some gems from pgp

[mouse]

I've never been, but I'll be scuttling past on the M5 during one of my trips up to the Midlands in a few weeks. Looks as though it's only about 10 mins off the motorway at junction 12. I wonder if I can get in and out within 2 hours

Dave,its literally 2 mins off j13, grab a starbucks coffee in the services after j14 and drink it at the nursery
hey mouse mate theres always method in my madness,something had to go to make way for some of these.you know what it is

[Adam D]

Interesting haul Darren.

I agree about pushing out the definition of "exotic" and moving away from the traditional exotic plants.

I would love to visit PGP. I went close to there last summer when we drove up and down to Devon, but I don't think a detour would have gone down well and there was no room in the car.

here you go Adam,see what you can do with a few different ones relatively cheap compared to palms too,several 2ft plus trees have been under a tenner

That get's the thumbs up from me mate!

I have been steadily buying plants this year to replace dead ones and plug some of the gaps, but only 4 of them could be considered traditional "tropical" plants and they have been 1 palm and 3 bamboos, the rest have been ground ferns, exotic looking shrubs, various Hellebores and some other plants and I have been very pleased with the way they fit into the overall style of my garden

When the wind calms down and I have done some weeding I will see about taking some photos.