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This is our cordyline.
,It's about 4ft taller now. -
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. -
@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. -
@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. -
@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
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Hannah_Scope said:If anyone has any book or podcast recommendations, can you share them in this new thread please Thyme To Garden!
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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
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Look at the mess the Camellias have made.
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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
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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.
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That would be handy if you were going to a wedding lol or make pot pourri
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I always say it looks like the aftermath of a wedding.
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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.
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Thanks @Sandy_123 and that plant is a species of Cyclamen without a doubt. Lovely plants.Albus (he/him)
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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. -
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.Albus (he/him)
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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. -
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.Albus (he/him)
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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.
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