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Centre piece suggestion please
Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round
bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. |
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Broadback wrote:
Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. We have a Yucca, which looks like a palm tree...it started off as a 'spiky thing' and now it's six feet tall with a six inch trunk! - when it flowers in summer, the flower spikes are a further 4 feet tall, I've taken dozens of side shoots from it and potted them up and they have all grown, some even grown where they were thrown onto a heap, they're as tough as old boots. The flowers never get polinated though and so never seed, apparently it takes a certain type of moth which doesn't live over here. I'l see if I can dig out some snaps... |
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We used a bird bath for a center piece. We get hours of enjoyment watching
them come and go. Dwayne "Broadback" wrote in message ... Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. |
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from "Dwayne" contains these words: We used a bird bath for a center piece. We get hours of enjoyment watching them come and go. Sundial? -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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from Broadback contains these words: Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. I'd go for Monty Don. YMMV. Janet |
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from Broadback contains these words: Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. A good cat - they like full sun. If you get a white one. you can dye it any colour you like. HTH -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
k... The message from Broadback contains these words: Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. A good cat - they like full sun. If you get a white one. you can dye it any colour you like. If you have a rabbit problem, a really mean *bad* cat might be more useful. There's a similar bed to yours in the village near us. They have something I've not seen before - a fairly compact form of Magnolia soulangeana with large Agapanthus close planted all round it, a fairly unlikely combination but it looks quite good. -- Rod My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp Just remove the weedy bits and transplant the appropriate symbol at. |
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Rusty Hinge 2 writes
The message from Broadback contains these words: Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. A good cat - they like full sun. If you get a white one. you can dye it any colour you like. It needs to be rabbit-resistant. I've never met a cat who can resist rabbits. -- Kay |
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How about a red leaved phormiumI bought one in a 5 inch pot just a few short
years ago, it is spreading over 6 feet wide and about 6 to 7 foot tall, really majestic and eye catching, but sadly no flowers. regards Cineman "Broadback" wrote in message ... Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. |
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cineman wrote: How about a red leaved phormiumI bought one in a 5 inch pot just a few short years ago, it is spreading over 6 feet wide and about 6 to 7 foot tall, really majestic and eye catching, but sadly no flowers. If I had that space I'd put a gorgeous canna in it, the deep red ones or a palm, butia something. |
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In message , Broadback
writes Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. I don't know about the rabbit resistance, but you could consider a coppiced Paulownia. Of course that doesn't give you any winter interest. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Broadback writes Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. I don't know about the rabbit resistance, but you could consider a coppiced Paulownia. Of course that doesn't give you any winter interest. An arbutus, perhaps? A very interesting tree which can get more "architectural" with age, and not many of the neighbours will have one! Reading University had a nice one, sheltered, IIRC, only slightly from the north. -- Mike. |
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"Broadback" wrote in message ... Any ideas as to what to place in the middle of a 12 foot diameter round bed. It needs to be rabbit resistant, I would like a bit of a wow factor and interest all year round. The bed is in full sun. I've used a cordyline australis and am extremely pleased with the result. I was a bit concerned about whether it would survive the winters but it is in it's 4th year now and is flourishing, regards, David |
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