Ferns
1 big pot & 1 small of shuttlecock ferns came with us from the old house. That was now 2 years go.I kept them in the pots to see if they would cope in their potential new home by the bird table circle - they've done well enough so in they've gone.
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| Not much movement currently, but they're be sprouting soon |
Maple
I've pondered many replacements for the Laburnum & Cherry we removed due to illness the other year. We've split the decision & are picking 1 tree each.Hubby was quick on the draw & popped in a handkerchief tree (Davidia Involucruata) last year & it's doing very well by the bird bath. Well, these late hail flurries & frosts have done nothing for this years leaves but it'll recover.
I, on the other hand, have vacillated. No surprise there...
I really wanted an Acer Palmatum Heptalobum after seeing an amazing one in Dublin Botanic Gardens. After some online research, I plumped for a 'Sango-kaku' after finding one in a local garden centre. Not, I think, a Heptalobum as such, but the leaves are the lovely star-shape I was after, & the colour range is reds & golds. Should be gorgeous :)
But, my planting spot is down by the hedge on the South East corner. I was concerned the maple would suffer a terrible childhood, planted in ditch & in the shade of the established beech hedge.
So I've changed my mind. I've put the maple in a gap created when we blitzed the East drive border ahead of the fence replacement. It might fight with its crab apple neighbour, but then again it might not - I've seen conflicting predictions on how big it'll get. Should get better light conditions than it would under the hedge at least, although might get a bit of stick from the West winds.
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| It's so pretty :) But small (daff in the background for scale) |
Maybe that forsythia cutting I also took from the old house could go in the hedge gap itself. & maybe a twisty Willow in front of that...?
