Three pots instead of a hedge
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (389849)
Rockingham, Australia
October 20, 2026 1:33am CST
I planted my yellow gerbera today in a big white pot. I talked about it a discussion or two back and put up an old photo of that section of the garden. There used to be a hedge where the pots are but that's been taken out.
The gerbera looks a bit insignificant at the moment but hopefully, given time, it will grow to fill the pot a bit better. The pots are equal distances apart although it doesn’t look like it in the photo. There are ficus plants in the other two white pots.
The garden looks quite different from a few years ago. The groundcover has been busily spreading and gazanias are providing a bit of colour. The tree was planted by the developers and is a crepe myrtle.
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@aninditasen (18426)
• Raurkela, India
8h
The flowers are looking beautiful though the ground grass look a bit crowded.
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@JudyEv (389849)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
That's true. I'll remove some of the gazanias at some stage.
@nawala123 (24428)
• Indonesia
15h
you can grow sansiviera too near the wall or between the pots
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@nawala123 (24428)
• Indonesia
10h
@JudyEv yes we say that in our language too, lidah mertua
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@snowy22315 (213815)
• United States
8h
I am sure it will look nice when it fills in.
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@celticeagle (194972)
• Boise, Idaho
Just now
Change is good. I'm not much of a fan of hedges. Give it time and see what develops.
@Nawsheen (29004)
• Mauritius
13h
I'm sure the yellow gerbera will look lovely once it grows a little bigger. Sometimes plants look rather small in large pots at first, but they soon fill out. It must be nice to see how much your garden has changed over the years. Do you have plans to add more flowers?
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17323)
• China
9h
At first I thought the yellow flowers in the photo are dandelions.Hope the gerbera thrives in the pot !
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@JudyEv (389849)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
The gazanias do look a bit like dandelions. Gazanias are regarded as a noxious weed here but our garden stores are still selling them.
@Orson_Kart (8886)
• United Kingdom
13h
It all looks very green. 
I’ve never heard of a crepe myrtle. It sounds like something you would eat. Did they plant it in front of the window to give you some privacy, or just something to look at?
I’ve never heard of a crepe myrtle. It sounds like something you would eat. Did they plant it in front of the window to give you some privacy, or just something to look at?1 person likes this
@JudyEv (389849)
• Rockingham, Australia
12h
Just something to look at I guess. Maybe you know crepe myrtle as Lagerstroemia. It comes in various colours. Every house in the village has some sort of tree in the front. Probably about half are crepe myrtles.
@JudyEv (389849)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
I might remove some of the gazanias and let the groundcover do its thing.
@Traceyjayne (14640)
• United Kingdom
7h
It looks so much better with the pots instead of the hedge.
