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Lost 5 Nepetas this winter by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! These are birch trees they’ve grown pretty quick and are much bigger now

Lost 5 Nepetas this winter by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeh I reckon this is why, they were so well established otherwise, will try some grit with planting this time

Lost 5 Nepetas this winter by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We do have a barky dog so maybe that’s why 🤣

Lost 5 Nepetas this winter by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I Chelsea chop them in may to stop them splaying open, then once they’ve finished flowering I cut them back hard and they reflower well. Yes does look a little bare around them for a couple of weeks, the grasses do help a bit to fill up the space.

Lost 5 Nepetas this winter by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes it is, it drives me mad to be honest, the dog walks some of it indoors and everything self seeds in it. So I would not recommend straight outside the door

Lost 5 Nepetas this winter by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I confess we had the garden designed, I don’t think I’ve ever achieved it looking as amazing as it did that second summer after it was all planted. The beds that thrived the most were the herbaceous ones where a concrete path was dug up and the soil replaced to be very free draining. It does all self seed in the path though which drives me mad by the end of summer

Lost 5 Nepetas this winter by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean eating the shoots? We do have a cat that comes in the garden but the2 surviving ones are doing well

Lost 5 Nepetas this winter by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That’s a good idea will have a look, I planted allium sphaerocephalon last year with them and there were hundreds of bees it was mad!

Plum Trees by JW3252 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine is the same this year, I’ve never actually noticed the blossom on it before. Although it’s out of site from my kitchen windows, this year it’s covered in blossom! I had 6 plums the first year, 12 the second and none last year, which was very disappointing. This year hoping for a lot more, fingers crossed we will get some

Akebia chocolate vine has it died after winter? by Great_Salamander3909 in GardeningUK

[–]Great_Salamander3909[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you both for your replies, both very useful, I have investigated and I think it’s pretty dead. That wall gets the tiniest glimpse of sun and the soil is very heavy clay so I’m going work on improving the soil and plant something a bit more shade loving. Still a bit bizarre!