I absolutely agree Philippa, I once wrote on someone’s thread, who asked about a manky leafy. ‘ You won’t find perfection in this life’. Don’t think it went down too well😀
Far from perfection here, as Philippa will verify.
@Lyn The only thing which would improve your garden is if E , I and Thomas were there poking about in it now
People do expect an awful lot from plants - like us they age, fall ill, catch something and either die gracefully or gradually recover. Once gardener's realise this, life gets somewhat easier
I think James is speaking a lot of sense. We can so easily get ourselves worked up, anxious if we are doing things "the right way", or worrying about whether we should put a particular plant next to another, different one. I'm certainly no expert when it comes to gardening and tend to be a "plant it and see" gardener - if I like something and have checked it's not going to take over the whole garden and is suitable for my plot, then in it goes. (Oh, and lots of pots also help). My garden perhaps looks too random for some tastes, with lots of different colour, but I like it and that's all that matters. It's evolving in its own way. Plants that don't work come out. I think we should go with what we like and not worry too much about what others might think - it's not their garden. As long as what we plant isn't going to pose issues in the future (by getting too big, affecting drains, over-shadowing neighbours gardens, etc), then it's really a very personal choice, isn't it?
I absolutely agree Philippa, I once wrote on someone’s thread, who asked about a manky leafy. ‘ You won’t find perfection in this life’. Don’t think it went down too well😀
Far from perfection here, as Philippa will verify.
@Lyn The only thing which would improve your garden is if E , I and Thomas were there poking about in it now
People do expect an awful lot from plants - like us they age, fall ill, catch something and either die gracefully or gradually recover. Once gardener's realise this, life gets somewhat easier
To true Philippa, Just say, we have got a booking for mid August but apart from that, it’s yours. Would be lovely to see Thomas mooching around again, Ashley’s very sweet though, you’ll love him when you get to know him.
@Red maple. You’re a step ahead of me, I plant it out, never mind checking first, most things work, if it doesn't it goes in the compost, no plants life is ever in vain.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
@Lyn, that's very true, but I quite recently had a couple of plants that looked lovely when new, I didn't realise they would spread and take over to the extent they did, so they had to come out (the garden is not very large), so now I check height and spread a bit more carefully - though take that with a pinch of salt as things seem to spread much more than the label says they will I think gardening is a continuous learning curve!
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People do expect an awful lot from plants - like us they age, fall ill, catch something and either die gracefully or gradually recover. Once gardener's realise this, life gets somewhat easier
@Red maple. You’re a step ahead of me, I plant it out, never mind checking first, most things work, if it doesn't it goes in the compost, no plants life is ever in vain.