Threave has many ‘Southern Gem’, about half are planted in one mass roughly the shape of a map of Scotland. From the NTS website – (National Trust for Scotland) “64-acre ornamental garden with interest throughout the year from a large…
Hi all, The snail is back again, 18 days on, bit more colour around. This is one of the garden compartments at Greenbank, a National Trust for Scotland property in Glasgow. Some 500 daffodils are on display, typically in…
Trifluralin is one of the dinitroanilines, a group of Root Inhibitors. It appears that as germination takes place root growth (and possibly shoot growth) takes a hiding, resulting in spindly plants, barely alive, which may surface, but quickly die. Trifluralin remains in…
To Michael, John and All, Quite a lot of heat has been generated about this chemical. The link provides technical info, too much, but the bit on its use may be of interest. trifluralin (Treflan) Herbicide Profile 2/85…
Not much else but this monster out and about today, the blooms are ‘Jumblie’ and ‘Spring Dawn’. Nearby I noticed ‘Jedna’ and ‘Goblet’. Lots of buds, another week before much action as the 450+ cultivars get going. The garden has…
Hello All, Sorry to anyone who has had to download more than necessary. It was around midnight in Scotland and I made a right hash of sending them. George Norris