2. I'm making bigger areas of the favourites which do well with very little attention here:
So, hardy geraniums and sedum - the hardy geraniums pictured cover about 6m - its Anne Folkard - gorgeous!
The lupins almost fill one bed about 3m x 2m and after their first flowering, with a little pruning, produce more flowers till quite late in summer. It's surrounded by low growing hardy geraniums and the pruning of the lupins gives them more light and space too. The middle picture shows an area of about 3m x 2m and has about 17 different things in it. For a while it looks like a pretty muddle, then it just looks a mess, so I'll decide what I like in this bed and plant more of it - simplify, simplify....
I am getting tough with alchemilla mollis! Much as I adore this plant it is taking over. We have taken out about 7 big clumps and cut hard back the ones which billow too far across the paths, hoping they may come back smaller, and later, extending the season of the lovely froth of lime green flowers.
So, hardy geraniums and sedum - the hardy geraniums pictured cover about 6m - its Anne Folkard - gorgeous!
The lupins almost fill one bed about 3m x 2m and after their first flowering, with a little pruning, produce more flowers till quite late in summer. It's surrounded by low growing hardy geraniums and the pruning of the lupins gives them more light and space too. The middle picture shows an area of about 3m x 2m and has about 17 different things in it. For a while it looks like a pretty muddle, then it just looks a mess, so I'll decide what I like in this bed and plant more of it - simplify, simplify....
I am getting tough with alchemilla mollis! Much as I adore this plant it is taking over. We have taken out about 7 big clumps and cut hard back the ones which billow too far across the paths, hoping they may come back smaller, and later, extending the season of the lovely froth of lime green flowers.
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