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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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AdgeSenior Contributor
Yes it's rather fiddly @Shaz51 Round balls are the easiest, & that's what sells (or is popular).
That would have been interesting @Former-Member I like to get training in how to do things.
I had no training in how to topiarise those olive trees (golf course) into round balls.
They just told me to do it, so I had to work out how to do it (by trial & error)...
Adge
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SmcSenior Contributor
Closest I've tried to topiary is refreshing an overgrown hedge. I cut it back hard enough to get it to just below its desired height, then once it had a bit of time to put out fresh stems, gave it another trim.
We had our first below zero night last night. We've been out all day, so I didn't get time to do a proper survey of the garden to see if it finished off the summery plants that were still hanging on (tomatoes and basil). I don't think it was so cold as to do frost tender perennials damage, and there's no really cold nights predicted for the coming week, but I'd better get those under cover ASAP. I did tuck the Curry Leaf plant that I bought on Friday under a porch. I managed to keep one of those going for four or so years in a pot, have only just found this replacement and would have been very disappointed if I'd lost it.
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SmcSenior Contributor
Very funny, @Former-Member. 
Just look out if it eats a garden light. AKA Power Pellet....
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AdgeSenior Contributor
5 Roosters (all at once) @Former-Member
Oh my goodness, no eggs from that lot...
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