Help needed please

If it makes you happy that is all that matters right, I like it

 

Yes indeed. And in these mad times, that seems more and more important. I am daily grateful to live where I do and to have a garden. And that little feeling of 'spring is coming' is right there!

 

Oh yes, that's all I think about 'spring' I love it. Makes me smile

 

She's been on a diet @shiney so she's tiny!

 

Ah yeah, a pond may not be the best idea then!

If you don't mind me suggesting some plants maybe -
Hibiscus (grows well in pots and varieties can be quite hardy, also easy to look after)
Bird of paradise (I don't know if that's the actual name) but I think these are brilliant and will also be entertaining for the little one looking out for birds in the plants
Hosta's are great and easy to grow, you get some really good looking one's and they can vary in terms of leaf type so they don't all look the same (though do be mindful that slugs seem to love them)

Or maybe look at putting some trellises up against the fencing and grow some passionflowers up it or something like that?

Just some ideas for you to help get you going or give you a place to start looking ^_^

I've always thought the best gardens focus around a theme i.e. the jungle theme suggested above as an example but I will also be honest and say I don't follow one personally, if I like the looks of something I buy it or grow it :D

 

Awe thanks for the suggestions , I will certainly look them up. Not heard of passionflower before but it sounds nice as do they all.

 

Ah - the passionflower suggestion is a cracker. That’s the passion fruit - there are lots of different kinds. I’ve got one that produces non-edible fruit - fantastic flowers though - but the passiflora edulis is the one you can buy in the supermarket. And also fantastic exotic flowers. Needs very little looking after and climbs up anything. Wonderful!

 

Oh I need those on my life then

 

I grew a few from seed taken from passion fruit I’d bought last year. Sadly it transpires the snails love the little ones so I think I’ve only got 1 left. But I have great hopes
For it this year. My non edible one has been great over a couple of years. The flowers are just magnificent! Climbed into an old cherry tree and along a wall, doesn’t lose its leaves in winter (at least where I am), gets not a lot of attention, has grown in a dodgy spot with not great soil - it’s just terrific

 

Have you got any pics of it

 

Thankyou for your reply, I like the sound of the Stachys byzantina. One for my list, did you grow that in a pot or ground? From seed?

 

sure - first one is the remains of the snail/slug fest. Hoping it might come back - I’m an optimist, I realise

Then - rubbish picture but that’s it in the cherry behind the canes, then the one that survived and then the outside one again where I’ve trained it along the wall.

If you want the flowers - wrong time of year - so here’s Wikipedia: Passiflora - Wikipedia

 

Its fascinating to see plants grow along walls etc. I'm always amazed by things like that. Here's one for you If you could only have one plant this year what would it be?