Monty Ron, Talking Bull’s gardening correspondent provides hints and tips. He likens garden plants to Hereford footballers he’s known!
It’s a lovely time of year. Don’t forget that, like footballers in early-season training, hot dry days mean you must use more water. Then your results will be bountiful. Well, sometimes.
I’ve been setting out a new border for my friend in Dilwyn (see picture).
My selection is based on past experience, and I have to chuckle, some of these plants behave like some footballers I’ve known at Hereford. What do you think of these?
| Selected Variety | Characteristics | Hereford Player |
| Agapanthus | Tall and lanky. You never know what you’re going to get on the day. Can be superb, can be ordinary, but when it’s good it’s brilliant. | Jim Hinch (1972) |
| Climbing Rose ‘Teasing Georgia’ | A handsome plant with flowers like rosettes. Has delivered well for me in the past but this one is slow to climb. | Adrian Foster (1997) |
| Cosmos | Looks good and has many admirers. But you know it will be finished after one season. | Steve Piearce (1999) |
| Erysimum | Bursting with multiple deliveries every season. The first name on my team sheet. | Keyon Reffell |
| Fuchsia | Highly dependable old favourite. Comes back season after season. Improves with age. | Ryan Green |
Just write to me with your gardening enquiries. All questions answered apart from lawns. Even I don’t how they’ve got that Edgar Street pitch looking so good!
Monty Ron
TB Gardening Correspondent
