Thought I’d let you know who the nusery was who, in my opinion have a very bad attitude to customers and will not accept any error for delivering the wrong plants
Grasslands Nursery
Use them if you want just be sure to check the shape and colour of the plants are what you ordered originally or it’s money wasted
I had a look at their site @Stevedaylilly. I couldn't find phormiums until I looked in shrubs. That's a red flag right away. They also have Potentillas listed under perennials. While that's certainly true - they come back every year, they would never be described as that - they're shrubs. There's various other plants under the shrub heading which certainly aren't shrubs either- ferns etc. Looking at their phormiums, you definitely got one of the other ones they're listing. The P. tenax variegatum does look the most likely, as @Plantminded said. It's very disappointing, to say the least, that they haven't responded well to you.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's interesting @Stevedaylilly. they are quite local to me. I have not bought from them yet although I have thought about it, but now I probably won't.
They really are very variable @GardenerSuze, but that’s probably what makes them interesting, you’re not quite sure how they’re going to turn out! Mine are all in a shady north facing border as they seem adaptable and I needed some extra structure in that bed. P.tricolor is on the right in this photo.
I just love your garden @plantminded - beautifully planted and tended.
What is the dark red plant climbing up through the obelisk please? At first I thought it was a clematis but now I think it could be an annual climber. One of those would work very well on a very similar obelisk in my garden.
PS: Am I the only one who still has small schoolgirl titter every time I see the title of this thread in the list of Recent Discussions. Reminds me of the time I waxed lyrical about the merits of big pants in small spaces...😂
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Thank you @Topbird, that's very kind of you. You're right, it's an annual climber, Thunbergia. It gave a great show last year from May until the first frosts. I had it in a container at first but it outgrew it pretty quickly. I've actually put a clematis there this year for a different look, but might regret it! Big pants in small spaces sounds a bit like a gameshow, but I don't watch any of those😊!
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Looking at their phormiums, you definitely got one of the other ones they're listing. The P. tenax variegatum does look the most likely, as @Plantminded said. It's very disappointing, to say the least, that they haven't responded well to you.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What is the dark red plant climbing up through the obelisk please? At first I thought it was a clematis but now I think it could be an annual climber. One of those would work very well on a very similar obelisk in my garden.
PS: Am I the only one who still has small schoolgirl titter every time I see the title of this thread in the list of Recent Discussions. Reminds me of the time I waxed lyrical about the merits of big pants in small spaces...😂