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If you want something unusual try Ugni. They are related to blueberries but the fruit ripen much later and have a fragrant taste - we liked them, more for snacking on than pies I suspect. I bought the variegated one and have it in my front garden. I think it would be OK in a pot.

Oops! Sorry @cactus-girl I repeated what you said. We must watch the same programmes.

Some crocus graced me with their presence the other day. Snow drops are on a roll now they seem to be everywhere

They need all the sunshine with their necks in the sun.

My oldest wheelbarrow may have fitted your criteria as it had a few holes but they were from rust. There was one drawback with it. The wheel that was on it rusted off last year . It went into the skip with the old greenhouse that was falling down.The greenhouse was only 50 years old and the...

I hope so @ViewAhead !! Good luck with them!!

@Perki I bought that Acer in 2020 out of naivety that red leaves look nice. Reality was that in the first spring, it lost all its leaves to leave scorch. I took it out of the ground and put it into a barrel pot for 2 years to have it in a shade corner. It had a poor life because a tree in a pot...

They arrived today, the rootstocks have rather poor root systems so i potted them up instead of planting them out. Give them summer and see if the grafts take.Good lord it was exhausting grafting them all. I decided to graft the scion then do 2 bud Grafts in the hope at least one of them...

Well Trump commissioned it in 2017.

This morning, we had a family trip out to Green Lane nursery, as they have a really good café! While there, Lynne got her eye on some pre-made hanging baskets. We had one at the front and one at the back last year, but the rear basket is starting to fall apart.So Lynne's plan was to buy a...

I think it is about 2.5ft deep, so a fair size. Whatever is in there gets watered daily along with the hanging baskets etc. I do actually have the components of an auto-watering system in the shed, just not had time to install it... maybe that is a task for this year

Olivia Rose Austin may also be suitable, judging by the picture in the Handbook which arrived today.

Okay, I was getting a bit disheartened by the propagator I bought off Amazon, so only had one plug out of 72 has sprouted, this was a cosmos, but had a look tonight and see a snapdragon and marigold break earth, so I have 3 out of 72 now. As said before these are old seeds, which I have sown...