On a rainy saturday the sun finally came out in the afternoon & I was able to finish planting up the pink (& purple & white) border (my first real design bought & planted woo hoo!).
The shrubs, perennials & weeping cherry tree, Prunus kiku-shidare sakura (Cheals weeping cherry) are all planted & today saw the final stage of planting cyclamen around the cherry tree & bulbs- Crocus 'Pickwick' & dwarf white narcissus (from Kitchen garden cafe in Kings Heath woo hoo!) Hopefully it'll have bags of interest all year round as well as a strong pink flowered theme in the summer.
Its a raised bed & with free-draining alkaline soil (a blended loam top-soil the landscapers tell me), the sunny position suits perennials such as Verbascum chaixii 'Album' & Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland', Salvia officionalis Purpurescens', & Salvia 'Rose Queen'...& many more
Pics to follow, have so many now to upload as I've had fun going to a few great gardens recently, as well as the border design..although the proof of the pudding is in a few years time when I'll know whether I've really left enough room for every thing to grow & look good!. just need to find the cable that connects my camera to the computer. ..aah technology is great..deep breath.. stay calm & carry on...(thank goodness gardening can't get all technologised - although I have CAD to learn this year which will be fun, ha ha ha )
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