Weather: Another wet miserable day.
Med Terrace.
Woody tends to the leave fallen leaves on the beds, but when there is too much of a build up around the base of plants they do get cleared around those areas, so that plants are not constricted or suffer from them. We raked up all the leaves though that was about 3ft into the beds to make the bed appear 'tidier'. This puzzled me a little as I wasn't sure how clearing the leaves up from the edge up to this point would help allude to this.
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Photo 2: Rhododendron dauricum 'Midwinter' |
In the interim I worked with team leader Alistair. There's an old winter interest area that is being cleared and developed into a new Chilean Glade to continue the theme from the Chilean Terraces. Plants that don't like being moved are Hamamelis and Daphne. Camellia are great for moving too, but have proved alright for the Woody. We dug out some Rhododendron dauricum 'Midwinter' (Photo 2) and placed them in an area that had space. They had quite shallow roots, had layered themselves abit, but was relatively easy to dig out. As it's winter and the ground is still quite moist, we don't have to water them in, but have to be mindful in summer to give them a bit more water.