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Second yucca


Second yucca

Surrounded by hostas...it might be too shady for it there...but, too late and too bad. The pot is too heavy to move and I'm too scratched and bloody to move the plant again!



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They are all lovely,Karen..I like them together ...and all your pots are great..:o)

3 May, 2012

 

Thanks Bloomer :)

I like the hostas but, unfortunately, so do the snails. And, even more unfortunately, the snails are loving all this wet weather...

4 May, 2012

 

They will be,Karen.. a thin layer of Vaseline round the bottom of pots and the rim ? Works for me,and cheaper than copper bands..:o)

4 May, 2012

 

Yep! I do that too, Bloomer... :))
...and sitting the pots on gravel helps a bit too...

4 May, 2012

 

So are most of mine too..the gravel really helps..They must think its the proverbial 'greasy spoon cafe' Lol.

4 May, 2012

 

I found more than twenty of them yesterday...enormous, they were!!!

4 May, 2012

 

Wow,,not the eating kind then ? ..not seen any snails yet..and only tiny slugs..but my organic "slug gone" product controls them well..

4 May, 2012

 

I also have that Yucca and I can vouch for your bloodiness!

4 May, 2012

 

Looks brilliant :o))

4 May, 2012

 

You're not kidding, Karen...I even got it in the neck...

Thanks Annie :) x

Just as well - cos it's not moving again!!!

4 May, 2012

 

Thank goodness they didn't go in your eyes...:) Try to stay safe today Karen! :))

4 May, 2012

 

It's done now, Karen...and, that's the last time I'm ever having anything to do with moving them!!

There is NO mummification worth a damn! ;

4 May, 2012

 

lol..you make me smile Karen :))

5 May, 2012

 

Such is the gardeners world, Karen! :))))

5 May, 2012

 

Yup! We've actually had a lovely day today...amazing! It was very cold in the am, but later on it got a bit warmer and I was out there all afternoon....in my fleece and scarf, but still a lot better than yesterday's freezing wind! Have things warmed up where you are Karen?

5 May, 2012

 

We've had quite nice weather since the flooding on Monday in the daytime...apart from a short, but serious, thunderstorm today...

...so, it's been cardi on - cardi off - head for shelter...

In no particular order!!

5 May, 2012

 

Well, good, that's quite an improvement then! :))

5 May, 2012

 

Think there's a big new 'front' heading in from the Atlantic!...

...yippee!!!

(though, I won't be able to wallow in it - from a garden point of view - getting visitors! lol!)

5 May, 2012

 

Hi Karen
I am buying a yucca soon as well and have just got my terracotta pot ready for it, will post pic once in place.
I've read a tip that says take the needle off the end with a pair of nail clippers! Apparently it won't harm the plant and should stop it from harming you! Maybe you could try it on 1-2 leaves round the back first and check! I am definitely going to try this when mine is in place on the patio!

17 Jun, 2012

 

That is a very good idea, Sarah. I will definitely try that...
I've had quite a few near misses with it having my eye out, since I added a few pots of herbs around the bottom...luckily, I've been wearing sunglasses at the time... :/

I hope it does well for you, it should do...this one was only tiny when I planted it last year! :)

17 Jun, 2012



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