Some plants are thriving in this weather the inulas are spectacular can you give your salix a gentle half prune just to tidy it water well and put a deep mulch round the base
@Tracey K gosh your plants have truly suffered. I have to admit I was watering mine twice weekly with the hose until the hose ban began, now I just water with a watering can, whatever looks droopy.
You can use washing up/shower/bath water, its recomended you make sure you water the soil, not the leaves etc.Nothing bad has happened to mine, we had planted up a new big bed, not expecting 7 weeks without rain (we DID have very light rain yesterday!) I cut my daily shower/hair wash to twice a week, Hubby just on work day (works in a garage, gets filthy!) and then with the plug in, and I scoop it out, yes on a water meter, but my plants cost hundreds, if not more, some are irreplaceable, like 20 year old rhododendrons in pots bought from previous gardens, which if you could buy them this size would probably cost £100 each. we dont go away, rarely go out (only to visit gardens open for charity) its our "thing" like you Guernsey D
Tracey K, this border IS my re-think, we have already lost some perennials, pretty sure one large rhododendron has copped it and a lovelly purple acer.
Very little water gets wasted here much can be diverted to buckets for garden like you nanny beach my garden has cost a lot of money will use any water just to keep it alive preferably not metered water though
@Nanny Beach - sorry, didn't mean to sound unsympathetic. I do know your pain. In 2016 I ripped out my front garden and put in a wildlife pond and bee friend planting. Spent £400-500 on hundreds of plugs and small plants. It looked soooooooo promising that first year.
Summer 2017 a bunny adopted my garden and good job I thought he was cute as I could never have imagined one so tiny could consume so much. It was like watching a plant hoover and he spent every day (I didn't think they were so keen on coming out during the day) in my garden and I got video of him chasing a rat (that's another thread) and pigeons.
I was hoping it would recover this year and, in mid May, it was looking spectacular and luscious...not any more. It's just the odd bit of green and a few hardy flowers in a sea of brown. I think up to 50% will have to be replaced next year.
Mary370 I think it's because we have such sandy soil. It's usually great for plants (tons of Market Gardeners around here) but currently like a dust bowl.
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Summer 2017 a bunny adopted my garden and good job I thought he was cute as I could never have imagined one so tiny could consume so much. It was like watching a plant hoover and he spent every day (I didn't think they were so keen on coming out during the day) in my garden and I got video of him chasing a rat (that's another thread) and pigeons.
I was hoping it would recover this year and, in mid May, it was looking spectacular and luscious...not any more. It's just the odd bit of green and a few hardy flowers in a sea of brown. I think up to 50% will have to be replaced next year.