Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona'

What a great plant for under a tenner, filling this half oak barrel really quickly.

For around my next pond 🤗

Morning all. This was looking particularly good with the early morning sun on it today 🤗

#foliagefriday

Another great foliage plant, if you can keep the slimeys off it 🐌 #foliagefriday

Just about flowering before it gets eaten 🐌🤬

Are you hungry 😂

@charlotte id try that before your black curry 🤢😂

Just about ready to pop 🌻

Looks quite alien, looks like lots of flower buds hiding in there ❤️💚💛

@lovemygarden65 its really interesting marilyn, theres loads packed in there.

Look forward to seeing it fully open Dave 👍

Mine aren’t far off either Dave 🤞

What a beast 😮🤗

Hardly any slug 🐌 👏👏👌

Mines a bit slow to flower this year Dave, but finally got some flower spikes coming up

@joanboston same here joan 😁

Mines doing well joan aswell 🤗 @joanboston #foliagefriday

👏 looking great Dave

Mine is doing better after all the slug pellets I have put down lol They certainly do need a lot of water though. 👌

Love the geums too

@maureen137 their one of my favorites maureen aswell.

Love these things, quite vigorous growers 👍

@gardengimp i seem to be attracted by thirsty big leaved plants graham 😂

I thought mine was thirsty when I saw it wilt on a hot day around midday, but it recovers without a drink in the shade late afternoon. But then again in a container its a different matter. They do keep you hanging for the flowers! 😄 I'd like some verbena bonariensis at the side, the yellow would really pop with violet @davewrightjoinerygooglemail.co

@gardengimp about aug last year graham.

#foliagefriday 😳🤗🤗🤗 How much bigger ?

Slug free this year. For now.

You might not be so happy in the morning 🤣🤣🐌🐌

Coming along brilliantly, and slug free, for now. #foliagefriday

I took your advice re keeping this in a pot Dave and for the first time ever it looks as if it’s going to get beyond just a few slug destroyed leaves!

@valjones-hughes the slugs do like them val, don't they 😡

Ive got a nosher 🤬🤬🤬

Little *** 😤

Could it be a caterpillar? I’ve seen several already!

@joanboston god knows joan, ive sprayed it with Bug Clear tonight, so hopefully itll BUGger off 😂

#foliagefriday

#newgrowth

Gorgeous

Am still thinking of crumble every time you post this! 😄😄

#newgrowth #pestfree at the moment.

Love the colours 💚💜💚

All sorts of colour going on at the moment.

I have put the same slug 🐌 protection around mine a few slug pellets. And they still have had a munch, I think they parachute 🪂 in 🤦‍♀️

@suerichards their Hardcore 😂

#foliagefriday #sluggone slug repellent. 🤞🤞🤞 it works.

#foliagefriday Really hoping to keep this slug free this year .

#newgrowth #slugcontrol

#newgrowth coming along nicely.

#newgrowth

Mine is just waking up too Dave

@joanboston i had a slug down the inside of the tub last year joan, causing chaos 😡 i might even put a few pellets down this year.

The little blighters get everywhere!

#autumncolour on its last legs.

Mine is long gone but we’ve had several frosts

@joanboston i think mine will be this week joan.

Still getting better.

Getting better by the day.

Growing up so well Dave

Love it! 💛💚

@joanboston @jpea exceeded all expectations 🤗

Certainly has! Well done!

Wonderful Dave, think they look slightly different to mine

Surely soon 🌼

You should just see mine Dave. Slug fodder!

@valjones-hughes this was val, they'd almost stripped it , so i cut it right down, repotted it and started again. They must be a tasty munch 😋

Or as Homer Simpson said... if at first you don't succeed give up 😂😂😂 @scaryskates

Morning all. My #mondaymotivation today, will i have a flower when i get home. Cant believe how well this has done, considering, how it was a few weeks ago.

Morning Dave 🙋🙋

Morning Dave, brilliant👍

Morning Dave 🤞🏼

What a comeback #foliagefriday

Wow flower buds too Dave! Well done

@joanboston its done way better than expected joan.😁

On the comeback @jpea

@joanboston hows that for a recovery joan 😁

That’s amazing Dave!

