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Plant ID update! Ceanothus?
On Tue, 30 May 2006 09:37:49 +0100, Philippe Gautier
wrote: Space wrote: "Philippe Gautier" ttp://www.gogo.me.uk/garden/May_June05/pages/IMG_1057.htm is in my garden in Bruntsfield: VERY cold and VERY damp, almost no sun at all (maybe an hour max in summer). On the other hand, it is probably quite well protected from frost. It's going to be very nice this year (flower starting to bloom just now) your garden is fantastic. I went through all the photos, even of your previous gardens. well done. I thought it was very good too - especially given what you started with. The quality of the photos also helps as does your naming technique on the web pages. actually you have inspired me to log what I do or don't in my garden along with photos. maybe I will learn that way. There are some interesting plants that you have used and I also feel suitably inspired by some of the choices you have made. I spent yesterday at the NGS garden open day in Romsey. The first garden was shown on the telly a couple of years and I've wanted to see it since then - it was very good. Lots of plants that I like and in some excellent combinations in what is a long and narrow garden - doesn't feel like it though. http://www.ngs.org.uk/ngs-bin/garden...gardenID=14381 The next one was huge - complete with a lake - but again some excellent choices. The last one was in the town centre and was like a classic cottage garden but with some very good plant combinations. The camera got quite a work out. Thank you so much! Actually I should update the website with this year's pictures... There's been a lot of trial/errors and it's not what I would call an easy garden. Like I said it is very damp and cold and at least half of it has no sun at all whatsoever, the other half get one hour in srping/summer. Your plants seem to cope very well with the conditions though. The other BIG problems are slugs and snails. I have thousands and thousands of them, no matter how many traps I put everywhe I learned how to choose the plants that they don't like! I am afraid that I am beginning to be a bit demoralised by these wretched creatures. Too many of the plants I am trying to grow are being decimated by these things. I've had to resort to putting some small hostas in a window box because I dare not put them in the ground as they'd be gone in about 10 seconds. Why is it that slugs and snails always eat the prettiest and most delicate looking plants? -- Paul C |
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Plant ID update! Ceanothus?
Paul Corfield writes
Why is it that slugs and snails always eat the prettiest and most delicate looking plants? Because they like their food soft and not too chewy. There's a lot of plants which they don't eat, or which they eat but don't cause much trouble to. -- Kay |
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