For starters: Gloriosa rothschildiana, Tibouchina urvilleana, a couple of Paphiopedilums, and some tender ferns for the gloomy corners.
Love it, but would point you to my cautions in another thread about viburnum beetle and its overwhelming passion for opulus in my gardens.
Sorbus cashmeriana, various crab apples, Abutilon vitifolium (poss bit tall but short lived and fast growing), Aralia thingummywhatsit,...
My guess is a member of the liliaceae. No idea if this is right or which one!
Agree with you BM (good to see you again), but it's still of use to those in horticultural/agricultural production so I thought might be of use to...
But tinus aren't good for very serious cold (in case you have an exposed site). I lost a maybe 80% of a hedge of them after some serious frosts in...
Did I tell you about my parents nasty 'perennial' plastic tree and my favourite, hairy, green platypus that I insist hangs from it every...
Better to use yer cutting edge stuff: lead free pencil and acid free paper. The alternatives are lots of work and not much result IMO.
Oh and thanks HB for the excellent info as ever! [img]
I have a huge roll of good quality garden fleece for growing seedlings under. I guess about a couple of hundred metres of the blasted stuff. I...
I know the crowd who grow most of the 'chemical' water cress sold in the UK and I can ASSURE you that it is grown on gob-smackingly clean borehole...
And just to bore for Britain here's the graphs:The Triangular model with the three strategies at the apices:[img]And here are eight common...
Think this refers back to the CSR model developed by Grime (amongst others) at the brilliant Botany Dept at Sheffield during the 1980s. It...
Oh don't be a killjoy HB; learn to love the bug within [img]
Think of your carbon budget for God's sake ! [img]
That's well complicated Windy. Might have to have a glass and ponder what you might be meaning.. :D
Agree with Liz. Fine gadgets, and even the teeny little �£40 gizmos work OK, just don't last that long.Pete, if you have a real problem with...
I grow Watercress to help keep a fish pond clear. For some years it worked very well, the stuff grows for Britain! Tastes pretty delicious too. I...
I'd say that if plants die after first setting seed then that's the definition of monocarpic behaviour, though others would add that the plant...
Right to be careful. I have seen these trees die back rapidly, they aren't always the strongest growers. Don't take my word for it but July-ish is...
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