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Forest corner is taking shape, sorted part of the slope...so much plastic and couch grass.
I think maybe they used plastic to try to kill the couch and then planted in holes in the plastic? But that doesn't work over rock hard clay. That geranium x oxanium lived, all the remained from the rest was plant tags.
No mow ever as no lawnmower may shows how wild the garden is. A wildflower lawn here looks more like this than with poppies and cornflowers, the bumblebees loves it anyway.
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Cascading aubrieta
Lol that’s what this is. It’s very popular in neighbourhood gardens and I’ve been looking at it thinking “that’s nice, what is it?”. I wonder if it’s easy to propagate from cuttings, there’s plenty available.
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@rhowe gesundheit!
The midnight sun variety looks like a winner, very dramatic -
Most of the garden is a tip. But the wild flower X jungle play area looks nice. Got quite a few things on my wishlist for it, but we're holding on more plant purchases for now.
Idk what the tall pink things are, but they are really dominating. Should be some tall Verbina in there too which will look nice when they come through.
The bamboo has suprised me in that the new growth is really tall, but the existing growth is the same as when I bought it. Still not bad for a half dead thing in the discount section.
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Will power didn't quite manage the full no mow May, but the abstinence did allow a lot more thickness back into the lawn. The clover is also fairly well established. Still fuck all from the daisies, however. Plus I wanted to see if I could still mow under the playhouse, which I can.
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The bamboo has suprised me in that the new growth is really tall, but the existing growth is the same as when I bought it
This is how they work, I think? Mine is like this anyway - each new culm always goes blam straight up to its full height, even when it's as skinny as a blade of grass, then only gets fatter over time, not taller.
I am trying to work out how best to persuade it to limit its height, as I'm pretty sure you are not meant to prune the culms half way up.
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So foxgloves are out then? They will self-seed mind so little effort required on that front. Cranesbill always delivers, and if there's space a dwarf rhodendron could be good as it's evergreen and comes in pinks/whites/purples
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Good year for our irises, bad for alliums. Also lost over winter - three clematis, a solanum vine, five salvias, two dahlias, two Choisya (didn’t like anyway) and a hebe. Not the end of the world but it adds up.
Another one in camp ‘right plant in the right place’ is our Fremontodendron currently dominating the front, evergreen too.
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In fairness they've had no compost. I'll give that a go this year before thinking about replacement.
Anyway the next bit of garden work is going to be super dull and unrewarding.
- Dig up lawn and put jumbo gravel in for drainage (dreading this) - the bit in between the blue lines
- Leveling lawn a bit - to manage the transition to the new patio - as you can see there is a big step up at the moment which needs to be remedied
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- Dig up lawn and put jumbo gravel in for drainage (dreading this) - the bit in between the blue lines
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QQ does anyone have any suggestions of how to maintain a boundary between a bed and a lawn where they are around the same hieght?
As pictured above now without the raised bed our bed flows into the lawn...and soon the lawn will probably decide it wants to flow into the bed.
What would be the most discreet way of handling this? One of those metal strip things?
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NB - not a bamboo expert
Looks like yours is in a pot? So I think you will want to be thinning it every year anyway, to slow down how quickly it will outgrow the pot by getting rootbound.
If you want it to be taller, obviously begin by thinning the shortest ones, cutting them off at ground level. I would take them out in a random pattern, not just in the centre.
Because I am a cautious carrot I would take out no more than about 20% in the first year.
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Nice edging like this https://www.everedge.co.uk/product/classic/
in the shortest height variety, then mulch the bed behind it?
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That is a very happy rose, well done!
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Cheers. Good points.
It's in a pot, mainly to raise it, but also as it was in the discount bin rather than chosen I wasn't sure it it'd be a super-spreader.
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Operation Get Fucked Wood Store is entering its final stages. Have painted the shed wall but am going to jazz it up with a few splashes of colour. Obvs the raised bed needs more plants, including something to climb the wall. BBQ is going to get a little fold out table and some storage. But pretty happy with how it’s coming along.
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