our small tropical garden (update 8/8/12))

[kata]

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.

[shanks]

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,

[Deedee]

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

[Springy]

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!

[shanks]

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

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 times

[Deedee]

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

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 times

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 cheap

[Tom2006]

Looks a superb exotic and relaxing space!! I see your Dicksonia antarctica is still as dormant as my new one

[GREVILLE]

Small, yes. Thinking BIG, definitely

[shanks]

Looks a superb exotic and relaxing space!! I see your Dicksonia antarctica is still as dormant as my new one

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 movement

[Tom2006]

Nice one....noticed mine has one crozier slowly on the move.

[shanks]

tree fern finally moving

orchids also out now


first casulaty

[cordyman]

tree fern finally moving

orchids also out now


first casulaty

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

[Mr List]

i bet it would pull, my bedding one looked and did the same

[shanks]

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

[shanks]

hi all
some update pictures, rubbish summer here only thing to have really taken off is the bamboo and the slugs, banana has done ok despite lack off sun but has had plenty of rain, nearly every day