Gardeners World 2013

[derrick]

I only have Aloe Vera for the skin and Aloe Striatula someone gave me Dim

[Dave Brown]

Very nice garden full I like the Aloe .

aloe are not my favourites and I won't plant them in any of the gardens I landscape, or in my own....

looks like plants that belong in the Sahara desert, Scrubland or in Mexico, and not tropical at all ...

but thats just my personal taste

My garden behaves like the Sahara at some point in most years. In drought years the Cacti and succulents do very well, and in drench years, like last, the jungle does well. It's all about balancing what will look good in the vastly changing conditions I get.

[Kristen]

aloe are not my favourites and I won't plant them in any of the gardens I landscape, or in my own....

Agave, rather than Aloe, but I quite fancy doing some Urns like this:





http://thinkingoutsidetheboxwood.com/?paged=6

[Alexander]

Very nice garden full I like the Aloe .

aloe are not my favourites and I won't plant them in any of the gardens I landscape, or in my own....

looks like plants that belong in the Sahara desert, Scrubland or in Mexico, and not tropical at all ...

but thats just my personal taste

Well there are tropical Aloe species also. Here they are frosttender unefortunately.

Alexander

[Alexander]

aloe are not my favourites and I won't plant them in any of the gardens I landscape, or in my own....

Agave, rather than Aloe, but I quite fancy doing some Urns like this:

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http://thinkingoutsidetheboxwood.com/?paged=6

That looks very nice. For a classical garden design.

Alexander

[Dave Brown]

aloe are not my favourites and I won't plant them in any of the gardens I landscape, or in my own....

Agave, rather than Aloe, but I quite fancy doing some Urns like this:


http://thinkingoutsidetheboxwood.com/?paged=6

Very nice effect, although you need a large garden to get away with it.

Overwintering may be a problem for Agave that size, and weight, in an urn.

[Kristen]

Overwintering may be a problem for Agave that size, and weight, in an urn.

What aspect of over wintering is concerning you Dave? Just the cold? or maybe drainage, or blowing over?

[multim]

Planting Agaves in urns and the like were typically a Victorian concept for a decedent seasonal display. The plants were usually removed, re-potted and brought back to the glasshouse for Winter. The planting of Agaves e.t.c. in decorative containers is for the short term for these reasons;
The roots would freeze in Winter.
The roots would, in time, either break the urn or the Agave would 'pup' (dependant on variety) and may draw the plant out of the urn.
And of course, the planted urns are now top heavy and easily blown over by the wind.

[Dave Brown]

Overwintering may be a problem for Agave that size, and weight, in an urn.

What aspect of over wintering is concerning you Dave? Just the cold? or maybe drainage, or blowing over?

Prmarily cold and the weight of moving them in winter. I doubt they would blow over.

[JoelR]

I was quite surpised to see Aloe arborescens too. Could it have actually been A. mutabilis which is more cold hardy?

[Lys]

Found & recorded ''Montbeliardii' Don's French Gardens' (1/3) on BBC2 this morning. Doubt they'll be much if any tropical planting shown, but so few gardening progs on at the moment. Anyone else found any?

[kata]

Thanks LYS!

Love your beautiful ava btw...