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  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    I think we will need to widen the protective fence around the purple smoke bush! It’s trying to get out.  

    I wish it would grow up instead of out. image

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    S. E. NSW
  • That's gorgeous, Pat!  So many flowers you can't see the leaves...  image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    Thanks Liri. I’m pleased with it too. 

    S. E. NSW
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

    Do the wallabies like to eat smoke bushes, Pat?

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    I’m not sure Lizzie. Sometimes I’m not sure whether bent or broken branches are from kangaroos or wallabies.  If they are low branches that have been attacked, it’s often hares. They are quite large. Compared with my late little poodle who weighed 4 kg, the hares must be at least 5 kg.  I really need to catch them at it, but I think most of the activity is at night. 

    S. E. NSW
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254

    @Pat,

    Lovely purple smoke bush! Pity it has to be put in a cage.image

    We've just had a few mornings of frost here, so I have started to wrap up the more delicate plants in my garden to provide protection against the frost. I was too careless last winter and lost quite a few specimens. I have wrapped up: Philotheca myoporoides, Diosma hirsuta 'Pink Fountain' (just starting to flower, much too early), Polygala myrtifolia (still in flower!), Amaryllis belladonna, Solanum jasminoides 'Alba' and Rosmarinus officinalis 'Pointe du Raz'.

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    Frosted garden

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    Frosted Heuchera & carex

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    Dessicated stems of Gaura lindheimeri  'Rosyjane'

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    Dessicated & frosted Echinacea

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    Fragile plants in their winter coats.image

  • Still plenty of interest in your garden, Papi Jo.  image  Hope the delicate plants survive this winter.

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316

    Hello Papi Jo. Yes the fencing is a bit off putting, but at least we can enjoy our plants instead of having them broken off and chewed. We have become used to thevfences. Don’t really notice them now. image

    S. E. NSW
  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,457

    image peep-o

    Clematis Napaulensis

  • How lovely, Cloggie!  image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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