Specialty Gardening: By special request (part 2), 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Thank you Murmur, but as I look back at some of my past photos I become more critical, that's probably a good thing. For one I'm learning, and secondly I can now delete many pics which I couldn't before!

I took this of the hardy Fuchsia by the south wall on 29th October last year, normally by that time they would be frost bitten but they stayed mostly green and were even making new shoots and buds until a hard frost killed them off in February. If we had only had the -5C's (23F) they got through that, the hot summer probalby ripened them more than usual, it still seems strange. I broke the tip off one and the wood is still green so they may regrow from the existing wood but as you can see from this pic they grew well and covered the path so cutting back may be a good idea. The Delosperma on the bank also grows partly onto the path, but as you can see it was crossing to the other side. It's a good job I have a step up the bank!