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Winter Gardening

Necron · 2011-11-07 21:44:22

Its cold, dark and frost is all over the ground. Are there any easy to maintain plants that I can tend to over the winter?

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07-11-2011 10:44pm

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Necron

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Its cold, dark and frost is all over the ground. Are there any easy to maintain plants that I can tend to over the winter?

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#2 07-11-2011 11:39pm
rje66

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Are there any easy to maintain plants that I can tend to over the winter?

.....generally easy to maintain plants dont need tending......

but these plants will look good in winter
skimmia japonica
hellebores (various types)
cyclemen
Mahonia xMedia

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#3 08-11-2011 7:02pm
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Cornus also coming in green, orange, red and black stemmed cultivars

Winter is the time for relaxation because plants will not be growing

Mark

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#4 10-11-2011 6:30pm
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Try growing some food.
Winter onions like radar will be ready by late may/june.
Garlic goes in the ground now for harvest later next year

Kales like Tosca Nero and Red Russian are edible and ornamental
I just started forcing endive, so thats an experiment.

Johnstown garden centre do a good range of winter veg and plants.

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