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Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
Goggles pic...
Glad in a way not just me had those brown insects Shank, I was thinking it was just my area. Went for the camera but they had gone, probably further up the tree....
The Cycad looks nice in the zinc pot.
Glad in a way not just me had those brown insects Shank, I was thinking it was just my area. Went for the camera but they had gone, probably further up the tree....
The Cycad looks nice in the zinc pot.
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
Glad in a way not just me had those brown insects Shank, I was thinking it was just my area. Went for the camera but they had gone, probably further up the tree....
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thanks kata, yes they were strange, never seen them before, theve completly gone now, i should have taken picture really, ladybirds accounted for most of the aphids but they have left holes in the leaves, first time ever,
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thanks kata, yes they were strange, never seen them before, theve completly gone now, i should have taken picture really, ladybirds accounted for most of the aphids but they have left holes in the leaves, first time ever,
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
Love your garden shanks, im going to look for a green acer like yours its lovely, you have some really nice big mature palms there and i love your zinc planters, very contempory, raised beds look great as well Blooming Lovely
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
I'm loving these pics! What a cracking garden! The decked area is exactly the type of effect I'd like to achieve at the bottom of my garden!
I thought your garden furniture was a filing cabinet with the draws open when I first looked!
I thought your garden furniture was a filing cabinet with the draws open when I first looked!
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
thanks deedee, that green acer is about 13 years old now i think and would havce been twice the size but has had several cut backs and moved 3 timesDeedee wrote:Love your garden shanks, im going to look for a green acer like yours its lovely, you have some really nice big mature palms there and i love your zinc planters, very contempory, raised beds look great as well Blooming Lovely
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
I saw one this morning in B&Q Shanks, a bit expensive i thought for the size, ill wait till autumn when they sell them off cheapshanks wrote:thanks deedee, that green acer is about 13 years old now i think and would havce been twice the size but has had several cut backs and moved 3 timesDeedee wrote:Love your garden shanks, im going to look for a green acer like yours its lovely, you have some really nice big mature palms there and i love your zinc planters, very contempory, raised beds look great as well Blooming Lovely
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
Looks a superb exotic and relaxing space!! I see your Dicksonia antarctica is still as dormant as my new one
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
Small, yes. Thinking BIG, definitely
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
yes it had'nt moved since the kids bought it me in april, i have soaked it everyday and finally i think i see some movementTom2006 wrote:Looks a superb exotic and relaxing space!! I see your Dicksonia antarctica is still as dormant as my new one
Re: our small tropical garden (garden pictures update 26/5)
Nice one....noticed mine has one crozier slowly on the move.
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
Re: our small tropical garden (tree fern finally moving 14/6
I wouldnt bin the Phoenix canariensis_CIDP, the spear looks alive
what low temps did you get shanks? im in cheshire and my Phoenix canariensis_CIDP sailed through without any protection. Yours looks quite protected to in the corner with fence and everything, and slate mulch over the roots
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Re: our small tropical garden (tree fern finally moving 14/6
i bet it would pull, my bedding one looked and did the same
Re: our small tropical garden (tree fern finally moving 14/6
cordy, the green bits are turning brown so not looking good, i did move it around early april along with another which is still ok, both were protected with fleece and temps were pretty good this year, only one weekend we got freezing rain
slate more of a decorative thing, not sure it has any value with root protection, could be wrong, i used to mulch with bark but the bloody dog keeps eating it
slate more of a decorative thing, not sure it has any value with root protection, could be wrong, i used to mulch with bark but the bloody dog keeps eating it