Plants and flowers you like/you’d like
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Spike and his friends in the morning sun. Dahlias.
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What could be better than pelargoniums and lobelia in a hanging basket, this one survived last winter and grew really well this year!
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I just love Spanish flowers....maybe because they remind me of hot days in Spain.....
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@serenity2 What an unusual picture, lovely.
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Geraniums, I don’t usually like geraniums much but these had such dark leaves and dark red flowers that I couldn’t resist them.
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Lavender with flying bee! (Relative took the picture)
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@leeCal Your photo reminded me of one a relative of mine took recently too, with a bee in it ?
I thought I’d share it
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meet my two Monstera or Swiss cheese plants.
bought as 45cm plant from Tesco in 2017...
ps...I’m not nude...I’m wearing flip flops?
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At the weekend we've started a herb garden! Anyone else have one?Scope
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Glad you’ve started a herb garden, good fun and practical too @Chloe_Scope
i don’t grow herbs but I have these Gazania today.
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The colour of those flowers is beautiful @leeCal!! Such a lovely contrast from the green leaves.
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I have come across this thread. What beautiful flowers? -
What a great thread!
Here is my effort
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Lovely thread, great pictures.
I'm actually about to move into my first home and we have a bit of a garden out the front. What plants or flowers would you say are must haves? Any recommendations, it's all new to meOnline Community CoordinatorConcerned about another member's safety or wellbeing? Flag your concerns with us.
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Get some Lavender plants. Look nice and will help the bees out.Scope
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@Ross_Scope It does depend on space available and wether your into pots, if you see what I mean, or tubs and how much maintenance you’re prepared to do. Also which direction the garden predominantly faces, south facing is hot usually and plants etc need watering at least in the evening once a day.
Eg, if you don’t like weeding you could use a large pot or two, very little weeding that way. If you like green in the winter then use small evergreens, ie low cover evergreens and keep them trimmed. It all depends also on how often you want to spend money on say flowers which may only flower one year and then die etc.
so which direction are you facing, some plants like shade you see, greenery in winter? Weeding or not so much? And I’m sure others will think of some more criteria, some plants don’t even need much watering. These are some things to think about when planning.
@Richard_Scope lavender also doesn’t need much watering at all if planted in the ground, if in a pot I’d give it a little every three days in really hot weather. I had several lavender bushes two feet high in a south facing garden and I never watered them at all!“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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@leeCal
That's fantastic thanks for the advice.
We are getting a southern facing house and we will be renting, so only planning to be there for two or three years before buying somewhere.
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