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Yeap, quite right, hardy bush - never gave it any protection or care for 4 years, it got chopped off at the ground by my daughters dog, thought it had died, came back the next year with an attitude and then I built a pond/rockery all around it. With the extra moisture it decided to take over the pond a bit,(probably to get its own back) so it had to go! It's now about 6ft away and sulking! :D

 

I'm sure it would cheer up with some babies around it ! :D

 

First flowers on Oleander, cutting taken last july in Tenerife, semi double peach/cream, one of two.

 

You really are wonderful plantsmen in GC.
I am swaying toward growing such plants myself...and if I can get cuttings from overseas without anyone asking questions at customs...then I think I will,I assume it's ok to do so :D

 

How do you keep them so short strongy, mine always get tall and leggy.
Did the cuttings get tangled up in your clothing? :D :D

 

Strongy you realy are a genius in working clothes.I can never get them to flower......

 

Gardeners' Corner is simply great! Congrats to everyone concerned with it. I'm still finding my way around, but perhaps this is the right place to introduce my garden. It is an oasis in a busy market town fast becoming a commuter hell-hole.

The front garden was created on poor soil after a stolen car crashed through the gloomy shrubbery and mangled the tatty lawn. Since then, I've cleared it and sown it with annuals - mostly native. I am not going to improve the soil at all and I allow the annuals to seed then clear the ground for a good rake over. Hot and dry in East Anglia so no watering at all. I'll say something briefly about the back garden later

 

The "liberated" cuttings may possibly have been developing buds, when the two leaf shoots were growing the middle buds appeared to be flowering buds. They only started growing in march while the main shoots kept growing slowly all winter. They were in maximum light and min temp of 8/9c.
Plenty of room in my camera bag for seeds and cuttings.
Must get a photo of my Albizia next (white flowers)

 

lovely picture hornbeam - what a pleasant welcome to your home, visitors get

 

Thanks, Fran. It's alive with bees too - even in town. The back garden is quite different as it is an old orchard with a natural spring. Pix soon.

 

is that the view from your front window Hornbeam.?it looks so natural,the work you must have put in says it all.i think the "gate crasher" was a blessing in disguise.i wish i had that view every morning.

 

i went to a nearby nursey today to buy some hessian thingybob to line some hanging baskets (very cheap at �£2 for 6ft) and came home with this.Peris japonica,Red Mill for �£4.50.i googled for a bit more info and found them selling at $59.95.i know that would include shipping but :eek:did i get a bargain or is �£4.50 about right?

 

i was doing a few hanging baskets this afternoon (finally a bit of sunshine)and turned to seem my litle dog Milly settleing down for a snooze.

 

is that what they call potty trained lovely puppy
cute little face.

 

A pieris that size is a bargain! I don t know if it's the photograph but it looks as if the leaves may be yellowing a bit? I expect you know pieris like acid soil and rain water. If it has been watered with everything else from a hose pipe for some time this might be the cause. Try some sequestrene or ericacious food, mulch with pine needles or leaf mould and keep it in part shade for a bit.