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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited July 8, 2012 at 7:36am

  We look after a site where the borders around the main house have to look good all the time so use bedding plants, to be honest we have had good results this year from Begonia and th elobellia is looking good, as we have to keep th eborders looking good and with nature doing what it does but clients not wanting to understand that we also have a stock of Marigold growing in the corner ready to replace anything that looks poor.
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  Colin Hunt July 8, 2012 at 9:30am

  never seen lobellia looking so good as this year.  Is it the copious amounts of water, or lack of sunlight? 

  
  
  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited said:

  We look after a site where the borders around the main house have to look good all the time so use bedding plants, to be honest we have had good results this year from Begonia and th elobellia is looking good, as we have to keep th eborders looking good and with nature doing what it does but clients not wanting to understand that we also have a stock of Marigold growing in the corner ready to replace anything that looks poor.
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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited July 8, 2012 at 9:42am

  I wish i knew and I'd repeat it for the future, I think its water if I was to make a guess as when you put them in hanging baskets they go mad
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  David Cox July 8, 2012 at 10:14am

  Hmm so parehaps improving drainage where possible may help... The problem is I dont think lobelia survives well when its in totally waterlogged soil for long...
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  Geoffrey King July 8, 2012 at 11:17am

  Or you could use bog plants
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  David Cox July 8, 2012 at 11:45am

  Bit tight their, the customers want colourful flower displays!
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  David Cox July 11, 2012 at 12:25pm

  Thanks for those pics john - Something for next year - the only down side is their only coming into flower now... in Mid July. Most of my customers stipulate flowers from June onwards (which is tight given most bedding plants get caught by late frosts if planted in may!).

  Also begonias mean a little short on the variety front - no masses colour as you get with Lobelia - but next year It will be a useful bit of planting in displays to ensure some colour if we get another wash out.
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  Geoffrey King July 11, 2012 at 5:12pm

  Why not use spring or winter bedding, planted earlier, will still give colour through the summer?
  
  David Cox said:

  Thanks for those pics john - Something for next year - the only down side is their only coming into flower now... in Mid July. Most of my customers stipulate flowers from June onwards (which is tight given most bedding plants get caught by late frosts if planted in may!).

  Also begonias mean a little short on the variety front - no masses colour as you get with Lobelia - but next year It will be a useful bit of planting in displays to ensure some colour if we get another wash out.