Does anyone know anything about gardening?

All good advice thanks. I’ll compile a list of plants and flowers I’m thinking of them thinking about where

good luck @Light_EDDed and be as create and wild as you want, there are some basic principles to consider when planting up a garden. Just think about a theme, year round interest and how much effort you want to put in.

My garden plans are on hold at the moment as i focus inside my house.. but I have this idea to create a relaxed coastal setting with a rum shack, shingle, sand, exotic plants, fire pit, informal paving, festoon lighting.. yeah i know club tropicana, right?? where the drinks are free, lol

i'll have to pipe in some cricket (insect) sounds for those warm summer evenings.

I would be happier planting espalier fruit trees as they enter Winter dormancy, based upon either temperature or hours of daylight. Planting in Spring can result in a just or near to budding plant suffering from a late frost. Autumn planting with mycobacterium to get an active living soil would benefit the inevitably compacted earth under the thin layer of grass.

I have this idea to create a relaxed coastal setting with a rum shack, shingle, sand, exotic plants, fire pit, informal paving, festoon lighting

somewhere you can live, laugh...

informal paving

I hate having to wear a waist covering & bow tie when using my patio

if I was mincing about on the patio, bow tie, waist coat, no shirt would be perfect..
as a starting point, something like this

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Woah there Nellie. That paving is way casual.

Casual? It's positively crazy.

In other news, my back garden makeover (Phase I) should be complete tomorrow. Wood bark is down, gravel paths are laid (even if there is no such thing as gravel) so all that's left is the new turf. Much excitement. And in non-garden news, the front door and garage doors should be finished off tomorrow as well too, with a dramatic colour change.

The best two times of year to plant are the spring and the autumn.

What’s this plant?

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The thick ringed stems suggest what is sold in the UK as 'Yucca'.
Probably not frost hardy when so young/thin diameter of stem.

There’s lots of them in gardens round here

round here

If you are based, say, on the Cornish Riviera,
they probably can live outside year round.

Not even that far into the wilds, they're pretty much ubiquitous on the Sussex coast.

Phase I of the back garden rejuvenation has finished. Six months ago, the kindest way of describing it was wildlife friendly.

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Looking rather different today. This is your chance to say how you preferred it as it was...

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I preferred it as it was..

incredibly subtle flex these sneaking your hozelock into the shot

I preferred it as it was.

Prefe...

TBF it was over grown and unmanaged, this new set is prob a good kick off to a well managed garden which in time can regain a lot of greenery.

Looks like one of them there Yuccas ...

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I like it - especially that you can now see the trees.

It will definitely look really nice in a few years once everythings grown a bit.

Can't make out the plants, but imo that wall is crying out for a nice rambling rose.

Lovely. Looks like a lot of work went into that

Yep that’s the ones. I’m near Cambridge so certainly not warm or dry. In fact the opposite

So can I just leave one of my yuccas outside then