I also have a currently very brown fern that is supposed to be evergreen, planted in an extremely wet area specifically because they can cope with that. It's unrelated to my original post, but I am a bit baffled by it...
Sorry, many ferns like shade and damp ground...woodland type conditions That is very different from sitting permanently with their roots constantly soggy, wet and cold...especially if soil has alkaline builders rubble in it. If it is brown now when it was an evergreen fern then it is dead.
Did you ever think of a sonic cat deterrent? See my link earlier.
The OP has a problem with the deterrents @Silver surfer. I don't find the ones I have are too problematic though. The Voss 2000 that @Bee witched recommended, but you have to be vigilant with charging the batteries over winter. I'm still not convinced by them though- judging by the piles I had to pick up yesterday, and the black cat that keeps appearing in the back garden.
I just read your other post @jenniferavril. I've tried everything from skewers and bamboo hoops to holly etc on the beds. Nothing works.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think a pittosporum would look good in that position. They are easy to care for, evergreen and can be shaped. I have Pittosporum tenuifolium Silver Princess (I think) that started life in a pot and grew into a tall tree when, a few years later, I planted it in the garden. I occasionally take off some of the branches to keep it fairly narrow and it doesn't mind at all. More info here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-trials-and-awards/plant-bulletins/pittosporum.pdf Edited to add: I am on free draining sandy soil.
I'd think about replacing the gravel with slate too. That seems to be a better deterrent as it can't be scraped aside. I don't like slate because it's too drab, but it might be ok in that site. I think there's a plum one which might be brighter Nothing prickly deters them round here. It injures me far more often. I've tried it more times than I care to mention, along with skewers etc. I had raised beds/boxes which looked ridiculous because of the amount of stuff I put in them before I was ready to plant. It made no difference. I actually saw one 'perching' and using it from the window. The 'spraying' by un-neutered cats is also a massive problem here.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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That is very different from sitting permanently with their roots constantly soggy, wet and cold...especially if soil has alkaline builders rubble in it.
If it is brown now when it was an evergreen fern then it is dead.
Did you ever think of a sonic cat deterrent?
See my link earlier.
I don't find the ones I have are too problematic though. The Voss 2000 that @Bee witched recommended, but you have to be vigilant with charging the batteries over winter.
I'm still not convinced by them though- judging by the piles I had to pick up yesterday, and the black cat that keeps appearing in the back garden.
I just read your other post @jenniferavril. I've tried everything from skewers and bamboo hoops to holly etc on the beds. Nothing works.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-trials-and-awards/plant-bulletins/pittosporum.pdf
Edited to add: I am on free draining sandy soil.
Nothing prickly deters them round here. It injures me far more often. I've tried it more times than I care to mention, along with skewers etc. I had raised beds/boxes which looked ridiculous because of the amount of stuff I put in them before I was ready to plant. It made no difference. I actually saw one 'perching' and using it from the window. The 'spraying' by un-neutered cats is also a massive problem here.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...