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This is my monthly brushup of the garden as a whole . What works , what does n’t , what needs to change , that kinda thang . Let ’s take a spin …
Rear Garden
First the overhead shot , taken by a passing troupe of garden trapeze artist . The overall impression is still one of lushness , I think . The combining of rain and fair weather that we have had , albeit in quite distinct cube , have been near for the garden .
Here are the pots on the terrace , increasingly a feature of my summer garden , primarily driven by having too many spare plant . I plan to up my pot game for next twelvemonth , so I ’ll be on the lookout for more attractive and expectant pots , most of these are plastic buckets I ’ve used for tulip in the past . I like the fashion it all looks and can imagine they may finally rather take over . Oh well .
The Patio Border – As I mistrust would bechance , the correct hand side of this margin looked suddenly thin on polish off the finished poppy . I might have left the plants in for the seed heads which are attractive , but the leaf was a mess – out they came . I decided on a scrap of a whim to move some plants about . A existence , two clump of helenium and two lobelia ‘ fan burgundy ’ were move . I was worried about the cosmos for a mean solar day or two , it wilt a bit , but soon recover . I also added a hydrangea paniculata I got gimcrack on the sale workbench . In time that will get quite large , but I figure I can keep it to required sizing through wise pruning . bad instance it can fall out if it gets too bragging . Anyhow , that right hand side should be believe a work in progress .
The cheery Border – there is an unsatisfactory section of this moulding ( 2nd picture below ) that I have set about to address . I ’ve removed anything I did n’t like , include a very scruffy foxglove , a good clump of slug - harry dahlia and a floppy penstemon . In their place I plant a decorous clump of glad which were in a pot on the patio , a group of five aster ‘ lady in blue ’ , an alstromeria , two achillea and a handful of still - small digitalis with next spring in mind . Hopefully this will take out a little in what remains of the growing season this year . Ah , and I plant a fuchsia ‘ lady boothby ’ on the fenceline , which should cross a comely area of fencing if I train it right on .
The Wisteria Border , incorporating Eye of Sauron . I love the front of this border but the back is just rubbish . In fact , while I do it the front of the border , the industrial plant are arrest too bounteous for it . I require to do something about . In fact , since take these photos I have take radical steps . I ’ve remove most things from the back , and moved most things from the front to the back , then planted other stuff in the front . I ’ll reveal all that in the August edition .
The Lilac Border – as it always does , the rogue genus Nasturtium is sprawling about the place . I finally get tired of it and pull most of it up , but there is always enough bequeath to set seed . I planted the big cosmos at the front in the mistaken belief that it was a small one . Oops . babble out of bighearted cosmos , I have some of the expectant burly cosmos I ’ve ever grow this year , not sure why . The weather must have suited them . Perhaps I should move this enormous one , based on my Patio border experience , it would probably sulk then be o.k. . It does rather obscure the planting behind it . In ecumenical , I remain much felicitous with this margin than I ever have been . Enlarging it and englut with plants was a good move . Well done me .
The Shady Border – also embiggened recently , the new planting is take out nicely . There is still much more spare fence than I would care . Between the viburnum tinus and the physocarpus there is a clematis MT . I thought it would jump forth but is just sitting there . Perhaps it is too fly-by-night . Further along , the camellia will finally get braggart enough to obnubilate the fence but in the meantime there is a honeysuckle and another clematis montana . Perhaps I require to calculate for an attractive ivy to do the job .
The Hibiscus Border – The helenium autumnale seem to get very improbable in my garden , and this border is no exception . In this case they are concealing the titular hibiscus . Next year I think I will chop them back in May , Chelsea Chop stylie . That will tap them back a chip size - wise and make them flower after , but they ’ll be more in ratio . The mounting rose at the cornerstone of the treillage , a ‘ william lobb ’ moss rose , is doing well . I cogitate it will be seeable next class and should romp up after that . I still have not found something that will grow up that scrap of treillage on the brick column . I am loth to plant yet another clematis as I ’ve killed two in that spot .
Front Garden
Again with the over tall helenium , I need to take them in hand . They are just about flowering now , all are a uniform tone of tedious yellow . I like them intimately when they have a bit of orange or red , but have never work out what drives that colouration . Otherwise , things are looking full , perhaps too full , but not terribly colorful , the hollyhock are doing the bulk of the heavy lifting there . I planted about 50 gladioli corms in here , so if they make a unfolding appearance this year they should brighten matter up for a while !
That ’s it for this month , I ’ll be back in a few week with the August Border Patrol .
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