Yorkshire Kris blog: Cow protection

[kata]

Great garden Kris,

What is this plant? 2011006.jpg

And that Cardinal Red Lobelia looks great, mine died. I did'nt know they were a bog plant.

I am going to order another. I have a wet space near the Leylandi which has stones so it should suit it.

[Yorkshire Kris]

Great garden Kris,

What is this plant? 2011006.jpg

And that Cardinal Red Lobelia looks great, mine died. I didn't know they were a bog plant.

I am going to order another. I have a wet space near the Leylandi which has stones so it should suit it.

2011006 is an aeonium with an alocasia and colocasia along side it.

I have found that Lobelia cardinalis is pretty hardy. Some have started growing again in 2011 but not all. It is often see it as a bog plant but I grow it in the ground and in tub where it does really well.

[kata]

Thanks Kris,

I had an Idea, it looked familur the Aeonium. Yours threw me cus I had the chocolate colored one which I whacked out lol I threw the whole lot away before this forum said you take cuttings...

I paid out for three seperate plants on Ebay.

lmaoooooooooo I kept them under a hot radi thinking they would think it was a hot country....... They must have fried.

[Yorkshire Kris]

Although Aeoniums are succulents they do like a bit of moisture, more so than some others like many cacti etc

[kata]

Yea I will have another attempt at them Kris,

[eyefi]

eyup kris, grand garden mate. that 1st page Dicksonia antarctica fronds are great, do you feed it?

it might be good to sort a wakey/yorksire meet this year, there seems to be quite a few more folk from round 'ere these days.

laters,

[Yorkshire Kris]

eyup kris, grand garden mate. that 1st page Dicksonia antarctica fronds are great, do you feed it?

it might be good to sort a wakey/yorkshire meet this year, there seems to be quite a few more folk from round 'ere these days.

laters,

Sadly my Dicksonia antarctica are no more I was too complacent and didn't protect enough (but also wanted to check out how hardy they were, sadly not prolonged deep freeze hardy!)

I never fed my Dicksonia antarctica just kept well watered and planted deeply.

A Northern mini meet would be good. Any suggestions where?
Perhaps start a new topic on this? Agree there are a lot of us Northerners about these days.

[eyefi]

i guess i got lucky with my Dicksonia antarctica's this year, all seem to have survived. unlike the old nanas

as for suggestions i suppose a pub, someone's garden, a garden centre or public garden? i'm easy

[Yorkshire Kris]

I'll have a think about it and get some suggestions on a new topic

See here for Mini meet suggestions

http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=4

[Yorkshire Kris]

Just a little teaser for what I've got planned for my dead tree fern....

[Yorkshire Kris]

No new photos but got a hell of a lot done yesterday.

Planted out:

cannas 30+
ensete 2
coleus 12
zinnias 30+
sun flowers 10+
busy lizzies 20+
gazanias 10+
aeoniums 5
other succulents 10+

re-arranges pots

finishing hardening of colocasias
moved other plants in position for planting
watered
watered
watered!!!!

[Bob]

So what did you do after lunchtime Kris?

Been doing a fair bit myself, but had a week off work.

[Yorkshire Kris]

So what did you do after lunchtime Kris?

Been doing a fair bit myself, but had a week off work.

I planted a lot of Dahlias and surfinias!

[JungleNuts]

love that pic from the first page .... the eucomis and the coleus .... have to tell you that was an inspiration for our foray into planting both those varieties

[Yorkshire Kris]

love that pic from the first page .... the eucomis and the coleus .... have to tell you that was an inspiration for our foray into planting both those varieties

That's nice to hear. I think sharing photos of our plants and gardens is a great way to get ideas. I've picked up so much from this forum.