Lawns, lawnesque things, hedges
The very bottom tiny lawn which I sowed with wildflower seed in November had already started to look pretty shaggy, so I decided to gamble that my seeds would have started to root, but not be tall enough yet to have the tops chopped off, and mowed it. With luck this should let some light in to the seedlings and not just hoover up all the seeds I planted. Hope this wasn't Too Much Management.
The sedum lawn that I laid optimistically directly onto concrete seems to be doing OK. I think, given how little soil it has, it actually appreciates the occasional watering it gets from the dogs, it needs the nutrients.
The larger-leaved sedums seem to have died right back making black patches this winter, but the centre of the plants are full of small shoots, so I'm hopeful they will come bouncing back in the spring.
The three bare root rowan trees that I bought as a late offer in April 2021, shoved roughly in pots for a year, then planted in (I think) 2022, seem to have settled in well in their large containers and I pruned them back and have trained them along the anti-Theo fencing. I would have sworn I bought those from Hedgesdirect, but I didn't, it was Beeches Nursery via ebay. Oh well.
The Chinese quinces, however, are not happy. I think the summer heat and sea-winds were too much for them. One of them that's in a rather more sheltered position is hanging on in there, but the other two have died.
Anyway, I've bought several more bare root rowans and also some sea buckthorn saplings from Hedgesdirect, which specialises in selling meters of hedge and is thus much less expensive per-plant than anywhere that sells individual trees. I think the rowans were something like 1.29 each. The sea buckthorn should endure the gales better than quinces, and they are already happily starting to unfurl leaves. I hope they might even fruit: I've had some delicious sea buckthorn flavoured desserts recently, so I thought I'd give them a try.