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Garden Splendid Succulents These low-lying succulents in a variety of colours in a shallow concrete planter make a wonderful miniature winter garden. All the plants, apart from Echeveria ‘Magic Red,’ can withstand low temperatures, so if your container will be sited in an unsheltered spot, it may be worth substituting it for a more hardy variety. Aftercare The plants used here will look good throughout the year, but some are frost tender. Keep the dish in a sheltered spot, bringing it indoors if the weather is very cold. You will need • Shallow dish with a drainage hole • Crocks and gravel • Potting compost, with a few handfuls of sand • Paintbrush • Decorative gravel • Selection of succulents – I used Sedum oregonense (cream stonecrop), Sedum acre ‘Minus’ (biting stonecrop), Sedum spathulifolium ‘Purpureum’ (purple stonecrop), Sedum rubrotinctum (banana cactus), Euphorbia myrsinites (broad-leaved glaucous spurge), Echeveria runyonii ‘Topsy Turvy’, and Echeveria ‘Magic Red’ 1. Cover the drainage hole in the dish with a couple of crocks so that it will not become clogged with potting compost. 2. Add a thick layer of gravel – ¾ in (2cm) deep should be adequate – spreading it out evenly over the bottom of the dish. 3. Put the potting compost and sand mixture into the dish, half filling it. Press down lightly to make sure that there are no air pockets. 4. Soak the plants in water for about 10 minutes and remove from their pots. Start to position the plants in the dish, removing a little of the potting compost if the root balls are very large. 5. Continue moving the plants around until you are happy with the arrangement. Use trailing plants near the edge so that they will spill out of the container. 6. Add handfuls of the potting compost mixture around the plants to fill any gaps, avoiding compost falling on to the plants. When all the gaps are filled, press the surface of the compost slightly and flatten. 7. Using a paintbrush, carefully brush off any loose potting compost from the plants, as it can fall into the crevices. 8. Spread decorative gravel over the compost, again trying to avoid it falling on the plants (the gravel helps to protect the plants during very cold weather). 9. Water the container and leave to drain. Underplanting an Ornamental Tree This sweet little prunus tree with bare twiggy branches looks cute on its own, but underplanting it with senecio and cyclamen transforms it into a garden feature. Winding outdoor fairy lights around the branches gives it a frosty, twinkly look. You will need • Small tree in a tub—this is a Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-nomai’ (flowering cherry) • Gardening fork • Potting compost • 7 x Senecio cineraria (silver ragwort) • 4 x Cyclamen persicum (cyclamen) • Fairy lights suitable for outdoor use 1. Using the fork, dig over the soil around the tree, removing any weeds. Fork a few handfuls of potting compost into the top 4 in (10 cm) of the soil. Soak the plants in water for 20 minutes. Plant the senecio around the edge of the tub. 2. Plant the cyclamen in the same way, in a ring inside the senecio. Firm the soil around the plants, adding a few handfuls of potting compost to fill any gaps. Wind the string of fairy lights around the bare branches. The Winter Garden by Emma Hardy, Photographs © Loupe Images/Debbie Patterson, published by CICO books £14.99 Aftercare Once the cyclamen are past their best, remove them and add other bedding plants. Or plant bulbs around the base of the prunus in autumn to give you blooms right through into spring. wealdentimes.co.uk 142
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