Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Like the look of woodruff, brunnera and creeping Jenny, thanks.
I put a hellebore in and slugs and snails completely stripped it within a week, couldn’t even find any roots left.
A few others that have been stripped I just put back into pots today to try and revive, not sure if that’s even a thing but it’s like £40 worth of plants getting chomped by slimy little pricks. My neighbour has been out stamping on them recently, I might start doing the same, I don’t care if hedgehogs eat them, I’ll probably never see a hedgehog in my life

Hostas are total slug magnets - even in pots, mine end up quite ragged. Planted out is a non starter here.

Never had a problem will Hellebores though.

Along the subject of hostas. Anyone got a hosta devon green and know if irl it is slug resistant?

I had one and it survived the slugs better than others

But it still didn't survive

Given up on hostas now

Cheers. May not bother then. But I've always fancied trying them.

My parents have an anecdote about planting a load in their first garden. The story goes they were totally gone within a couple of days. Literally down to the nub with no trace left.

Mini-pond's flag iris are starting to flower. These were kindly donated as a MUCH smaller plant last summer by @KatBalou'sPhone and cycled up the OKR to Catford, where they seem to be loving life.

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Bonus pic of a froggo I spotted while taking the previous pic.

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Awesome, great to see them thriving in their new home

My hydrangeas have been destroyed by snails slimy bastards

The mint is doing well too, but less visible. Thanks again.

Looking healthy there buddy.

Sphagnum moss arrived. Along with Ligularia przewalskii (catchy name)

and Primula Denticulata

Also have some in the ground along with some logs. I wouldn't mind a bigger one, but feel a bit funny about blagging one from the parks and woods near me.

Still waiting for some other bits including iris and snakes head.

Also put in a new bed on the other side with various tall dark plants.

Unsure of how the Sphagnum will work out, as everything online is about carnivorous gardens. So I've just spread it out a bit, pressed it in and chucked some water on top.

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The meadow I got the council to put in is great this year. I've been maintaining it as they've done fuck all. Just had a lovely chat to our postie about it, it brightens up his round. It's full of insects, so much so that the two nearby nesting starlings visit regularly, along with a gang of sparrows. The soil is also now full of worms and not being regularly soaked in weedkiller. Success!

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Well done. That's a massive win!

oh wow, looks amazing!

You just cut it once a year and weed it a bit?

We have a hosta in a big pot in a tray which always has water in it. The pot is raised up a bit. The moat seems fairly effective at deterring molluscs, even though we're not fastidious about it (sometimes it dries out or things fall across it making bridges). However the squirrels also nibble the young shoots and need deterring also.

That is an enormous win and it's a complete no-brainer that this should be done to every patch of grass on public land across London. It cuts down on council staff work and boosts biodiversity enormously. Fuck yeah.

That is superb, fantastic work

just jet washed my patio (no soap). so satisfying and the borders get a good drink too !

Yep I just cut back the dead growth at the end of the year, shake the seed heads over it and weed out the fat hen which seems to grow everywhere around here. I give it the odd water when it gets super hot but it pretty much takes care of itself.

We have got one bald spot where a neighbour poured something horrible on it over winter but I've got some ox eye daisies growing in my garden I can transplant in.

So far it’s all about this Thalictrum. If nothing else does much I might just put a few more of these in, there’s some globe thistles trying their hardest next to it, and grasses behind.

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getting nice and bushy… wish we’d put in less lawn. will just keep digging it out bit by bit. thinking about putting a screen of slatts betw deck and lawn, to break up sight lines and create three distinct ‘rooms’. pond still downloading

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other than yellow rattle is there any other way to weaken grass.

I’m thinking coffee grounds.

Garden is starting to get a little colour coming through now. The first flower is out on the oriental poppy and one of the foxgloves I transplanted from the front garden is starting to come out as well. Purchased a bronze fennel as well but unsure of where to put it for now. Might just pot it on and keep it in a pot for now.

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