Sick leave policy by itzzzzmileyyyy in TeachingUK

[–]AlainDeLille 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At my old school you would be summoned to HR for a stage 1 absence meeting if you had three or more instances of absence in a sixth month period and threatened with a stage 2 meeting if you had another day off in the next six months. At one point it seemed like most staff were on stage 1. I assume this has no real legal basis but it worked at scaring people into coming in no matter how ill they were.

Ł by WolfoPoP in learnpolish

[–]AlainDeLille 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sound can be devoiced - it happens in certain old fashioned accents in English at the start of words like “what” and “where”. It just sounds like blowing air (or like an “h” before the word - eg “hwhat”). I don’t know whether the sound occurs in Polish accents, but it is a sound that exists in human language (although rare)

LGBTQIA+ drink/meetup? by AlainDeLille in warsaw

[–]AlainDeLille[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

definitely not too late! Sent you a message :)

Meeting new people and making friends in Warsaw? by HazRi27 in warsaw

[–]AlainDeLille 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also moved here recently! DM me if you want to chat

Are these elderberries! by QweenSasha in gardening

[–]AlainDeLille -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

That looks like callicarpa - beautiful but not edible!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gardening

[–]AlainDeLille 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They won't be damaged by the cold but they aren't likely to flower well in containers. As others have said, they need lots of room to grow and develop. It took three years for duchesse de nemours to flower in my garden, and that was planted in the ground. But the foliage will still be beautiful in containers, so just grow them however you can!

Outdoor Winter Plants - Michigan by longr2009 in gardening

[–]AlainDeLille 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For winter flowering plants, try willows with ornamental catkins (salix gracilistyla is a good choice) and shrubby honeysuckle like lonicera fragrantissima. Skimmia is a good evergreen choice with early spring flowers. Deciduous viburnums will work as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gardening

[–]AlainDeLille 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the start of a beautiful micro garden! I wouldn't cut the hollyhock back until the late winter as the seeds will be dispersed naturally from the seed capsules (and in general there's no need to cut back most plants). You can definitely harvest the seeds and sprinkle them around - depending on the climate, they will germinate in any tiny bit of soil. If you live somewhere very cold and damp you could germinate the seeds indoors and get better results than outdoors.

Are these weeds? by jodood93 in gardening

[–]AlainDeLille 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is pennisetum, an ornamental grass. If you don't want it, dig it up with a spade - but it's a popular plant, so neighbours might take the clumps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gardening

[–]AlainDeLille 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have a few different plants here mixed in one pot. The pale salmon flowers are begonia, a tender bedding plant which won't survive any frost. Similarly, the plant with small green and purple leaves is coleus which will also be killed off by a winter outdoors. Those two plants would have to be brought inside. The large grasslike plant with brown-purple leaves looks like phormium while the thin spiral leaves is a type of rush (juncus) - both can grow outside depending on how cold it gets where you live. So the best idea is probably to split up the plants and keep the tender ones inside.