How Does our Garden Grow?

Teigr

This is our cordyline.
,It's about 4ft taller now.

Ada

Hi @Zimba Yes they were the skyscraper ones. Grew taller every year. My secret plant food for the winter is sugar free ( no sweeteners ) Flat lemonade.  I started using it because flat ( or boiled) sugar free lemonade is a great food for any tummy ache. So figured it be good for my plants. And it really works. 
I can’t afford plant foods etc. So I pinch Mr lemonade lol. 

Zimba

@Ada  
Thank you that’s a great tip I never would have thought of that, I have struggled to get the skyscraper ones at the garden centre I can only seem to order them online. They are a beautiful flower my favourite was the big yellow flower heads they gave off a lovely scent. I will try and find some old photos of them.

Ada

@Zimba Just buy one pack seeds. Let it grow then take those seeds from the bud for next year. I started that way and ended up with five very large pots Full. And marry the seeds ( pot them together) to get different colours. 
Don't use fizzy lemonade it will kill them. 

Sandy_123

@ada I get packs of used coffee from star bucks, they do it in large packets for free for gardens, so if I'm ever in there I take a couple and sprinkle around the plants  

Ada

Hannah_Scope said:

If anyone has any book or podcast recommendations, can you share them in this new thread please  Thyme To Garden!

Check this new thread out from @Hannah_Scope Its great I now have a gardening podcast makes a change from true crime. And her book recommendations look great. 
Add any others to it. 

Ada

Sandy_123 said:

@ada I get packs of used coffee from star bucks, they do it in large packets for free for gardens, so if I'm ever in there I take a couple and sprinkle around the plants  

Great idea @Sandy_123 I will definitely try that. I love trying new to me ideas. xx

Teigr

Look at the mess the Camellias have made.

Sandy_123

Still looks lovely @teigr I've got a plant I need to photo in a min, as I don't know the name of  it 

Teigr

We've got five Camellias @Sandy_123,this is the only one that makes a mess.When the flowers fall off the others they stay in one piece but with this one they explode into a million pieces when they hit the deck.

Sandy_123

That would be handy if you were going to a wedding lol or make pot pourri

Teigr

I always say it looks like the aftermath of a wedding.

Albus_Scope

Here's my little slice of paradise.  I've not been able to do anything to it yet this year, but hopefully it'll look lovely again soon.  I dug a small pond with a hand trowel which I was very proud of. The little tubs are home to my collection of carnivorous plants, who're just starting to come out of dormancy.

And yes, I have an army of pigeons and a jackdaw friend called Creepy Dave, who visits daily with his mates.  

Sandy_123

Looks nice @Albus_Scope can any one identify this plant 

Albus_Scope

Thanks @Sandy_123 and that plant is a species of Cyclamen without a doubt.  Lovely plants.  

Sandy_123

Ohhh I had it given to me one Xmas in a fancy pot about 6 years ago. By a neighbour whos passed. I put it in the garden, it comes early spring every year and then goes unless it's me, I can now Google to look after it, then it's comes back late summer 
Just googled and that's what the plant supposed to do , early spring late summer.

Albus_Scope

Aww, it's lovely you can keep their memory alive.   We have some that I discovered under a bush that I'd cut back last year. We had no idea they were there for two years!  They're just starting to come up now and have such beautiful leaves.   

Sandy_123

They are nice plants. My rhubarb is sprouting up again, it refuses to die, we dug it out and everything, but no, it's back. 
We have a jackdaw flying around the area too, people,e have been posting photos of it in their gardens, I've not seen it yet.

Albus_Scope

Oh rhubarb is such a pain! We tried demolishing what we found when we moved here. 3 years later it's still sprouting up! We now have about ten jackdaws who visit, lovely, smart birds.

Ada

Fabulous @Albus_Scope I adore seeing birds etc in the garden. We only have a small back yard. And no birds. Betty wouldn’t allow them. But I do feed them out front in my very tiny garden. I have a pair of magpies who call for me to feed them. Truly.