Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) May 2023 8:11am, 17 May 2023 37,882 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Cordylines, don’t you just hate auto incorrect 😬
Ocelot Spleens May 2023 9:23am, 17 May 2023 37,261 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Cucumbers proving difficult. Everything else is good apart from my rows of carrots. We keep getting near frosts. The carrots and Parsnips in big, deep pots are looking very good indeed. Among the flowers 2 Agapanthus have not come back, very odd that, plus 2 Verbena.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) May 2023 10:19am, 17 May 2023 37,887 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) My agapanthas haven't come back either, one is in a pot and I have always successfully wintered it in the shed As much as I like forget-me-not how on earth have they invaded my garden, they are everywhere!
Ocelot Spleens May 2023 10:53am, 17 May 2023 37,265 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Yes. My Agapathus are all in big pots, split them 2 years ago, no problem. It could be stress, very hot summer, very cold pre Christmas, warmed up, then froze again in March, but why are 2 OK, and 2 failing. Very odd.
Flatlander May 2023 5:08pm, 17 May 2023 2,779 posts	0 Flatlander My outside potted Agapanthus looks to have died, no shoots whatsoever. The Agapanthus in the ground had similarly looked dead, but has sent up growth, although it is quite weak o I don't expect them to flower this year. My potted Agapanthus in the greenhouse survived and is growing quite well, although it did lose few leaves in December's prolonged harsh frost.
Cerrertonia May 2023 5:20pm, 17 May 2023 18,871 posts	0 Cerrertonia I had about 15 agapanthus seedlings in pots - all died, not unexpectedly.
Eynsham Red May 2023 6:35pm, 17 May 2023 9,691 posts	0 Eynsham Red Our local nursery lost their entire stock of agapanthus to frost. They now have a replacement batch, but the price is a premium. It’s not been a good year for agapanthus so far.
Hanneke May 2023 6:43pm, 17 May 2023 103,717 posts	0 Hanneke It has not been great for anything semi-hardy. I lost all my lemon verbenas and many other things.
Fizz :-) May 2023 7:57pm, 17 May 2023 7,996 posts	0 Fizz :-) My agapanthus is super hardy. They’ve all survived outside. Mind you, we’ve lost plenty of other things!!
jacdaw May 2023 12:10pm, 20 May 2023 3,898 posts	0 jacdaw Lost all my Agapanthus years ago to frost. Buddleia has been close to murdered this year. Front garden at its unruly best in May (with deadish buddleia):