Monty is all over Instagram with the puppy, he is rather cute I must admit. I think Nellie has accepted him, but there was a picture of Patty giving him a dirty look 😁
I saw disacia in the "drought tolerant planting" segment. I have never thought of disascia like that, but it's a big group. Do you find it remarkably self-sustaining? Is this personata? I managed to kill some last year but might give it another go.
Can't answer that @Allotment Boy, but l was admiring it as well
I loved that Bristol garden, and the slightly tatty Robin. Generally speaking l enjoyed last night's programme. Had to laugh at Adam's squash making a bid for freedom over the hedge.
Frances' items on drought tolerant plants had some very interesting points. Like @Fire, l wasn't aware of the drought tolerant capabilities of Diascia.
I used to have a diasca similar to the one in @Fire 's pic. It did fine in the dry conditions here but it died, I think because of the prolonged cold in the early winter of 2010 when it hardly got above freezing from the end of November until after Christmas.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
They didn't actually mention diascia as 'drought tolerant' in the discussion, so I wonder if it was a nice shot from the garden to finish with. Linaria does well for me in dry areas, so I will add that to a local sandy, full sun bed next year.
A few years ago in the spring I bought a few diascias for a planter. When I cleared the planter the following spring I noticed a little diascia that had survived the winter, so I let it grow - and it really did grow well, filling the whole planter by summer -
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I enjoyed most of the features in the programme but I'm afraid Adam Frost winds me up big-time. If he ever took over the reins permanently I don't think I could watch any more.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I enjoyed most of the features in the programme but I'm afraid Adam Frost winds me up big-time. If he ever took over the reins permanently I don't think I could watch any more.
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I loved that Bristol garden, and the slightly tatty Robin. Generally speaking l enjoyed last night's programme. Had to laugh at Adam's squash making a bid for freedom over the hedge.
Frances' items on drought tolerant plants had some very interesting points. Like @Fire, l wasn't aware of the drought tolerant capabilities of Diascia.
When I cleared the planter the following spring I noticed a little diascia that had survived the winter, so I let it grow - and it really did grow well, filling the whole planter by summer -
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful