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fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
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Its that time of year again. All those lovely catalogues offering hope  or disappointment for next year.  I've been perusing Farmer Gracy website, I see they have some giant Hostas, T rex and Jurassic park. Has anyone grown these? @Hostafan1  Will they be a suitable replacement for that gunnera I always wanted, or should  just stick to dahlias?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You could always grow rhubarb and plant dwarf things near it @fidgetbones
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Rheum Palmatum Atrosanguineum is probably the best alterative to the Gunnera or Darmera Peltata  . Could try Butterbur if your brave enough and struggle with hostas . 

    I'd be curious myself how hosta T rex performs and how attractive it is to slugs .

    I still rather have the Gunnera. 
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    I'm puzzled by this discussion title... any relation to pornography?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's like cookery porn. You study the books but never cook anything. Think of it like girlie magazines but for plants @Papi Jo
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Folk getting excited by looking at the pictures @Papi Jo 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Perki said:
    Rheum Palmatum Atrosanguineum is probably the best alterative to the Gunnera or Darmera Peltata  . Could try Butterbur if your brave enough and struggle with hostas . 

    I'd be curious myself how hosta T rex performs and how attractive it is to slugs .

    I still rather have the Gunnera. 
    I really like Darmera. Astilboides tabularis would also be on my list.

    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Astilboides looks a fine plant @Loxley I'll keep an eye out for that looks very nice. 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I succumbed.
    I've never grown caladium from bulbs so I got three assorted cheaper ones, even though I fancied the new colocasia  Pharaohs mask and  Redemption but at nearly £40 a bulb, perhaps not this year.  I have got a hosta t rex to go by the pond. Now we no longer get visited by the deer, it should stand a fighting chance.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    Guilty as charged. I got a 50 euros voucher to spend on a gardening website, so I am going to be scrolling gardening porn all afternoon. 😁

    Luxembourg
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