A SITE FOR MORE EYES! Bloomin' Great goes online to celebrate its first birthday!
BLOOMIN’ Great is now officially one year old and to celebrate, the newsletter is going on-line. www.angelfire.com/tv2/bloomingreat is the pilot website address where all of the newsletters will be displayed. We are also looking for more ideas, whereby you can tell us what you would like to see on the website - just e-mail your thoughts to: bloomingreat@postmaster.co.uk
Bloomin’ Great, in this first roller coaster year, has brought you 44 articles on your garden, 27 Tovey’s Tips and a staggering 20 suggested plants of the month!
So, in what has to be one of the best months in the gardening year - let’s raise a glass.......and celebrate Bloomin’ Great!
(Paul Tovey)
TAKE COLOUR FOR YOUR LIVES!
SEPTEMBER provides your garden with a surprising amount of colour - Montbretias and Michaelmas Daisies bask in the pale sunlight and the tantalising dew covered rosy apples are irresistable and need to be picked and enjoyed this month.
Autumn Crocus (Colchicums) push through the soil without leaves to provide a delicate splash of woodland colour.
And this is your last chance to enjoy the Summer, before getting ready for the Autumn blitz.
NOT TOO DE-SEPT-IVE!
THIS month will start with a rude reminder that Autumn is around the corner - cool North Westerly winds could bring showers and chilly nights.
Towards mid-month will become more settled with a good deal of warm sunshine.
The latter part should still be rather warm but more changeable though often dry.
THE RHODE TO SUCCESS
DON’T neglect to water Camellias and Rhodendrons - the reason? These shrubs are now producing their flower buds for next Spring’s blitz of colour!
Any drying out through September may result in those buds dropping off early next year.
These, along with Azaleas and Heathers would benefit from a weekly late season ericaceous liquid feed, for the next few weeks.
Severely yellowed
leaves may indicate a deficiency of iron and this can be corrected with sequestrine.
FOR A GARDEN IN ITS ELEMENT
IT’S ANOTHER five choices for your late Summer garden. Sedum “Autumn Glory”, Hibiscus (blue or pink), Colchicum “Water Lily” and Erigeron “Serenity” will be your late sizzlers for September. But Asters (Michaelmas Daisies) in their ghostly pale blue will ideally contrast the forthcoming fiery Autumn shades conveyed by other plants.
Tovey's Tips:
PLANT NIGELLA - IT'S THE LAW, SON!
SOW seeds of Nigella (Love-in-a-mist), Cornflowers (mixed) and Poppies directly into any spare sunny corners of your garden - for an extra early soft burst of colour next Summer!
BULBS NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH?
TREAT yourself to a selection of bulbs which can now start to be planted for that vivid Spring display - avoid planting Tulips until November to prevent the risk of fire blight disease.
SQUIRRELS IN THE MIST?
PLANT Alliums three inches deep in pots to protect from squirrels.
