garden trends you wouldn't want in your own garden?

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a fruit plant

This describes the garden of a neighbour (very nice people indeed mind you) to a tee. They also have a white BMW

my idea of the 3rd circle of hell.

He strikes me as more of a hammock man.

😂

I saw a picture of Morning Glory in the hanging basket somewhere and it looked so pretty.

Ops- wrong thread sorry.🙈

Plastic tat as opposed to nature..nice.

I absolutely am a gardener, despite having a patio with a sofa set, pizza oven and bbq. The rest of the garden is teeming with wildlife friendly planting, a potting shed full of seedlings, raised beds, pots, lawn with semi wild area and I have an allotment too. Having the patio massively adds to the enjoyment and utility of the garden as you can spend so much more time there, we eat out there all the time when weather permits. No bunting, fairylights, etc for us but that's a matter of taste. The ones I'm not keen on are those that are entirely outdoor room with a few token plants in pots as decoration but again it's a matter of taste.

My gravel garden has thyme, Dryas, Knautia macedonica, tiny Dianthus, Cyclamen coum, Aubretia, wallflowers, winter savory. It’s a very colourful and bee friendly part of the garden. Things seed very readily into it, so 3 original Cyclamen are niw well over 100

And what's with the putting a candle inside a paper bag weighed down with sand - that sounds like a recipe for disaster - how would you even light it? Like lighting a tealight in the bottom of a glass bowl type candle holder. Probably easier with a taper.

the heat from the flame goes upwards, so as long as you don’t close the top of the bag, it’s fine.

Wind blows paper yields, glass does not.
As long as the wind doesn't blow it's fine? Stupid idea.

small brown paper bags have limited bendiness, and are being held out by the sand weighting them down.

I've seen it done, and it worked.

That sounds gorgeous! Mine is still in a state of naturalisation, and therefore a bit bleak. This far north I find anything even vaguely tender won't overwinter (this winter I actually managed to lose nepeta and salvia!) so have to be a wee bit careful about what goes out there.

How far north are you? I'm 400ft above sea level in Yorkshire. But my gravel terrace is south facing.

Almost exactly the same as you - 450 feet above sea level, North Yorkshire. The gravel garden is east facing, at the front of the house. The back garden, west facing, is faring better (but is where I lost the nepeta and salvia). So I'm very free draining, but everything needs more sun.

I’m just out of N Yorks, but over towards the W. If you’re in the E you’ll be a lot colder than me in winter.

I lost some Monarda this year, and the Fuchsia is right back to the base

Yep, well over to the east. That east wind coming in off the coast is what does a lot of the damage.

Yes, I can imagine!