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  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    edited September 2020
    B3 said:
    I love Coleus is even the lairy ones! @strelitzia32
    @B3 Me too, not ashamed to say that's my plants and my photo :D
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Who needs heuchera when you can have coleus . New ones every year. Never the same
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Re cyclamen:  the non-hardy sort just might survive outside if you live in a mild area, and - most importantly - you can keep them from getting soaked.  They hate cold wet weather.   
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited September 2020
    I had a cyclamen many years ago. The corm was eventually the size of a dinner plate. I kept it inside - didn't know any better. When it looked tatty, I threw it outside on its side to die off. When it sprouted again, I took it inside. I can't remember why it died in the end, but assume damp was involved.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PoppiesforeverPoppiesforever Posts: 3
    Much prefer the natural coloured heathers I purchased today from a plant nursery...no garish colours in sight! 

  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    edited September 2020
    sarinka said:
    Thank god for this thread. I was just doing a double take at these heathers yesterday and didn't have a clue what was going on.
    I love it.  I think if I saw some in the local GC I would need to purchase them for this specific pattern.  Being an art teacher, I would arrange them in a circle for the color wheel.. but regardless, I can support rainbow art.  

    The original image that started this thread really troubled me because it was not arranged chromatically.  I would have been there moving flats of brightly rainbow hued heather to follow the proper color wavelength 🌈.  
    Utah, USA.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm finding the trend for plastic plants in the garden rather sad. There's always been the odd plastic box ball, or these daft hanging ones, not to mention full on 'flowers' stuck into borders,  but yesterday I saw an arrangement that took my breath away.
    A row of 3 plastic fan palms with 2 plastic topiary swirls - fake yew or something, in between. The worst bit about it was, the owners had them along the side of their garage, and they would really never see them because of the site, but the poor folk in the house opposite had them in full view of the front windows!  
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LisaJ73LisaJ73 Posts: 16
    B3 said:
    Who needs heuchera when you can have coleus . New ones every year. Never the same
    The bumble bees in my garden - they go mental for the wee flowers on my heucheras!
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    "plastic plants in the garden".

    Oh god. I haven't seen that yet. :s I supposed after plastic grass, the next step is plastic trees, plastic flowers, plastic birds and plastic clouds.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Fire said:
    "plastic plants in the garden".

    Oh god. I haven't seen that yet. :s I supposed after plastic grass, the next step is plastic trees, plastic flowers, plastic birds and plastic clouds.
    It has been done already!

    https://www.google.com/search?q=singapore+trees+by+the+bay&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE0KSGi4DsAhWKecAKHZCQASAQ_AUoAXoECBYQAw&biw=1280&bih=579
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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