The frame is all from treated softwood, raised up and sitting on brick or old paving slabs.Its not clear in the pictures but the area had...
Over the winter my dad has been helping me build a covered seating area which has been joined onto an exisiting garden building.The following...
On Sunday I had a day out at RHS Wisley. It was bitter outside but nice and toasty in the glasshouses.The photos are all on webshots....
Any more updates?
I am planning on building a series of raised beds from concrete blocks which will the be rendered.They will be up to 3 foot tall (4 standard...
Cant wait for my seeds to come up Vicky, any tips?
Depends on local conditions. So many of these plants are grown to the limit of hardyness.I had two plants left in a small pond which froze...
There are a wide number of Opuntia species and even more hybrids.I had several out last winter, some were fine and i lost a couple. If you...
Dicksonia Antartica grows a very good root system, It was Dermot Gavin who started the "plant it in concrete as they have no roots" rubbish. They...
To offer any advice it really depends which Agaves you have.The most common available in garden centres and so on is Agave Americana which is...
Hi Strawman,Tropicals will be a challenge but not impossible.There will be plenty of bamboo that will do ok for you. Your palm choices...
Thanks Woo (and thanks for moving to the correct forum for me)The tunnel was more by accident than design!. Its nice in warm weather, but when...
Hi Strawman.Bamboos. We have quite a number of different ones. (including ones in pots over 100 different species).Some of the bamboos in...
Hi Strawman,Im not sure wher to being with all the species, maybe if you pick the photos you want to know about I can tell you those ones :D...
Just a few gratuitous garden shots.[img] Next to the patio[img] Path to end of the garden[img][img][img][img][img]...
lolI kill plenty of other plants so a few T-rex pups are nothing to worry about :D
I have really enjoyed reading this photo history of the garden. Many thanks for posting.
Hi Carol.Tetrapanax paprifer 'Rex' is quite a tough plant with a reasonable level of hardyness for most of the UK. My plant came though the...
For me Tresco is my favourite garden in the UK, stunning, and the helicopter trip out there is good fun too :D
Well done, stunning.
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