Our speaker this month was James Foster-Pegg from the Gardens Group
who have Garden centres at Sherborne, Yeovil and Poundbury. His
talk entitled" Spring Colour and Interest in the Garden" was very
informative and entertaining. He came armed with lots of plants which
members were able to purchase at the end of the evening. These included
shrubs, bulbs, perennials and spring bedding plants. As he displayed
each plant he explained their growth pattern, the soil they were suited
to, where to place in the garden and how to prune them.
He
emphasised the need when buying shrubs to check their final growth
height and spread as there are many variations of the same species and
whilst one variety may suit the space available others may not. His
pruning tip was if a shrub flowers before "Mid Summer" prune after
flowering, if they flower after that day prune during the winter period.
Bulbs should be fed after the foliage has died down approximately six
weeks after flowering. He drew attention to the many different feeds
available and that some will only be effective for one week, whilst
others will last 4-5 weeks. Since this winter has been particularly wet a
lot of the nutrients in the soil will have washed away; this can be
corrected by adding a top surface dressing such as manure or well
rotted compost.
The talk finished with a Questions and Answers session much enjoyed by members.
Flower of the month Competition was won by Cath Burt with this anemone.
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