Simply Grow..and make a statement....

It occurs to me that with the addition of some white gypsophila my patch could go all patriotic this year! (See yesterday's post.)

Hmmm. Too gaudy.

 
In this quarter of the cutting patch I've put sweet pea 'Gwendoline'- pale pink with a very good scent, and a pot of mixed Spencer type sweet peas I bought when I thought I didn't have enough from seed. (I did.) In the centre are Shirley poppies as last year. Around them I will put Nigella damascene - pale blue with attractive seedheads, and euphorbia oblongata - lime green the same as the canes. All the way around the edge I've sown night scented stock - I adore the smell of this.

In the third quarter will be cosmos, gypsophila and poppy Cedric Morris with all its subtle un-nameable colours. I think I'll mix these all together like a meadow effect.

The fourth quarter will have everything that's left over! It already has alpine strawberries around the edges.

The planning is a big part of the fun....

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                                           Tea and toast on my favourite perch - yes, we're still having warm sunshine!

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