Goodbye lawn. Hello pond!

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

cheers jamie

 

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

cheers jamie

 

In the bottom picture, Jamie, the plants, with circular rosettes, are Sempervivums.
In the picture above them are yellow flowering Saxifrages.

 

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.

 

for all what we know you could be in Spain...

 

Borrowed view today.



Rampant heather.




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

 

...hi kindred: you don't happen to know the variety of that bamboo...?

 

There're two types there, Java.

Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' & Phyllostachys vivax aureocaulis.

 

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.

 

It looks fantastic no matter what time of year it is!

 

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.

 

What are they Kindred?

 

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.

 

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