09-07-2019, 11:05 PM
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Re: In the garden today
Originally Posted by TessA
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I told you it was messy! I brought some plants from my old garden, grew some from seed, cheap stuff from the garden centre. Most of the ornaments and furniture were free, inherited or presents. Some things I made.
The trellis needs doing properly!
This is the back garden. The jasmine is invading from house at the back, (together with brambles and ivy
)it smells lovely in the evenings.
I have bamboo breaking through the fence from the left from next door.
I have a long side piece, chippings, where most of my shrubs got planted when I moved in after the snow melted.
I'm going for a jungle look
Yes thats it the backyard of Steptoe & Son..
Sorry I could not resist it.
Here save your money Tessa Lavateria will grow anywhere just visit any one you know with the plant and take some cuttings. Put them in small planters with some nice compost and they will be ready for planting out after next spring.
Time for my bed goodnight everyone.
10-07-2019, 08:13 AM
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Re: In the garden today
Originally Posted by TessA
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I told you it was messy! I brought some plants from my old garden, grew some from seed, cheap stuff from the garden centre. Most of the ornaments and furniture were free, inherited or presents. Some things I made.
The trellis needs doing properly!
This is the back garden. The jasmine is invading from house at the back, (together with brambles and ivy
)it smells lovely in the evenings.
I have bamboo breaking through the fence from the left from next door.
I have a long side piece, chippings, where most of my shrubs got planted when I moved in after the snow melted.
I'm going for a jungle look
10-07-2019, 12:42 PM
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Re: In the garden today
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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I like your rusty look bits and pieces tessa. i notice that some of the garden centres and even B&Q are selling a lot more of that stuff now, things like rusty look troughs and gates etc. I like that look.
His wife was not impressed.
Barry, I love old junk, my favourite place is the reclaimation yard! I don't have money to spend on gardeners to have a pristine, neat garden. I can't mow lawns or trim hedges. I would not be comfortable in that sort of garden anyway, I'm a higgledy piggledy type of person.
I do propagate my own plants from cuttings and saved seeds, my daughter does too so we can swap plants.
10-07-2019, 12:50 PM
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Re: In the garden today
Originally Posted by Mups
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Tess, Hayloft have the Blue Lavateria plants, don't know about the seed?https://hayloft.co.uk/product/lavate...yABEgKKBvD_BwE
Mups, tracked down the seed I used by looking up old issues of magazine online. They are Mystic Merlin, I have those this year but so far none are blue!
Will try again next year.
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