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RE: Clumping, easy perennials - Veggie - 05-11-2022
I've realised that I do most of my weeding with a hoe so I need obvious clumps of plants so that I don't chop their heads off - as has happened several times.
The bigger the clump, the less there is to weed. I've planted Ajuga under the gooseberry bushes and I never weed there. Similarly with dianthus - the small clumps haven't quite joined up yet but they're reaching out to each other.
RE: Clumping, easy perennials - Farendwoman - 05-11-2022
(05-11-2022, 05:01 PM)SarrissUK Wrote: Salvia Hot lips! I bought two tiny plants a year ago, and they've grown into large plants and have non stop flowered since then. I'm going to have to move them as they've overshadowed several other plants already.Lucky you ! wish I had a problem with hot lips (salvia I mean!).
I do get hot lips when I pick lots of euphorbia though - anyone else??
RE: Clumping, easy perennials - Veggie - 05-11-2022
I have several Salvias (including Hot Lips) but my favourites are the Pineapple/Tangerine/Blackcurrant/Honeydew melon ones with the scented leaves - they're in flower now too. Very tactile plants, have to have a rub and a sniff as I pass them.
As for FEW's Euphorbia, I stopped growing them because of the sap - don't remember it affecting my lips though.
