WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

Good morning @Sheal and thank you,yes a good choice Mrs Woo loves Acers but unfortunately its a wind tunnel facing East,I wonder if I could get away with it

 

What about Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' (Japanese forest grass). It doesn't grow very tall but suits a dark windy spot and will move with the wind. There are other grasses that look good in the wind (most do) but I'm not sure which like shade.

I haven't checked where you can buy it.

 

Just as I was heading for Manchester this morning a very early morning Courier turned up with the 9 Eremurus "Cleopatra" bare roots that I'd ordered from Parkers. That got me into Manchester just before the traffic started to pick up. At lunch time I decided to "pop into" a nearby Plant Nursery to get some agricultural grit to help plant the Eremurus some time this week, which actually turned into a fight to get there through the traffic.
Just as I got the 6 bags of grit, which were outside, on the trolley the Heavens opened up and I got drenched by rain and Hail that was torrential. My hair is "Ash Blonde" anyway but the Hail was so heavy that I ended up looking like a walking Snowman. So I drove back into Manchester drenched, in a suit, and defrosting all over the interior of the car.. Luckily, I keep a spare Suit, and everything else at work so I was able to dry off in the Office and change into dry clothes again, but the looks from people at work as I squelched my way to the Office was something to be seen.
On getting back home eventually, I found the Postman had stuffed my Mail Box with a Pressurised Hand Sprayer that I ordered for pampering the indoor plants, some Allium Caeruleum, 9 Echinacea bare roots, and a bottle of Titebond III waterproof wood glue. He/she must have had a Degree in packing to get that much in my Mail Box

 

That's my term for it, Sheal

 

I agree, Sheal, Acers can suffer from wind scorch.

 

As I tell the Ladies at the Till in a Supermarket, Sheal, when they ask if I need help with the packing of the shopping bags......."When I get to that age, please shoot me!"