Gerard Rooney, My Garden (BN10)

Styles: Allotment or vegetable plot, Balcony, Coastal, Courtyards and small terraces, Roof terraces, Suburban, Wildlife

Soil types: Chalky, Sandy

Soil drainage: Well-drained

Soil pH: Alkaline

Light: Full Sun, Partial Shade

Aspect: South

Exposure: Exposed, Sheltered

Hardiness: Indoor heated (H1), Hardy (H4)

Gerard Rooney's garden plan

Plants in Gerard Rooney's garden

Chasmanthium latifolium (North America wild oats)

Helianthus annuus 'Pacino' (Dwarf sunflower 'Pacino')

Achillea 'Coronation Gold' (Yarrow 'Coronation Gold')

Plants Gerard Rooney wants

Lavandula stoechas 'Fathead' (Lavender 'Fathead')

Acis autumnalis (Autumn snowflake)

Geum 'Borisii' (Avens 'Borisii')

Gerard Rooney

About me
I have been interested in Gardening from a young age - working along side my late father back home in Ireland. Our garden is a work in progress garden - which never seems to end.

Gardening expertise
Very Keen

Biggest gardening accomplishments
Developing our present garden.

Biggest gardening frustrations
My inabilty to get a good display from Clematis varieties that I have planted in my present garden over the past four years.

The gardening project I am currently working on
Getting our garden ready for the Macmillan Coastal Trail from Brighton - Eastbourne in July 2015

Gerard Rooney's forum posts

Black Leaves
Mon. 25th April 2011 18:22

Roses in Containers
Sun. 20th March 2011 20:15