This is just a quick post to let you all know that it is National Gardening Week from the 11th April - 17th April. It was founded by the Royal Horticultural Society five years ago and is now the country's biggest celebration of gardening. There are events all over the country and if you go to http://www.nationalgardeningweek.org.uk you will be able to find out what is taking place near you.
Keep an eye out for Friday 15th April as that is National Open Gardens Day and quite a lot of gardens are free to visit on this day.
Friday 8 April 2016
Barking up the wrong tree...
On Tuesday the team of myself, Rach, Sam, and Carl spent the day spreading bark on the rose borders in front of the James Graham building.
We seemed to have all the possible weather combinations throughout the day from glorious sunshine to rain, to hail, to wind, and back again to sunshine, all on a repeat cycle. It seemed that as soon as I dared to remove my hood it would start to rain again. But in spite of the crazy weather we managed to get the borders covered and they look all the better for it.
We shouldn't need to re-bark these beds for another two years, so it'll just be a case of keeping on top of any weeds that dare to sprout up and ruin the display of lovely roses.
(Photographs taken by myself on 5th April 2016)
We seemed to have all the possible weather combinations throughout the day from glorious sunshine to rain, to hail, to wind, and back again to sunshine, all on a repeat cycle. It seemed that as soon as I dared to remove my hood it would start to rain again. But in spite of the crazy weather we managed to get the borders covered and they look all the better for it.
We shouldn't need to re-bark these beds for another two years, so it'll just be a case of keeping on top of any weeds that dare to sprout up and ruin the display of lovely roses.
(Photographs taken by myself on 5th April 2016)
So many bulbs...
I mentioned in a previous post that we planted a variety of bulbs in September to November so I though it would be worthwhile showing you just what to look out for around campus this year.
It was my decision as to what we ordered for this years colour and we ended up planting 3500 bulbs to give a stunning display of colour. So far the campus is looking great with all the daffodils flowering and now the tulips are starting to appear.
So here's what to look out for:
Crocus sativus - Fragrant purple flowers in autumn
Narcissi Sempre Avanti - White and yellow flowers in spring
Allium Bulgaricum - 20-30 bell shaped flowers with a pink/red stripe in summer.
Allium mixed - White, blue, yellow, and mauve flowers in May and June.
Frittilaria Assyriaca - Deep purple/orange flowers in spring.
Muscari Armeniacum - Purple/blue pea-like flowers in spring.
Dutch Iris Mixture - A vibrant mix of colour in summer.
Tritileia Queen Fabiola - Clusters of purple star shaped flowers in May and June.
Tulip Rembrandt - Wide opening cream flower with an external pink stripe in spring.
Crocus Kotschyanus - Vibrant pink flowers in autumn.
Tritileia Rudy - Up to 25 purple flowers per stem in May and June.
My apologies for the quality of some of the pictures but hopefully as these bulbs start to appear then I'll be able to replace them with photographs taken by myself.
We planted the daffodils and tulips around the channels of the buildings that look out onto the acre along with Macaulay, Priestley, and Bronte. The rest were planted in various locations around campus with several being planted in the rockery leading up the steps to Carnegie. So that area should look fantastic as the flowers start to emerge.
I hope you get to see the results of this mass planting and I will be keeping the blog up to date with the results as they appear.
It was my decision as to what we ordered for this years colour and we ended up planting 3500 bulbs to give a stunning display of colour. So far the campus is looking great with all the daffodils flowering and now the tulips are starting to appear.
So here's what to look out for:
Crocus sativus - Fragrant purple flowers in autumn
(Image from www.sativus.com)
Narcissi Sempre Avanti - White and yellow flowers in spring
(Image from www.99roots.com)
Allium Bulgaricum - 20-30 bell shaped flowers with a pink/red stripe in summer.
(Image from www.jparkers.co.uk)
Allium mixed - White, blue, yellow, and mauve flowers in May and June.
(Image from www.jparkers.co.uk)
Frittilaria Assyriaca - Deep purple/orange flowers in spring.
(Image from www.hartsnursery.co.uk)
Muscari Armeniacum - Purple/blue pea-like flowers in spring.
(Image from www.jparkers.co.uk)
Dutch Iris Mixture - A vibrant mix of colour in summer.
(Image from www.jparkers.co.uk)
Tritileia Queen Fabiola - Clusters of purple star shaped flowers in May and June.
(Image from www.jparkers.co.uk)
Tulip Rembrandt - Wide opening cream flower with an external pink stripe in spring.
(Image taken by myself)
Crocus Kotschyanus - Vibrant pink flowers in autumn.
(Image from www.jparkers.co.uk)
Tritileia Rudy - Up to 25 purple flowers per stem in May and June.
(Image from www.jparkers.co.uk)
My apologies for the quality of some of the pictures but hopefully as these bulbs start to appear then I'll be able to replace them with photographs taken by myself.
We planted the daffodils and tulips around the channels of the buildings that look out onto the acre along with Macaulay, Priestley, and Bronte. The rest were planted in various locations around campus with several being planted in the rockery leading up the steps to Carnegie. So that area should look fantastic as the flowers start to emerge.
I hope you get to see the results of this mass planting and I will be keeping the blog up to date with the results as they appear.
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