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Green Cross Code Man
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For anyone interested, here are a few pictures of my T. Rex taken this morning. You can make out maybe, the shriveled, burnt leaves at the front. The plant stands about 15 feet tall and the trunk is about 8 inches diameter.
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The Grockle
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Looks incredible. Would love to add one to out garden.
It looks similar to what I thought was a fatsia?
I have I identified it wrong or are they just similar leaf wise?
Green Cross Code Man
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No you are pretty near in your guess, they are in the same family, Aralaciae and also incidentally, Schefflera which are beautiful shrubs/trees. A fatsia leaf may averagely be about 12-18 inches at best, a large leaf on a tetrapanax has the wow factor as it can easily be 4 feet wide and has drooping tropical fingers, it really is a stunner. The 'Rex' variety is certainly superior in my view. It's funny, I remember Architectural Plants insisting that there was no difference whatsoever. They are wrong, as whilst the older form of Tetrapanax is a fine plant, it can't hold a candle to Rex.
Edit, Fatsia are evergreen whilst Tetrapanax are deciduous.
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Creaky
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No real plans at the moment - so much depends on how much money we have left when the house is finished. Top soil alone is going to cost a fortune!
pasty
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Not being at all green fingered, do these tomato and pepper plants need separating to individual pots? Toms on top, peppers on bottom. All plants were about 2 inches tall 6 weeks ago.
Green Cross Code Man
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I always found a lot of enjoyment in planning and dreaming, good luck with whatever you decide!
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Definitely separate the tomato plants unless they are dwarf bush plants. If they are cordon plants, they will be 5 to 6 feet high soon
Weststander
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Nymans was great yesterday, with the borders peak probably still a month away. Loved this bed, with the stunning Campanula persicifolia (Bellflower).
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What's this then (the stripy flower at the bottom is a different thing)
It's popping up in random places all over the garden, so I assume it's a weed, but the leaves are nice.
It's popping up in random places all over the garden, so I assume it's a weed, but the leaves are nice.
Dolph Ins
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Aquilegia or granny's bonnet. Nice flower in spring.
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
A really nice plant that self seeds. Some of the varieties are stunning.
We have them all over the garden.
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Anyone know what sort of mushroom has decided to grow around my leeks?
jevs
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The stripy flower above is a Petunia
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
Have you mulched at any time with wood-chips?
Billy Seagull
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For those with allotments in the South East Water area, you can water your produce with a hose. South East Water now have the following exemption on their website….,
- Water food crops at domestic premises or private allotments, where this cannot be reasonably done by watering can.
Weststander
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A Hummingbird hawk-moth feasting on Viper’s Bugloss (Echium vulgare) in our front garden. Could’ve sworn he/she was smiling.
Glad to see you are west a fair bit, in Sussex they would soon be turning pink in all probability.