Colorful Garden Chat Picture Thread

By the way, my wife bought small blackberry and raspberry bushes and yellow and white [Blomme]. And something that looked like grass, but pretty? She says it should later serve as a privacy screen.

Those who have a little patience can save a lot of money… Many plants we have "brought along" from our former small terraced house garden. That means Sedum, lavender, grasses, bergenia, ferns, sage, boxwood, balloon flower, hostas, and much more have been propagated many times over through cuttings or division. We also received cuttings from the neighbors. After 2..3 years, most plants are already a decent size. I usually only buy plants once and then propagate them myself… it's so easy! The plants that are still too small in the first years I fill in with annual flowers. Perfect are marigolds, zinnias, petunias, and calendulas, impatiens, and wax begonias. They bloom all summer and some come back on their own…

After several visits to a nursery, I believe I can assess that the price is reasonable.

But it's just a drop in the ocean ;)

Those who are a bit patient can save a lot of money… We brought many plants from our former small townhouse garden. That means we propagated sedum, lavender, grasses, bergenia, ferns, sage, boxwood, balloon flower, hostas, and much more multiple times through cuttings or division. We also received offshoots from our neighbors. After 2..3 years, most plants reach a decent size. I usually buy plants only once and then propagate them myself… it’s so easy! For plants that are still too small in the first years, I fill in with annual flowers. Perfect are marigolds, zinnias, petunias, calendulas, impatiens, and wax begonias. They bloom all summer and some come back on their own…

I need to take a closer look at how this is done. Everything has sprouted very well here so far, maybe in a few years I can also propagate something myself.

It can work as early as next year. The lavender this year. You can find instructions on the Internet. Collecting seeds yourself is also easy. Just make sure that the first time you buy open-pollinated seeds or, with tomatoes and the like, no hybrids.

Hello everyone, We have received a Japanese maple and are currently wondering whether it can still be planted or if it might already be too late? It will probably be more of a bush than a little tree. What do you think, should we plant it in the ground or overwinter it in the pot?