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HELLO FORKERS 🐇 🐣 🐑 March ‘21

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think Patriot is one I bought last year in Norfolk to brighten a dark corner.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    And @Hostafan1, do you think that little bit of new leaf is a hosta? 
    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    D0rdogne_Damsel said:
    And another....
    Hosta Clifford's Forest Fire - Variegated Hosta


    Do you think they will be ok in such a dark corner, I am not sure much sun ever gets there?
    I don't know that one, but I fear it'd end up green after a season. 
    H. medio variegata, and H. albomarginata are usually pretty readily available.
    You could also consider one HUGE plant, like H. Empress Wu to just fill it?
    Devon.
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    Ah ha, there was a reason I asked an expert - I very much like the look of that one! And it is available here from my usual supplier. :)
    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hostafan1 said:
    D0rdogne_Damsel said:
    And another....
    Hosta Clifford's Forest Fire - Variegated Hosta


    Do you think they will be ok in such a dark corner, I am not sure much sun ever gets there?
    I don't know that one, but I fear it'd end up green after a season. 
    H. medio variegata, and H. albomarginata are usually pretty readily available.
    You could also consider one HUGE plant, like H. Empress Wu to just fill it?
    Now that really would look fabulous ... just imagine her bursting out of that ‘doorway’ 😍

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    Thank you @Hostafan1, I will leave you in peace now. 
    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    D0rdogne_Damsel said:
    Thank you @Hostafan1, I will leave you in peace now. 
    Ask any time. X
    Devon.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Just seen a pair of Goldcrests, lovely start to the day.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2021
    How lovely @punkdoc

    When we moved here I tried to recreate the fence and planting that I’d had by a window in a former home which had been the haunt of wrens, and I put a nestbox on the trellis behind the Vib. Bodnantense, where it soon became engulfed by Clem. freckles.  
    Last year a wren started spending a lot of time hoping around in the clem and singing from the Rosa rugosa next to the Vib. 
    In the last few days we’ve noticed activity in the nest box. To say I’m excited is an understatement. I can see the gap in the foliage that leads to the box from where I sit on the sofa 😀 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    very jealous about goldcrests
    Devon.
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