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Comments (47)Yeah but...just the sight of those culms gave me a horrible shudder. The first few years of my professional gardening career coincided with the UK's dying love affair with bamboo which seemed to afflict surburban gardeners - I lost track of the number of unfortunate bamboo invasions ('they said it was a clumping form at the garden centre') which had wrecked ponds, paths, wall foundations, even invading buildings and breaking concrete...to never, ever considering these huge grasses for even a nano-second. One home-owner moved house! When a gardening friend proudly showed off her blue Lyme grass ( elymus magellanica - 'its very popular at Great Dixter') I almost opened a book on how many months would go by before regret soaked in. And then there is (for me anyway) the eternal problem of getting weed grasses (poa and wild oats) in my grasses...and those that seed over-enthusiastically (anomethele lessoniana) for me to be very reticent indeed about grasses in either of my town gardens. Oh yeah, the other aspect - those which thrive and are mannerly, such as the Japanese hakones...are perpetually grazed to a nub by the collie. Not the problem free plants I fondly imagined. Then again, I have heard all this and worse about roses...but it never deters me from even more rampant, thorny ramblers...so, horses for courses....See MoreSeedy Season Starts
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Comments (16)Thank-you all. wantonamara, the red and yellow flower is Lobelia laxiflora. It is extremely drought tolerant. I have not watered it, except during a heat wave, since it became established. Apparently, it continues flowering all summer when regularly watered. I do have Lotus bertholotii as well, but it is hard to spot in these photos. I do think that Lotus bertholotii has a shorter life span than I expected. I do have to take cuttings every few years. Lisa my Alstromerias are all in full sun. They don't seem to mind. Some varieties flower more than others, but I think that that is the variety, rather than the position. The Russian sage, Perovskia, does self seed, but not enough to be a nuisance. Kristine, The rose in photo no. 5 is Pat Austin. No. 8 is Augusta Luise, new to me this year and no. 17 is Munstead Wood with a little bit of Clair Matin showing behind. I had planted Munstead Wood in the garden, but it grew backwards. So, last winter, I put it in a pot and it seems a lot happier. Spedigrees, All I do in the summer and autumn, is watering, dead heading and clearing spent annuals. It is too hot to do anything else, except go down to the beach for a swim. I do a bit more in the winter, pruning, cutting back, moving plants and so on. Modestgoddess, We started building the pond, walls, arbours etc, in 2009. I already had some plants in pots waiting to be planted. Some of them I bought with me from my old garden in England. Campanula, I think it is time that you treated yourself to a new computer and a camera, so that we can see lots and lots of photos from your garden, allotment and wood. Please. Daisy...See MoreSan Antonio fall 2018 plant swap, Saturday, Oct. 13
Comments (95)Would anyone be interested in vegetable sets? I have quite a few left after planting my garden. I also have some rooted purslane cuttings and plan to root some cuttings this weekend from my Lady Banks rose bush.You can find out about varieties here. -> http://happenings.hereinmygarden.com/...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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