Goodbye lawn. Hello pond!

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  1. bigbore

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    what are them plants in the last picture you posted? with the snow almost gone

    cheers jamie
     
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    what are them plants in the last picture you posted? with the snow almost gone

    cheers jamie
     
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    kindredspirit Gardening around a big Puddle. :)

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    In the bottom picture, Jamie, the plants, with circular rosettes, are Sempervivums.
    In the picture above them are yellow flowering Saxifrages.
     
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    It's looking beautiful even at this time of the year.
     
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    kindredspirit Gardening around a big Puddle. :)

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    I'd swear my agaves are still growing in the middle of winter. Is that possible?? I'm going to call the bigger one, Buster. :) :)

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    for all what we know you could be in Spain...
     
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      kindredspirit Gardening around a big Puddle. :)

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      Borrowed view today.

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      Rampant heather.

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      Top pond (or bottom pond, depending whether you're coming or going.) :) :)


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        ...hi kindred: you don't happen to know the variety of that bamboo...?
         
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        There're two types there, Java.

        Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' & Phyllostachys vivax aureocaulis.
         
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          KS, do you have to pinch yourself sometime to remind yourself it's real and it's all your own hard work? It is so incredible.
           
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            It looks fantastic no matter what time of year it is! :love30: :thumbsup:
             
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              Thanks, Moyra & Fern4,

              The front garden is in a real mess now, 'cos these are going in. Pics of them being painted in my garage.

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              The mystery deepens, Loli. :) :) Uprights have gone up, each sunk into a cubic metre of concrete. Took AGES digging the two holes. :( :( A local fabrication shop made up the ironwork for me. I'll let people guess the purpose of them. :) :)

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                erm....for hanging baskets? :ideaIPB: dunno, give us a clue. :)
                 
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