Forgot to say they look great by the way

After a week of strong Winds and lashing's of Rain the Sun's made an apperance here :D . Might get time to go out and tidy up some of the mess this Weather's made of the Garden, Banana leaves look more like Phoenix canariensis_CIDP fonds where there so shredded the ones that didn't snap that is (bet...

What game are they off Ross

That Frog should be on X Factor

So no more watering then this week for you southern boys Wish that was the case Dave, but i can be certain that a few places in my garden will still be dry no matter how much rain theres been, trouble with big leaf plants they have such a big dripline area, my collies are the first to let me know t...

The Trachycarpus should be fine, still lots of warmth left un the soil to encourage root growth. I have even planted one out in mid-December! I would not plant the others out. Adam D, sorry mate but i've got this vision of a Mad Jock in a kilt with a Pneumatic jack hammer,standing in 6 foot of snow...

Seems to be a few of these about that are flowering, see one myself on my travels the other day and there was one in the paper that had flowered, think they kick the bucket once they do

Im with Kata on this one, cant see that we will have enough heat temp wise or light time for anything to really get established, and you could see a lot of grief if winter is a bad one. If you havent already bought the plants spend the winter planning and reading up on what you plan to do, this site...

Welcome boybeck, Very nice mate :) Fareham must have quite a benign winter climate and warm summer climate as well so I can imagine it should do well for you. Adam, Fareham is about 20 mins away from Portsmouth so as you say should do well, but will still need winter protection at least if we have a...

Ditto Nathan, but we got a lot of light polution around here, and i'm too lazy to drive up on to Portsdown Hill

Nice one Di, Thanks

Looks nice,full and lush Di icon_thumleft , i can see nothing wrong with using plants in pots i do it all the time helps in working out where things grow happiest and look right before planting and it sulking, as well as being good gap fillers. Is the parrot impatiens a new arrivel or do you overwin...

Looking good to me Simba nice to see someone else draws a plan as well as me.
Looks like we went to the same Art school as well

Just to add my tuppence for what it's worth to this thread, and i know that Portsmouth is suppose to have a fantastic micro climate. But I for one have no complaint's about the Summer so far, even on overcast day's the Temp's have been good and as DaveB said aint much of a chore having to water when...

I've got Crocrosmia/Montbretia Lucifer growing in both sun and shade

I get a problem with little black slugs shredding the leaves looks a lot like Red Spider Mite damage
worth a look at night with a Torch