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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Well with the sun shining, I have been busy cutting down some old barrels and planting some of them up.

Not really being a plant expert, I have decided to put this out to the font.of all knowledge, the fab lounge forumites.

So best plants to out in them, no Latin names please

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bizzie lizzies

Or herbs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fuchsias

Lobellia

Marigolds

Petunias

Geraniums

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Snapdragons do really well in containers, even when neglected!

Strawberries also do well in tubs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I grow strawberries in hanging baskets a delish walk past pick gobble treat

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Snapdragons do really well in containers, even when neglected!

Strawberries also do well in tubs "
customers would be nicking them lol xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can grow herbs.

Pretty much only herbs.

Today I have been planting up the new garden (with the help of No. 1 Chap in case he sees this and sulks). I have no idea about flowery things. My philosophy is; put the green shiz in the brown shiz, water it and see what happens.

However, my herbs are looking and tasting glorious (I may have been a Hedge Witch in a past life).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Fuchsias

Lobellia

Marigolds

Petunias

Geraniums"

Yup

All these are good, and cheap and easy to grow

Marigolds tend to be slug and snail dinner though

You best do it a bit sharpish OP, bedding plants dont tend to grow much in November!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depending on the width of the barrels, why not put some canes in the centre and grow some sweet peas? Or runner beans.

Then around the edges, trailing lobelia and/or surfinia with geranium in between the canes and the edge.

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

Bacopa is a nice trailing plant, the white is pretty. Also violas.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The best my garden ever looked is when I went out bought the bedding plants I liked the sound of or looked nice. I planted them without a second thought of what height they'd grow too and the end result was gorgeous.

Each time I tried to do something planned it looked rubbish. I've given up for the time being as we've had an on going battle with bind, and the bind is currently winning.

Ginger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Verbena...grows to about a meter, lovely purplish flowers, insects love them. Won't take as much looking after as traditional beding plants and will look slightly quirkier.

Heleniums and echinacia (cone flowers) are nice too, not sure how high maintenance they are though.

Talk to someone at your local garden centre tell them you want plants that are low maintenance, will attract butterflies and insects and aren't to thirsty, you don't want to spend all your spare time watering, wastes time and water

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you want go plant bedding or something permanent?

How much sun are they going to get?

How much effort are you going to put into keeping them watered?

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire


"Fuchsias

Lobellia

Marigolds

Petunias

Geraniums"

Yep I’d go with those

Bizzie’s need a lot of watering

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By *mokes n MirrorsCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth and Newcastle (sometimes)

Just wack in a few pampas grass roots.

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