[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]Saxifraga paniculata "Primrose Bee"[ATTACH]Scilla siberica.[ATTACH]That's a mini Hebe growing...
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[ATTACH] One of the ponds in the front garden.[ATTACH] Some of the frog spawn this year. I think the cold may have affected it since. Cross...
[ATTACH]Here's another arrangement of rocks. I try to make them "flow": in this case, these are pyroclastic ejection rocks so I've tried to...
Here's an interesting app for your phone.HomeYou are encouraged to take one moment for contemplation, conscious breathing or meditation when...
[ATTACH]Picked up this item from a skip and planted it with a Hutchinsia. :)
[ATTACH]Recent snow in Coolwater.
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]Top pic is Limestone rock, second is Tufa with plants inserted into the rock and last pic is Limestone again.
You need to calculate the area of the pot base and deduct that from your overall area. Looking at it again, 1 bag will do and you can donate the...
Won't the pot take up some of the space?If there was no pot, then 3 bags would do. With a pot, 1 or 2 bags'll do.
I have that Monkey Flower and it self seeds every year, even in dry gravel. (and I have a cold garden.)
Carex Pendula. Carex Evergold. Flag Iris. Bog Bean. Bulrush. Typhia Latifolia. Skunk Cabbage. (If you can get it now.) Banned for sale. Flowering...
I use 6" of Leaf Mould to cover blank areas. Works a treat and helps the soil. Never get weeds in it but occasionally get little oak tree and...
Have you tried Polypodiums; they're good in troughs but not xeric, though.Polystichums can take dry as well.
Have to make a plinth now. :(
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[ATTACH]Making a statue (bust) to go beside the water garden. He's made of bits of plastic, plaster of Paris, expanding foam, PVA and concrete....
Choice Saxifrages. Best plants for troughs. :)
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