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A SOS to any green thumbs out there
I have always found gardening to be therapeutic and it has given me great joy. However, after a major crisis with Mr Darcy's health I have not had been able to get back into it. Have other gardeners suffered from a similar hiatus and how have you recovered and got going again?
Darcy
PS have a spot that needs filling any recommendations for a 1m high cool climate white flower plant?
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SmcSenior Contributor
Hi @Former-Member, mine's going fairly well. I've concentrated on planting things that are dry tolerant, so most of it copes without watering, even in summer. There's a pear tree and a persimmon tree that I keep an eye on because they're relatively recent plantings and still need to get their roots down deeper. Otherwise it's mostly the pots and the tomatoes that I need to watch. I have lost a few young potted plants, and a few native shrubs that the wallabies had snacked on succumbed as well. The double whammy was too much for them.
I've stolen some inspiration from Lambley Nursery's "Dry Garden" (photo) and other low water gardens. There's quite a lot of species that need little or no water and still manage to look good. Sedums, agastaches, salvias (some of them anyway), phlomis, some lavenders, senecios, artemisias, achilleas, yuccas. Then you add in natives and succulents, plus bulbs and annual flowers that have their active grwoing time when the weather's coller and damper, and you've got a pretty good range to choose from. 
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kubipanNew Contributor
Hello Everyone! I have a small garden, but recently too many worms in my garden, they have eatten everything, someone give me a advise because I don't wanna use chemical toxic, thanks a lot!!
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Hi @kubipan,
I have just moved your post to this thread as you will probably find more helpful replies in line with your topic! I can see @Former-Member has wonderfully introduced you here as well!
Good luck with the garden, hope it brings you joy
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