@joanboston its doing really well. Just need to keep the munchers a bay 🦖

Definitely, they love a fleshy leaf🐌🐌🐌

Dave did you ever put a photo of your Taiga on...I haven’t seen one..

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom its still opening up elaine, its only took two weeks. Ill go and take one now and tag you in it.👍

Im going to call this Rocky. What a come back 👊💪👍

Amazing!

@jpea @joanboston had some progress already 😁

Oh that’s exciting! ( is it sad to find it exciting?😂)

Oh great! Congrats and well done Dave

@joanboston were both sad then joan 😂 im well chuffed with it.

Update on my liguleria, its doing great.

@joanboston thats not taken long joan 😁 #newgrowth

Excellent Dave!

Looking better!

It didnt look like this last year 🤬 #slugfodder @jpea i wish mine looked like yours jeremy.

Oh that’s ☹️

@joanboston ive been struggling all year with it joan, so ive dug it up, cut all the leaves off it, and put it in a pot on its own, and see how it goes. Its a shame as their a nice plant.

😱 morning Dave @davewrightjoinerygooglemail.co Been struggling here with the horrid 🐌, try not to use pellets to much, but this year with all the rain there seems to be an invasion of them. I’d have nothing left if I didn’t move plants to higher ground or use pellets everywhere & of course have to be careful with Lulu around. Hope it survives 🤞

Ouch! Dave, I must admit I've been pretty good putting down small amounts of slug pellets regularly

Not good and the 🐌 seem to be hiding alot round here multiplying then mass invasion😡 I'm starting to use the organic pellets to see if they work as well as normal ones better for everyone if they do hopefully except the 🐌

Put in a little pond, as soon as frogs move in the numbers of slugs and snails goes right down 👍🏻

@sadieberg ive got two small ponds vivien, and frogs everywhere. It has helped, but they seemed to like this one plant particularly. I wont use pellets, as we lost our border collie years ago after she ate some our next door neighbour put down. 😪

I'm with you over the slug pellets, lethal for all wildlife. You will have to target all the other methods just on that pot, I had some success with coffee grounds👍🏻

@valjones-hughes 6 weeks ago val 😯

Wow! So what did you do Dave?

@valjones-hughes i dug it up, cut all the leaves off it, and put it in a large pot, i was hoping just to get a few new leaves, but its almost completely recovered, and starting to flower, so well pleased.

This is mine laura @columbiariver slug fodder 😢😢😢

☹

Oh no get slug pellets 🐌

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom can you get wildlife friendly one now. We lost a dog years ago, becouse a neighbour used them and our dog ate them 😢

Oh no that’s terrible Dave....I don’t know I just use the usual ones and I must admit Barney doesn’t go near them. I’ve just had a look on google and you CAN get pet friendly ones, have a look...

@joanboston any idea what might be munching its way through this joan, ive checked and checked, and nothing. Its a nice plant, getting ruined 😡

Annoying 😧

It could be that it was nibbled by slugs when the leaves were small, the holes grow with the leaves sadly

@joanboston thanks joan, ive got it sat in a moat now, so hopefully stop any more damage.

#newgrowth coming along well.

#macro i do like these big leafy plants

Me too. Also dark leaves plants. Our Desdemona is in the ground and starting to come up now

I put my other in the ground last summer joan, it was struggling in a pot with all the heat, so itll be interesting to see how it gets on. @joanboston

They like a lot of water don’t they?

@joanboston just a bit joan 🤣

This is putting a spurt on 🤗

Coming back to life.

#green

#foliagefriday

#ligularia #leopardplant

New ligularia seems happy enough. Two flowers now.

First flower on this 🤗

@jpea this was mine last summer jeremy about july. They like wet feet.

I've named it as such until proved otherwise and will hopefully see flowers in about a month. It's in a bright spot but with no direct sunlight and its damp so that's probably why its enjoying itself @davewrightjoinerygooglemail.co

My new ligularia, in its new pot. Be interesting to see how it gets on 🤗

Keep it well watered, they don’t like drying out. Amazing flowers

I'm still on the lookout for one after seeing your other one last year Dave 😁👍

@joanboston i seem to have an obsession for plants that need buckets of water over them joan 😂

Not such hard work if they are in the ground Dave😂 does look good in your pot though

Comes with a free 45 gallon water butt 😁 i wish.