Thanks GD. Last summer blanket weed was a big problem, despite throwing in a few barley straw bales, and I had to resort to Nishikoi treatment which was very effective. This season four new barley straw bales are just about working but in the past few weeks turbidity is increasing. I think it needs more oxygenators, something I want to scrounge because they are expensive in garden centres for something that seems to grow so vigorously except, alas, for me.
Turfing to the edge was the idea of the landscape gardener when the garden was overhauled two years ago.
If it’s of any interest here is a series of photos showing the development of that part of the garden
December 2016. What was once a fine herbaceous border had become overgrown and weed infested. Gardening had to take second place to caring for my wife when she had multiple cancers
Looking up the garden
Looking down the garden
February 2017. The border has been cleared. The pond excavation can just about be made out behind the pergola lying on its side
September 2017. Rollo coming to say hello. The lawn has yet to have Green Thumb effect improvement.
February 2019. First mow of the season. Looking up the garden again
Very fresh @Picidae, what a beautiful place to live. I agree with @Logan! I think it's harder to see the sky in a small garden, if that makes sense.
@Nollie your garden is stunning, such amazing colours! Really nice to see those pics on a grey rainy morning. In the last photo there is a red flowered plant in the background, I can't quite make it out? Is it a salvia?
I admit to liking orange in the garden too, but then I also like yellow and I think many people don't. I like every colour I think 🙂
Gorgeous pond and Irises @Picidae, enjoyed the pics showing the development.
Hi, thanks @Victoria Sponge yes its Salvia Greggii if you mean the one behind the purple spikes. From the front of that last pic is Berberis Orange Rocket, Salvia Nemorosa Caradonna, Salvia Greggii then another column type Berberis Red Rocket (which is more plum coloured but looks orange in the late sun). Here’s a better pic of Greggi, don’t know the exact cultivar as that wasn’t on the label:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Could be, @Eglantyne. I have three groups of ‘it’ but think ‘it’ is actually two different cultivars - one has marginally darker leaves and slightly bigger flowers, maybe Bumble and Microphylla x Greggii Red Velvet, but impossible to say. One came labelled as ‘salvia various’. Another ‘salvia various’ I think is Nachtvlinder, just starting off, flopping over the steps in one of the pics. You are lucky to get the ‘salvia’ label here, never mind anything else!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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Turfing to the edge was the idea of the landscape gardener when the garden was overhauled two years ago.
If it’s of any interest here is a series of photos showing the development of that part of the garden
December 2016. What was once a fine herbaceous border had become overgrown and weed infested. Gardening had to take second place to caring for my wife when she had multiple cancers
Looking up the garden
Looking down the garden
February 2017. The border has been cleared. The pond excavation can just about be made out behind the pergola lying on its side
September 2017. Rollo coming to say hello. The lawn has yet to have Green Thumb effect improvement.
February 2019. First mow of the season. Looking up the garden again
@Nollie your garden is stunning, such amazing colours! Really nice to see those pics on a grey rainy morning. In the last photo there is a red flowered plant in the background, I can't quite make it out? Is it a salvia?
I admit to liking orange in the garden too, but then I also like yellow and I think many people don't. I like every colour I think 🙂
Gorgeous pond and Irises @Picidae, enjoyed the pics showing the development.
Hi, thanks @Victoria Sponge yes its Salvia Greggii if you mean the one behind the purple spikes. From the front of that last pic is Berberis Orange Rocket, Salvia Nemorosa Caradonna, Salvia Greggii then another column type Berberis Red Rocket (which is more plum coloured but looks orange in the late sun). Here’s a better pic of Greggi, don’t know the exact cultivar as that wasn’t on the label:
Clematis has its first flower!