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I wonder if this has ever happened to other people. Posting out of bewilderment.
The other weekend, did some weeding near our boundary. Put some mulch down around plants, and noticed the dianthus were coming along nicely.
I walked past the other day and something looked odd.
Looked again. A couple of plants appeared to be missing and the soil was disturbed.
Glanced at a photo from Feb, to double check, glanced next door, and lo and behold: the dianthus appear to have moved by a couple of metres into a new resting place.
Are these plants known to move by themselves?
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You're thinking of Triffids
In the sticks near Peterborough
Word with the neighbours required. At least you have photographic evidence!
Not the best evidence, but I'd taken a pic of the daffodils, to make a note of where not to plant. Front garden as well!
Think I'd buy three more, two for myself and one more - fix a label on it saying 'I bought myself a present and got one for you two 'cos I know you love dianthus'
and pop it on their doorstep.
That will 'heap burning coals' of shame on the neighbours' heads and they'll know that you know what they've done - and if for some reason it wasn't them, then you've just 'done a nice thing'
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What a cheek!!
How rude!
The whole thing is very bizarre. I only put one in a month or so back.
I'd like to think it was some weird accident. They kindly weeded out the Verbena too.
Perhaps they thought it would be kind to make some space for me to plant something, as I'd nearly ran out of room.
@dove, very funny. Shame, do people still feel this?
My partner has named them: dianthus mobilus.
I will waste more time and brain space, triple checking.
It's probably easier and less hassle to just buy in replacements.
The previous tenants in the same house, suddenly had a cornflower in the middle of their plot, which was identical to the one I planted and never could find again. So perhaps some plants slide downhill and upwind.
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I once had a neighbour knock on my door saying I took one of their plants. Turns out they had thought my front garden was theirs - we live in flats with separate entrances and the upstairs flats thought they had the front garden. All very embarrassing. Not sure if yours is fenced or clearly marked?
Shame you can't plant a pernicious weed but then it might spread to your garden.
On another thread someone mentioned one that smelt of dogpoo
I totally understand that boundaries can be fuzzy. I have a photo with a delimiter and the plant on our side. The delimiter may have been obscured. Looking at the houses you are tempted to use the drainpipe as a guide, but that sits on our side. Not that it's that obvious, but could lead to error. I appreciate that we are all fallible.
The odd thing is that the plant and another half a plant appear to have been transplanted. Perhaps they thought I was taking the p and moved them in a mini-rage. Or just tucked in to the free plant nursery.
Now we'll look like precious morons by placing some divider between to avoid future blunders.