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THYME TO RECONSIDER
Western Mail
|May 17, 2025
But back to containerised gardening, and I think it is time to reconsider what we plant in tubs and pots, and to use plants that will tolerate - and even enjoy - dry conditions.
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This beautiful thyme, pictured left, is absolutely thriving in the driest compost (as I can only water there once a week), as is the rosemary in the pot in the opposite corner of the patio. The Welsh poppy in the photo is also helpfully promoting the 'gravel garden' concept.
When I first started writing for a local newspaper 40 years ago, I recall writing a lot about 'desert gardening' as it was predicted that would be the direction in which gardening would go. But it didn't... then.
This story is from the May 17, 2025 edition of Western Mail.
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