Want to know any good gardening stores to buy the following plants

carlowplayer · 12-06-2013 1:55am #1

mister gullible · 12-06-2013 8:45am

AFAIK Murphy and Woods in Johnstown Road, Cabinteely, supply a good few choice plants and can also order in. Probably pricey though. A lot of your requirements (butterfly bush, foxglove, dahlia, sunflowers, forsythia, camellia etc) should be available in most decent garden centres.

Sgt Pepper 64 · 12-06-2013 9:14am

Alliums(both varieties)
Best ordered online for next year now
Tiger Lillies - online

Dahlia - you just missed a great deal on on of those daily deal sites. Online is best

Sunflowers - Grow yourself, one of the easiest to do, you can get a pack for 2-4 euro, maybe too late to start now.

Foxgloves - ditto, but remember they are bi-annual and poisionus to kids

Gladiolus - online

Lavender and Lupins, incredibly easy to grow from seed

butterfly bush can be a bit of thug

paddy147 · 12-06-2013 11:37am

Hydragena Seemanii is a lovely evergreen climber.

Its self supporting/self clinging and has lovely rich everygreen leaves and scented white flowers that flower from late June-early July onwards.

Can be had in Orchard Garden Centre,Johnstown Garden Centre and Howth Garden Centre.

paddy147 · 12-06-2013 3:42pm

You could also try some Thalictrums.

Beautifull long stemmed plant that grows 2 meters tall,flowers,and then dies back down.

Comes back each year and slowly spreads/sends up new shoots over time.

Beautifull plant indeed.

Also the same can be said for Polygonatriums....a beautifull long stemmed plant with long thin leaves and a lovely flower.This slowly spreads out and sends up new shoots each year.

Mylow · 12-06-2013 5:05pm

I see your user name mentions Carlow, if your in Carlow you could try the arboretum in Leighlinbridge.

carlowplayer · 12-06-2013 7:09pm

Does anyone know what this species is because i saw them alot when growing up in Cork.
http://brunei-irish.blogspot.ie/2010/08/irish-summer-flowers.html

Yeah im doing my investigations now to plan for the planting of the flowerbed in Spring.
Just when do I plant the Shrubs?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92499048@N08/sets/

Im considering planting the shrub along the old flowerbed strip to create a natural border between the left and right gardens possibly as well as at the back of the garden.I plan to leave a small bare stone walkway in the flowebed strip.Ill probably put lavender around the tree and birdhouse and Thalictrums in between the two trees by the end of the garden (picture 05 and 06).Im also thinking of putting an Oleander Bush behind the shed.
I can put two shrubs at the veryback of the garden(07).Im looking for any small climbing plant to cover the fence behind the shed.
I plane to put a large flowerbed at front of the left garden(pic 09) as far as the little high grass on the left(the entire area to there so in the summer one can look out there and admire the view while sunbathing.As the water resovoir Im going to put the green fence up properly and get some climbing plant ie honeysuckle there.The second green fence to the right there im going to remove it as there are some weeds overgrowing inside it and probably plany a small tree there.
Does anyone know the name of the flowering shrub in pics 11,12 and 13?
As well as the name of the weed in pics 14 and 15?

Also is there any sort of herbicide that kills only grass but not any other plants to deal with any growing in between other shrubs/small trees in the right side garden

celticbhoy27 · 12-06-2013 8:59pm

answer to the 1st question is crocosmia lucifer

paddy147 · 12-06-2013 9:00pm

celticbhoy27 wrote: »

answer to the 1st question is crocosmia lucifer

Lovely sight around pond/lake edges and riversides.:)

pwurple · 12-06-2013 10:15pm

celticbhoy27 wrote: »

answer to the 1st question is crocosmia lucifer

Almost, but It's not crocosmia 'lucifer'. Lucifer is red rather than orange. That photo is the common crocosmia, also known as montbretia. Scientific Name: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora.

Extremely vigourous plant, and I recommend you don't plant it in a garden at all. Get one of the less inasive hybrids instead.

On when to plant shurbs, the general rule of thumb is when the plant is dormant. So any time from autumn, winter, to early spring. You can plant anytime in the summer too, but run the risk of the plant getting stressed from drought if you can't keep it watered while it is getting established.

Bixy · 12-06-2013 11:34pm

The crocosmia in question (Monbretia) is not a native species but has naturaised and is a feature along roadsides in Cork and Kerry. For those who did go to Bloom (:D) you would have seen it featured in Fiann O'Nuallain's garden "Destination Bloom along side Gunnera and other "invasive" species, highlighting the challenge of exotic species that escape out of the garden and into the wider landscape.
Having said that I happily plant Crocosmia Lucifer in a garden setting (but maybe not around a lake!)

paddy147 · 12-06-2013 11:42pm

Bixy wrote: »

The crocosmia in question (Monbretia) is not a native species but has naturaised and is a feature along roadsides in Cork and Kerry. For those who did go to Bloom (:D) you would have seen it featured in Fiann O'Nuallain's garden "Destination Bloom along side Gunnera and other "invasive" species, highlighting the challenge of exotic species that escape out of the garden and into the wider landscape.
Having said that I happily plant Crocosmia Lucifer in a garden setting (but maybe not around a lake!)

Is this the garden in question.:)

Bixy · 13-06-2013 9:51am

It is! and if you look over to the left of your first image you can see the Crocosmia/monbretia in the sacks (and a smaller plant artistically 'escaping' out the sack).

carlowplayer · 13-06-2013 1:37pm

would the shrubs be bothered by frost during the winter when being established if they were planted during the early autumn/late summer? It gets very fosty and cold during December/earl January
Anyone still know the name of the small shrub at picture 12 and 13?

pwurple · 13-06-2013 9:23pm

carlowplayer wrote: »

would the shrubs be bothered by frost during the winter when being established if they were planted during the early autumn/late summer? It gets very fosty and cold during December/earl January
Anyone still know the name of the small shrub at picture 12 and 13?

Shrub is Some weigela. possibly Weigela 'Merlot Pink'.

Weed is cranesbill.

Frost hardy shrubs are not bothered by frost when dormant in winter.

tara m · 15-06-2013 12:27am

You'll find it hard to get hold of Oleanders now - the last few years imports from Holland/Italy have been found to be host to Bemisia tabacci, or tobacco whitefly. Best avoided for a few years until the growers de-fest themselves! Lovely plants though.

david75 · 15-06-2013 8:49am

Urban plant life on cork street, d8, is a wonderful spot with tons of everything you could want.

paddy147 · 19-06-2013 4:20pm

Heres what a fully grown Thalictrum looks like.

We have them in our garden and they are currently at 8 feet in height.

Its just starting to flower now (small little flowers at the top of the plant) ,and in the next week-10 days it will be in full flower.

It will die back down to nothing when winter comes,and then it will start to grow up out of the ground in the following spring time.

IMO its a lovely plant and ideal/perfect for shaded areas..:)

Want to know any good gardening stores to buy the following plants

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