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  1. Mike Smith

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    DSCN0925.JPG Hi all
    Just to keep everybody up to date , Started of with slab area a couple of day's ago and courtesy of my kind neighbour it has suddenly grown :biggrin:. Thanks Dot . And thanks to everybody on this site for inspiring me :dbgrtmb:.
    Can anybody help with names of plants please ?.
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    It's looking good Mike. :dbgrtmb:

    Pictures on left
    2) Possibly Honeysuckle
    3) Pieris

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    1) ? Need a closer shot of leaves
    2) Azalea
    3) Possibly Primula
     
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    Hi Sheal
    Thanks for that , am going to label them , memory's not so good at my age :old:. The lady next door gave me about fifty Daffodil bulbs so shoved them in , cannot wait till they show .
    I'm afraid I am not a garden designer :snork: just plant and hope.
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      I know how you feel, my memory's not so good either. :) I'll be ticking over another decade shortly too! :doh:

      You've got a bit of a wait to see the daffodils, we've got Christmas to get past first! Plant and hope is good enough, they'll put on a display whatever. :)
       
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      Hi Sheal
      Christmas not far away :snork:. Had a lazy day today , mind you it's poured down all day :sad:. So not done anything in Garden . Thinking of making my own water feature , like a recycling fountain out of pipes . Got given a pump today so might give it a go .
      I like the sound of running water outside my window :fishing: .
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        It could be Buxus sempervirens (Common box) - like Sheal says we need a close up of the leaves, and something to show the scale. Box has quite small leaves
         
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          Hi JWK Thanks for the info , when the weather picks up I will get my camera out :snooze:
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          I can hear the sound of 'running water' outside my window. The Irish Sea is about 200 yards away! :heehee:
           
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            Sheal stop it , your making me jealous :cool:. I miss very much the sound of the sea and the mountains :cry3:. I hope to one day move back to my Wales :spinning: .
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              Sorry Mike! I have lived within six miles of the sea all my life and couldn't live away from it now. :) My son is living in Columbus, Ohio and misses the sea big style! :doh:
               
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                Big mistake moving away to Birmingham no mountains or sea :frown: .
                Garden growing :biggrin: lady next door gave me some of her spare plants , going to have to get her a serious xmas pressy:).
                What do you reckon to geraniums in my shaded area ?.
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                  Do you mean Geraniums or Pelargoniums? Geraniums prefer full sun and I don't grow Pelargoniums so can't answer that. I can't stand the smell of them! :)
                   
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                  Thanks Sheal , Oh well geraniums are out then not enough sun :frown: and never heard of pelargoniums will have to look that up :scratch:.
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                  If we're talking Hardy Geraniums Mike AKA Cranesbill,there are many that will enjoy a shaded site:thumbsup:
                   
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