For the record

I should, perhaps, point out that the photo's in this blog are chosen to show the garden's features in their best light. Notice an absence of plastic bags full of cuttings and detrious ready to go to the recycling centre, the rotary clothes line rarely makes an appearance and that part of the garden that is "for redevelopment" fail to appear. Well here are a couple of photographs to redress the balance.


This border is about to be redeveloped. Nothing major but we may need to know the name of a good chiropactor when the work's complete. I'll post the pictures as it happens; maybe.

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This is the "exotic" border, just starting to grow, and it's pretty sparse with lots of soil showing. The banana plants (Musa Sikkimensis) were cut right down by the frosts - the fleece wigwam didn't provide enough protection. The good news (I think) is that the roots have come through and we have several new suckers that are growing well; we may have a banana grove at this rate. One of the Hedychiums appears to be thriving, with several shoots appearing, while the other is not doing quite so well, but has come through the winter.