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    Is now the right time/last frosts?!

    I've just got back from a bargain store and have picked up some bargains and was wondering if any fellow grapes can tell me if I can plant them out now? I've got the following to plant out:s again

    >Weigela
    >Forsythia (looking very happy, loads and loads of buds)
    >Hibiscus (rose of sharon, purpley type. or at least that's the impression I'm getting)
    >5 crab apple trees

    Also, I've read on several websites I can plant certain flowers etc 8 weeks before last frosts etc. When are last frosts roughly for Stoke-on-Trent/West Midlands area?

    Thanks folks for the help-I really am clueless and can't resist a bargain

    Diva
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    Hi there!
    Last frosts- early May- give or take a couple of weeks!

    First and last frost dates for towns and cities in the UK and USA


    If all the plants are potted up- then they can go in now as long as there isn't much new growth ( may need fleece if frosty)

    Not very sure without seeing them to be honest.

    They may well have been stored indoors and come on a bit too much-what do you think????
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    • #3
      You can plant your shrubs and trees now Diva as long as the grounds not frozen and is workable. As Nicos says, if they came from a garden centre they may have been undercover in which case you will need to harden them off, but if they were just standing outside they should be fine.

      From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Diva1983 View Post
        I can plant certain flowers etc 8 weeks before last frosts
        Do you mean sowing flower seeds?
        Yes, sow them March/April, but remember you must harden them off for 10-14 days before they go outside permanently
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Two_sheds,

          indeed that is what I meant!

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          • #6
            oOOOH, does that mean I can sow mine indoors then? I have Flax, Rudbeckia and Cosmos - I was a bit silly though, I bought them because of the picture on the packet...now home I have realised that they grow quite tall !! (up to four feet in the case of the Rudbeckia) I have also read that the Rudbeckia is invasive so I'll have to be carefull not to put it in my small front bed. Anyway its a fun isn't it!?? As long as I have lots of colour and butterflies and bees I don't mind. I have also bought some bulbs - I have planted loads this past year but the squirrels do help themselves to a lot it would seem. PS talking about butterflies is anyone planning to go to Wisley? We hope to go in two weeks.

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