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My lollipopped holly, Golden King has grown too big for me to clip the top.



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It looks so lush :)
I wish I could get things to grow like that, under my elderly (no - stately!) wisteria, Ba...
...if you don't mind me asking, what've you got under there?

14 Jun, 2013

 

Under which part Karen?:-))

15 Jun, 2013

 

Under the canopy, Ba...in the darkest part...

15 Jun, 2013

 

Hi Karen sorry so long answering, but modem gave up the ghost. Under the canopy I have Brunnera, lamium, welsh poppies, pulmonaria, geum ...erm ...aquilegia ... erm ...I think that's about it:-))

17 Jun, 2013

 

Thanks Ba...computer problems - you have my sympathies... :(

I've tried geum, it really wasn't happy...but lamium and pulmonaria...definitely worth a try. Thank you! :))

18 Jun, 2013

 

Lamium grows anywhere I think and if it spreads too far, not hard to get out. I love the leaves, I have beacons silver and pink Nancy. This year I'm happy to see what I think is a hybrid between the two, it has beacon silver type leaves and pink flowers\0/:-)

18 Jun, 2013

 

I've got tons of the wild stuff, so I know it'll definitely work. Might have difficulty finding any particular variety, around here, though...!

Lucky you, Ba! Nature doing it's own thing! Perhaps, you could name it after you! :)))

18 Jun, 2013

 

I already have;-))

18 Jun, 2013

 

Just thought, I wonder if it's possible for me to send you some lamium without it being dead on arrival?:-)

18 Jun, 2013

 

Oh Ba...that would be lovely, if you could. I've just had lots of water plants delivered, wrapped in wet newspaper, in plastic bags...but, it was only from Charente Maritime...

20 Jun, 2013

 

I wonder how long it would take to reach you? Shall we give it a go? I find it spread like mad once it gets going and it's very easy to increase. It would be nice to think a bit of my garden was in France:-)

20 Jun, 2013



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