It largely depends on the size of your bank account, and how long you're prepared to wait and/or keep trying. If you're planting something in a spot that's debateable in terms of soil/climate etc, then that's the risk you take. I occasionally do it, but not often. I learned the hard way many moons ago. Sometimes, with the best will in the world, and the right care and site, a plant just doesn't thrive. There was a chap yesterday who had a flowering currant, that had never flowered in the four or five years he'd had it, despite the care and site looking excellent, and other shrubs nearby were thriving. I don't think I'd have been that patient.
Life's too short to keep flogging dead horses.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I sometimes think it might be quicker to simply bury £5 and £10 notes in the garden. Cut out the middle man.
Absolutely. Or I should just to my garden centre and whack £100+ in notes on the counter. "A donation to the staff" I would state, through gritted teeth. It would save the time and effort. Or I could donate £2000 to the National Slug Society, pave over the garden and have done.
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Sometimes, with the best will in the world, and the right care and site, a plant just doesn't thrive.
There was a chap yesterday who had a flowering currant, that had never flowered in the four or five years he'd had it, despite the care and site looking excellent, and other shrubs nearby were thriving. I don't think I'd have been that patient.
Life's too short to keep flogging dead horses.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A Magic Money Tree!
Absolutely. Or I should just to my garden centre and whack £100+ in notes on the counter. "A donation to the staff" I would state, through gritted teeth. It would save the time and effort. Or I could donate £2000 to the National Slug Society, pave over the garden and have done.