Spot the difference

@JudyEv (364514)
Rockingham, Australia
September 10, 2024 4:51am CST
Spot the difference. I chose the title because you probably won't see much difference from my first photo of my new vertical garden. I’ve filled another 6 or 8 pockets but it doesn’t really look much different. Several in the bottom row should hang in time. Nothing has been planted long enough to be established yet. We had two sunny days while I was away and I came home to find some of the plants a bit distressed. I will need to make sure I can keep the water up to them, which might be a bit of a challenge. Maybe in twelve months’ time, the whole thing will be full of succulents and cacti!
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@Juliaacv (54791)
• Canada
10 Sep 24
It is really popping into life nicely, you chose a lovely selection of flowers and plants. I particularly like the Dusty Miller, they often come back. I planted several this year.
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@Juliaacv (54791)
• Canada
10 Sep 24
@JudyEv Yes, that is the beautiful silver plant. If it comes back next year, it will give you pretty yellow blooms. I am not sure if yours would, as your winters would not have freezing temperatures as ours do. I like that plant because it is relatively cheap to buy and it comes back, and it is a hearty and nice looking plant.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 24
@Juliaacv I wonder if it would grow from slip. I might have to try it.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
That's the silver one, isn't it? I should get another with variegated or silvery foliage.
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@Orson_Kart (7853)
• United Kingdom
10 Sep 24
Still very green
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
Now, now. No need to be truthful - or unkind.
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• United Kingdom
11 Sep 24
@JudyEv Hey, I would never intentionally be unkind to you! I’m sure in no time it will rival the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 24
@Orson_Kart Thank you. You're back in favour!
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@allknowing (154201)
• India
10 Sep 24
Can imagine how it will look in a couple of months from now Your hard work shows. Just a question. Will the wall not mess up with the drainage?
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 24
The pockets are like felt and they drain through the bottom.
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@LadyDuck (485406)
• Italy
10 Sep 24
I see more little plants making the vertical garden more colourful.
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@LadyDuck (485406)
• Italy
10 Sep 24
@JudyEv Once the flowers grow you will notice the green colour a lot less.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 24
@LadyDuck I'm sure that's true.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
Yes, it's gradually betting a bit fuller.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
11 Sep 24
Very pretty. It looks much fuller than before. Have a good day.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 24
I may not put any more in it for a while.
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• India
11 Sep 24
It is looking fine to me and well perhaps watering could be a challenge. I do not see a significant difference between the photos as well . I did see a few videos where there put a hole on the plastic bottle cap and have it inverted with a few arrangements and makes it an automated watering system. I see it useful especially when we are going out for sometime. Maybe you can check on that idea and see if it can be set up for the vertical garden. Perhaps in 6 to 12 months , there will be a marked difference and then the comparison photos would be interesting!
@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 24
We won't be going anywhere for a while so I should be able to water them each day without any trouble.
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@BarBaraPrz (50490)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Sep 24
Interesting idea, probably better suited to a covered balcony or porch so that the rain doesn't drown everything. Oh! Wait a minute. You're in Oz where it doesn't rain...
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
We had two days of sunshine and they'd dried out quite a bit. I will need to keep an eye on their water needs.
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@snowy22315 (197644)
• United States
10 Sep 24
It will be interesting to see what it looks like a few months down the road.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
I will need to make sure the pockets get enough water. They're not very big although it seemed to take quite a bit of dirt to fill them.
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@wolfgirl569 (123829)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Sep 24
It is looking fuller.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
I have some shoots that I hope will develop roots and I'll be able to plant them out later.
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@RasmaSandra (89979)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Sep 24
They are lovely flowers and looks like everthing is growing,
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 24
It was a bit dry when I got home yesterday but the ones that have wilted a little seem to have recovered.
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@JESSY3236 (21185)
• United States
10 Sep 24
pretty garden
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
Thanks. Hopefully in a few weeks it will look even better.
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@Ronrybs (21042)
• London, England
10 Sep 24
I'd call it pocket gardening. It is rather neat
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 24
I haven't heard it called that but that's exactly what it is.
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@nela13 (59134)
• Portugal
10 Sep 24
In a few months please share another picture with us.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
I certainly will.
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@Beestring (15606)
• Hong Kong
10 Sep 24
It's pretty. I think in a few months' time, it will look awesome.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
That's what I'm hoping.
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• Philippines
18 Sep 24
The you place the lavander in different pockets on those two photos. I hope I can also raise plants, but I don't really have green hands - but I sitll have one of our plants hereand it keeps on growing, it is a snake plants, that I think anybody can grow it. Lol! But we don't have a garden.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Sep 24
I'm not a very good gardener either but I hope to improve over time. I'm sure you will too.
@xFiacre (14500)
• Ireland
10 Sep 24
@judyev looks like it should all fill out in time.
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@JudyEv (364514)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Sep 24
Yes, over time I guess I'll get all the pockets filled.
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