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Nov 2021
12:22pm, 20 Nov 2021
82,228 posts
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Hanneke
Thing is, things self seed into the mulch and then attach themselves to the membrane, which is also plastic...
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Nov 2021
12:59pm, 20 Nov 2021
8,208 posts
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Eynsham Red
Paul has a form of muscular dystrophy and when tending the beds has to crawl around on hands and knees as his mobility and strength is so poor.
He’s fairly reliant upon volunteers including WWOOFers when available to help.
The fabric membrane is his one concession to not being totally organic, which his growing methods are. He’s very conscious that using this is not ideal, but he’s often fairly knackered by mid-afternoon, so every little aid helps.
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Dec 2021
4:22pm, 28 Dec 2021
24,007 posts
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Dvorak
All quiet on the garden front? Do any of you still have unseasonal blooms?
This is a bacopa, still flowering merrily in a hanging basket by the front door (hopefully you can make that out, they are dainty flowers). Season should be May-Oct. There are also at least a couple of geraniums flowering, plus several others still in leaf; and three begonias producing teeny-tiny flowers. There's not been a really hard, nor prolonged frost, but certainly a few sub-zero occasions.
I'm reckoning that if I have this, Southerners' gardens may still be resplendent 
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Dec 2021
4:34pm, 28 Dec 2021
13,360 posts
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Mandymoo
I still have fuchsias flowering and a cooker of geraniums down here on the Kent Coast
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Dec 2021
5:00pm, 28 Dec 2021
9,038 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I’ve got a pot of pelargoniums by the door that surprisingly hasn’t succumbed to the frosts and even has a couple of flower buds on. I guess the sheltered spot and occasional warmth from the wall is enough to keep them going.
Also I have a rose with lots of flowers and buds on still - it’s not unusual for the occasional rose bloom to appear this time of year in my garden, but I’ve never seen so many on the one shrub in winter before. The shrub is in dire need of a prune but I can’t possibly do it whilst it’s got all those flowers on!
Other than that the only blooms are on the fuchsias and the reliable winter jasmine. We have had a few hard frosts so far this winter .
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Dec 2021
5:30pm, 28 Dec 2021
55,668 posts
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Velocirappingpaper
I have some cheerful purple pansies in flower but most of them have been sulking since the frosts. The roses I planted a couple of months ago are putting out new shoots and the half price gypsophila are showing signs of underground activity. Otherwise it's all sticks and dirt.
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Dec 2021
9:27pm, 29 Dec 2021
21,482 posts
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Columba
Despite a few (not very hard) frosts, one of my marigolds still has a flower hanging on.
Also several primulae.
And the winter jasmine, but that's to be expected.
The Christmas rose, on the other hand, shows no sign of flowering any time soon.
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Dec 2021
11:50pm, 29 Dec 2021
83,712 posts
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Hanneklaas
My client's garden where I was today is behaving as if it is march. Primulas are out, bluebells pushing up
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Dec 2021
9:38am, 31 Dec 2021
53,825 posts
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alpenrose
I have an osteospurmum still in flower (when the sun comes out) and the fancy winter primroses I planted last year are mostly in flower.
I also noticed some bulbs stating to show above the ground, including snowdrops.
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Dec 2021
9:41am, 31 Dec 2021
8,663 posts
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sallykate
I have a large hebe which I should have cut back last year, it has quite a few flowers on it, as do my straggly lavenders (which I also failed to prune). I see quite a few roses when I'm out & about.
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