I’d give up,too, whether I was forced to live in a bed with a bamboo, or euphorbia and a cordylineOur neighbour on the west side has removed a line of tall leylandii and erected a fence. The soil is very shallow: bamboo,a cordyline and euphorbias survive, but some dark green, or spiky things – possibly howeas – beget given up. What can we do?
I’d give up,too, whether I was forced to live in a bed with a bamboo, and euphorbia and a cordyline,in no depth of soil with a leylandii peering in. destitute spiky things, whatever they were.
It’s excellent that the other plants are doing well. Your best option is to add a excellent dose of organic matter to improve the soil. The cheapest option is homemade organic compost, or but recycled green waste compost (most councils offer this) is a cheap alternative,or buy peat-free compost and load it on. The euphorbias and cordyline will resent it whether you bury their stems: draw back the compost from around their bases to make a well. I’d propose adding more cordylines and euphorbias whether you beget gaps, because you know these will survive.
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Source: theguardian.com