I rather like the flowers on Jerusalem sage and so do the bees and it looks good later on when frosted. However, when happy it can be invasive and the foliage easily gets tatty looking.
That canna is gorgeous. Which is it? I prefer Byzantine glads but that deep purple is sumptuous and I think we need a pic of yours Pdoc. Sounds wonderful.
Bedding plants for me belong in troughs or pots or baskets as a temporary display on a balcony, terrace, window sill etc. For borders I like the variety in size, colour and form you get form perennials performing in succession thru the seasons.
Welcome Rubyross. Lots of fun and exchanges of info, opinions, even seeds to be had on here so please join in and get to know us. There's everything on here from founts of all knowledge to specialists in certain plants and some strong characters along with more diplomatic types. Just like down the pub or café.
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"Jerusalem sage is, as @Obelixx says, wonderful for bees but it can get out of hand. However, I've found it's quite happy to be cut back pretty hard. The only thing is , it's covered in tiny hairs which , for me, caused lots of stingy eye and coughing situations. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the canna , it was given to me. Yes @punkdoc let's see your Gladdy / dahlia combo.
I really dislike variegated evergreens where the variegation distorts the leaves - they just look unwell, to me. Photinia 'Pink Marble', and some of the more splodgy spotted laurels (Aucuba), are plants I'd never have in my garden. But are they naff? Don't know... Bad pruning can make a perfectly decent plant look naff, IMO. Small weeping trees with their "skirts" cut short - Kilmarnock willow, Cheal's weeping cherry, or the willow-leaved pear. And most examples of "council pruning" - making the shrub fit the space available - just look nasty.
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That canna is gorgeous. Which is it? I prefer Byzantine glads but that deep purple is sumptuous and I think we need a pic of yours Pdoc. Sounds wonderful.
Bedding plants for me belong in troughs or pots or baskets as a temporary display on a balcony, terrace, window sill etc. For borders I like the variety in size, colour and form you get form perennials performing in succession thru the seasons.
Welcome Rubyross. Lots of fun and exchanges of info, opinions, even seeds to be had on here so please join in and get to know us. There's everything on here from founts of all knowledge to specialists in certain plants and some strong characters along with more diplomatic types. Just like down the pub or café.
Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the canna , it was given to me.
Yes @punkdoc let's see your Gladdy / dahlia combo.
Bad pruning can make a perfectly decent plant look naff, IMO. Small weeping trees with their "skirts" cut short - Kilmarnock willow, Cheal's weeping cherry, or the willow-leaved pear. And most examples of "council pruning" - making the shrub fit the space available - just look nasty.
People who go round "tidying things up" so everything is a blob. Now that's proper naff.