A follow up to that, is that I just about knew a fig from a sycamore when I arrived. And the most valuable thing was having a learned hand, walk me through the garden giving sage advice. So defo lean on other people. After being at mine for a decade I have quite a good idea of what works and what doesn't. Oh and do water un-established plants, plants are better in the ground than dead in a pot.
My "crime" is often to not plant stuff,I have bought. Wayside,think I'm going to disagree on the last one though. I have a small Chinese Witch Hazel, but where I want to plant it....it will get forgotten. We now have a hosepipe ban. It's in a pot, under the birch tree . I think it would be better waiting till autumn.
@Nanny Beach of course there are exceptions. I've loads of hand reared cuttings and it's rather sad when they get forgotten in a pot and don't get water. That last dry spell was pretty savage.
Not predicting the future was my biggest crime. We planted a nice shady, acer dominant, front garden for my brother because of the beautiful tree which cast shade on it for most of the day. Long story short, new neighbours, not gardeners, tree chopped down and replaced with hideous paving and not a plant in sight.
My true biggest crime is over estimating the space I have and coming back with to many plants, that or thinking I'm rescuing something that either dies quickly or takes so long to recover it's not worth the discount. I need to be more ruthless.
@thevictorian oh I feel you, we have a postage sized front garden, and got very happy buying plants. Shrubs that probably want a 6ft spread eventually got big. And loads have been lost to the mini jungle. Plus who would have thunk those trees would get bigger?
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My true biggest crime is over estimating the space I have and coming back with to many plants, that or thinking I'm rescuing something that either dies quickly or takes so long to recover it's not worth the discount. I need to be more ruthless.