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Nice to get out in the garden!

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We harvested some wisteria seed from a French Gite we visited one Spring in a very old property (had to go out and buy an electric fan heater we were so cold there - thick stone walls) so they'd already overwintered still on the plants, which we planted when we got home and they germinated and were doing well, overwintered without harm, vigorous growth and pinched flower buds out to make absolutely certain they were really well established before flowering - and then we went on holiday and wham - nobody watered anything so every flowering plant we owned (other than the hardy fuchsia) was as dead as a dodo to greet us.
 
Apart from wisterias anything in pots we put in a children's paddling pool half full of water and they survive whilst on holiday. Its sad when you lose plants you have nurtured.
 
Your poor plants! I used to come home from a week in Blackpool every year to dead plants, rotten teenagers!

The Wisteria I planted in a tub is still alive. I daren't even breathe on it... 🙂
 
The banana is now almost 5ft tall. It’s doubled in height in about three weeks or so.

And the sequoia is finally happy as I’ve made it a little lake. I’ve lined the pot it’s in with a bin liner lol.

What always amazes me is which things just don’t take. No rhyme or reason for it either. Some fuchsias were planted in troughs, balcony boxes and in pots.
It is only three varieties of fuchsia repeated. Some have come on beautifully in one pot and the same one in the pot adjacent to it has completely given up the ghost.


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@ColinUK I thought you only had a balcony! 😳 Fabulous.
 
Gorgeous. 🙂

Can't believe this lay dormant in a tub for a year or more? I didn't know it could do that! Sent me into a right panic, couldn't manage this and ground elder. :(
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Gorgeous. 🙂

Can't believe this lay dormant in a tub for a year or more? I didn't know it could do that! Sent me into a right panic, couldn't manage this and ground elder. :(
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We harvested some wisteria seed from a French Gite we visited one Spring in a very old property (had to go out and buy an electric fan heater we were so cold there - thick stone walls) so they'd already overwintered still on the plants, which we planted when we got home and they germinated and were doing well, overwintered without harm, vigorous growth and pinched flower buds out to make absolutely certain they were really well established before flowering - and then we went on holiday and wham - nobody watered anything so every flowering plant we owned (other than the hardy fuchsia) was as dead as a dodo to greet us.
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I spend a lot of time away.
And completely forget to water when I'm home.
A cheap irrigation system and a timer has saved my garden many times now!
 
Yeah @travellor - that's when we invested in one! Too late for the wisteria obviously, but does a good job with the hydrangeas, fuchsias and anything else we like when we need it to.

(How come being starved of water doesn't also kill the damn weeds?)
 
We use Ecover washing up liquid and in summer we pour the used wash up water onto the hydrangea roots.
Don't do it with Fairy liquidor similar chemically w. Up Liquid ...though has to be eco friendly to be non damaging.
If you have a dish washer its not an issue. There's only 2 of us and washing the dishes is not a problem.
 
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Just posting a picture of a once struggling rose bush, moved it, and a 3 year old hydrangea which this year has bloomed surprisingly well.
Thunder keeps rattling overhead and can't quite make its mind up what to do. Goes away, comes back rumbles and threatens with dark skies. Suffolk.
 
No idea how to post pics, planted Devil's Tears last year this year its grown huge, lady said it was fast growing & wasnt wrong, must be 4ft by 3ft now, beautiful flowering plant for anyone interested.
 
I wish I hadn't googled Devil's Tears as I had two, different colours, got trashed by family when we all swapped houses. The plants I've lost over the years beggars belief. :(

On a good note the little 3inch Hydrangea I got from ebay not long ago is doing fabulous.
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