'd love a mimosa smells yummy

__________________
Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

You must be kidding...no chance in pot it's over 20ft high, but the fragrance when flowering is heavenly....fills the garden and wafts gently into the house......Mmmmmm.

Thank you for your help........thought as much......ground stinks around it where the roots are, but as for easy to propagate...HUH! Planted about 200 seeds and only got one to grow! It's one of my 'precious' plants, a favourite! What's yours?

Summers coming, time to get out there and get on! well done anyone who has been keeping up, shame on you anyone who hasn't!
Here is what you should be doing now the evenings are getting longer. (you might be busy at the weekend!)
Spread a layer of manure or compost around roses and shrubs.
Prepare areas for laying new lawns in spring, digging over, weeding and enriching the soil.
Be on the look out for slugs and snails, which will attack emerging shoots of perennials.
Keep weed seedlings under control, hand weeding regularly or using a hoe if conditions are dry.
Check mowers and garden machinery are in good working order and ready for the season ahead.
Look out for compost bargains at garden centres so you'll have all you need for spring sowing and potting.
Prune summer-flowering clematis, cutting above a low pair of green buds.
Cut out dead stems of ceratostigma and hardy fuchsias.
Prune all stems of Hydrangea paniculata down to about three buds from soil level.
Prepare areas in flowerbeds ready for sowing hardy annuals in late March and into April, digging over, weeding and enriching the soil.
Lift and divide congested border plants.
Plant out lilies to fill gaps in borders, or grow them on in pots.
Trim winter-flowering heathers.
Happy Gardening. Bryan.

Haxnicks Direct :: Our Products :: The Very Best in Plant Protection

Found this site as I have a large decking area at home thought these might be useful and they seem very reasonable price wise.