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Go ahead and pinch them out. They will produce more flowers that way anyway. What a lovely spring it is!
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I think your dahlias will be ok with your improvised cover unless it is a very hard frost which seems unlikely.If there is a bit of damage dont despair. There is a good chance that they will shoot again from below ground. Of course if the polar bears eat them that is another problem.
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What is your soil like? I have never been able to grow lupins here and only realised recently that they need acid soil.I thought that I was just unlucky with a tough cottage garden type plant. Apparently the real enthusiasts grow them in containers with ericaceous compost. I'm not quite that keen but will work some sulphur into the soil for what may be my final attempt.
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Here in Suffolk we are about 4 weeks behind on most things. We have had incredible wind burn with what I thought was tough stuff like evergreen honeysuckles looking as if they have been attacked with a flame gun.Some things are flowering and going over rather fast but some are ok. The blackthorn is stunning.The cultivated plums have flowers but many fewer than I would have expected. Meanwhile in the woods the bluebells are right on time.
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If it ever flowered you might be able to sex it but I had a supposedly self fertile one for about 12 years before I threw it out as it never flowered at all. Yours sounds as if it has even more of a problem. What is your soil like? I was told some time after my failure that they prefer acid soil and mine is very alkaline.
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I use root trainers a fair bit for deep rooted stuff like sweet corn and beans. If your tomato plants are going outside they shouldn't go out for another couple of weeks as it is still a bit cold for them at night. That means that they will need to be potted on to stop them getting root bound and to get them bigger and more robust before they go out. If they are to grow under cover you could probably plant out straight from root trainers.
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Looks as if this site censors the commonly used word for a pet cat as potentially rude. What nasty minds they must have!
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I am with you. Looks like salix capraea *** or goat willow to me.
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It sounds as though there is a possibility that you are getting interested in the garden. Watch it or you might turn into a sad weirdo like the rest of us! Meanwhile absolutely the best cheap source of plants is another gardener.Most of us have bits and bobs to give away.I always have loads but am probably 150 miles away.Could you scrounge from your neighbours(perhaps not the dog owners!) or relatives or even look for a local gardening club. Your biggest problem is that you want a quick effect in
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I have never heard of a problem with Tricyrtis. It isn't a member of the lily family.I'm a vet and quite interested in poisonous plants so I will keep my ears open.
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