Bulbs: Are your daffs and crocus starting to show green? (Part II), 0 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
James yes the coprosma is an evergreen, it only loses some of the lower older branches as it grows but very few, I just snip them off. I'm amazed myself, it always does go a deep colour but that is the most amazing I have ever seen it! I've jhad it for approx 6 years from a small plant, it went through a very cold winter in the greenhouse, to 16F and prolonged frost when small and thankfully survived!

The compost is full of organic etc, but when you get close up all the 'bits' in it look so big! This is the stuff that gets all (most!) of my plants through the cold.

The plant behind is a Washingtonia filifera, seed grown, I think in it's 5th year, I have 2. My daughter brought back some seed from Tenerife. This is their 2nd winter in the greenhouse, I kept them inside for a start over winter, they did slow down a bit but needed to harden up, besides the house is bursting at the seams! Still a good size.

Is your last picture a Trachycarpus fortuneii? I put mine in the ground a year ago and the stem has got quite thick, it's in PF.

I have Ophiopogon p. nigrescens amongst purple paddle slates around my Phormium Evening Glow (something about that name!), I put crocus around the outside edge and most are yellow with some purple, they go well wiith the black. Took a pic yesterday with others