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The US will want a puppet in place, who will be rewarded handsomely for allowing US companies to do as they wish (eg flout environmental laws) and unceremoniously discarded if they do not, to be replaced by a tamer puppet. And so on.

Seems OK here too

What ever you decide from the above great info make sure water can drain out of the base or you will finish up with a bog garden which is great for growing Carniverous plants in.

My previous local had a beer garden with an avenue of apple trees. He pollard them every third year with no apples after pollarding but a lovely crop the year after then pollard again. It also kept his garden neat.

I like the look of that Chilean myrtle @Perki, have you grown it where you are? I grow both the plain green and variegated Griselinia here, either as hedging or clipped specimen plants although they can make good trees. They are comparatively fast growing too but not much wildlife appeal as the...

Not a lot at the moment; however after several cold bright days the Ricinus is unhappy as the Salvia confertiflora, but the S guaranatica are still flowering happily as are some calendula. No snowdrops yet though.

Thanks Lori and Happy New Year. I do have an area which I seldom go into which the “ giver” would see and I wouldn’t often. I also have a couple of fake sort of palms and some Bougainvillea in the attic. (Bougainvillea in Scotland where we were -6oC last night…fat chance). If I don’t manage to...

Morse was the only one I followed, but don't forget Minder with Dennis Waterman or The Sweeney with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman (probably too violent to be made or repeated these days)

Ferns are really difficult for the amateur to identify. I often end up with buying something I already have. But on the plus side, at least I know it's going to survive. Irritating all the same, though.