Yes @KT53 but then so do cacti, air plants and, to be fair, palms, tree ferns and bananas. They're all wrong plant, wrong place for me in UK gardens and, even here, where palms are plentiful and bananas get left outside all winter they look unspeakably tatty for at least 11.5 months of the year.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Quite a mixed bag last night. I enjoyed Toby's visit to Cotehele.
I have to say that when Monty started clearing the overcrowded border l started to take notice. He brought pots and crates and l thought "Here we go, some more practical advice". He lifted a stipa and a clump of irises.... and that was that. If l recall correctly, he didn't even make use of any of the pots he'd brought with him. He said they (the irises) would be okay in the crates with some soil for a few days while he cleared then prepared the rest of the bed. He mentioned putting plants into pots and that they would be fine for days or even weeks. Then it was on to the next film, with no mention of when or if he would return to that section of garden again. Why not start clearing and then with the aid of time lapse filming, show the cleared area and various plants potted up, in the crates etc. Show the preparation of the ground, maybe a bit later in the programme. If someone was watching and thought "Right, l'll make a start clearing this weekend", they were left hanging. How do they prepare the bed and decide what goes back where ? What spacing should they use to take into account future growth ? If he'd said "l'll be back here next week to show you what to do when the area has been cleared" that would be something. I haven't timed that section of the programme, but l suspect it was considerably shorter than the filmed reports. I know l go banging on about the days of Geoff Hamilton (or even Alan Titchmarsh), but they would have gone into a bit more depth l'm sure.
I liked the pelargonium lady and I am always moved by people who keep their parents' and grandparents' plants going. But my heart sinks every time MD says, "Now it's back to another of your wonderful viewer gardens." I can't learn much from Joe Bloggs pointing at a tiny ridiculous cherry blossom and going, "It's a cherry blossom."
I still want that seed pressing block of wood of Monty's, though. Why should I use my handn
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I have to say that when Monty started clearing the overcrowded border l started to take notice. He brought pots and crates and l thought "Here we go, some more practical advice".
He lifted a stipa and a clump of irises.... and that was that. If l recall correctly, he didn't even make use of any of the pots he'd brought with him. He said they (the irises) would be okay in the crates with some soil for a few days while he cleared then prepared the rest of the bed. He mentioned putting plants into pots and that they would be fine for days or even weeks.
Then it was on to the next film, with no mention of when or if he would return to that section of garden again.
Why not start clearing and then with the aid of time lapse filming, show the cleared area and various plants potted up, in the crates etc. Show the preparation of the ground, maybe a bit later in the programme.
If someone was watching and thought "Right, l'll make a start clearing this weekend", they were left hanging. How do they prepare the bed and decide what goes back where ? What spacing should they use to take into account future growth ?
If he'd said "l'll be back here next week to show you what to do when the area has been cleared" that would be something.
I haven't timed that section of the programme, but l suspect it was considerably shorter than the filmed reports.
I know l go banging on about the days of Geoff Hamilton (or even Alan Titchmarsh), but they would have gone into a bit more depth l'm sure.
forgive me.
Mea Culpa
They are from planks of wood cut to size (with the corner edges sanded) with another bit of wood screwed on as a handle.