impatience

What, me - impatient?   I got really impatient at the slow growth of the Grevillea ‘Moonlight’. It didn’t seem to understand my need for it to get going and cover the fence.  Preferably before October 22^nd, when the garden will on show. I don’t think there’s anything particularly attractive or interesting about a fence.

In a blog we gardeners have the power to direct the eyes of the viewer to whatever scene we want people to see. With actual non virtual visitors to the garden I will not have that protective shield.

Yikes, what have I done?

Looking back at this blog, I discovered that it was in February 2009 that I decided to get rid of the cubby because it was falling apart and was getting dangerous. I suppose I also was tempted to acquire more space for plants, otherwise it could have been rebuilt.

Two years down the track and the space where the cubby was still is not completely filled.

There’s definitely been progress since 2009.

My impatience seemed justified when I learned from a guru at Kuranga Nursery that G. 'Moonlight' didn’t like shade, unlike G. shiressii, which did. So I immediately trotted home with 3 pots of G. shiressii.  I’d never heard of this plant. The label tells me it’s a rare species of grevillea with lush, lance-shaped dark green foliage, and greenish-blue flowers in spring and winter. Let’s hope rare doesn’t mean it’s going to be a fuss pot.

I moved one G. 'Moonlight' to a sunny spot, and asked it nicely to please grow a lot in the next 3 months. I kept the other 2 G. ‘Moonlight’  where they were but planted 2  G shiresii. close by.

 I also added a new pittosporum silver sheen to add to the established hedge. It’s much smaller than its neighbours so I also asked it politely to get a move on. And gave it some nice compost to encourage and reward it.

It’s looking good – potentially good, when things grow higher. This last photo manages to hide the bare spaces and lack of height. Grow, babies, grow …