I am really enjoying following, and certainly don't find too many posts. People don't have to look if they are not interested.
I am working on a new flowerbed myself and am using the posts as a kind of diary too. You think you haven't made much progress, especially with the frosts slowing everything down, then you look at the first post in January/February and can really see the difference.
So, keep posting, I think it is going to be fabulous.Such a lot of effort and great imagination too.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Yes keep posting! It's so interesting seeing your gardens development. It's looking lovely, you must be very pleased with how it's coming together. I particularly like the sunken area!
I have done a bit more planting, hard to see from the photo. I plan to make an updated list soon of all of the plants that I have..
I added some stepping stones at the back which I found going cheap in The range, few pounds each
Grass looks a state but I have top dressed it with topsoil and I have over-seeded the whole lawn. My next update will be when the grass has started to grow....
Now I just have to keep the poor dog out of the garden for as long as possible. It does mean he gets more trips to the park instead though!
All coming on @newprojectgarden. I took photos of mine yesterday and thought how difficult it is to capture the true essence of the garden. It is still all in my head at the moment.
You can certainly see the borders filling up there though, this time next year....
I am trying to find some stepping stones, so difficult to get to weed when there are so many young plants in the ground and/or bulbs waiting to come up, just so expensive here in France, I could kill for a trip to 'The Range'.
Your neighbours don't seem to be making much of an effort.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
This is a lovely thread to see how you have grown with the garden. Love the current organic shape. I was wondering if you might considering some beautiful silver birch trees to add some height and dappled shade. Three together would add a lovely feature. Maybe around the middle of lawn, so you could wander through them to the back part. just an idea..enjoy the ride your doing a great job.
Really inspiring watching your garden change, grow and flourish with all the great updates.
How did you get on with Greenkeeper's secret? Having 2 dogs my lawn has a tough time and could do with a boost!
Hi Ditsy, thanks.! I think Greenkeepers secret is a good product, it worked well last summer for me. I also used Miracle grow lawn feed (in a similar spray bottle that connects to the hose). I'd recommend both. Dogs can really make looking after a lawn a continuous struggle can't they..my dog seems to have very potent urine! He is fed a raw diet, I don't know if that has anything to do with it..
I was wondering if you might considering some beautiful silver birch trees to add some height and dappled shade. Three together would add a lovely feature. Maybe around the middle of lawn, so you could wander through them to the back part.
Thanks Julie. It's a great idea and something that I've been thinking about as well, although not specifically birch trees, I like that idea though. I feel like there could be something dividing the garden more in the middle area. On the top left of the patio is a nice Japanese maple that I rescued as someone didn't want it, I've been contemplating planting that somewhere on the lawn, but I'm really not sure where..
3 x Trachycarpus fortunai (2 more being delivered to plant around the centre of lawn)
3 x Chamaerops humilis
2 x Cordyline
1 x Yucca gloriosa
Ferns:
2 x Dicksonia antarctica (babies, no trunks, surprisingly survived winter uncovered except with mulch. New shoots have now begun emerging)
Dryopteris atrata
Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'
Polypodium vulgare
A few Asplenium scolopendrium (Harts tongue fern) Athyrium niponicum pictum (Japanese painted fern) Athyrium felix-femina Frizelliae (Tatting fern)
Shrubs and others:
Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex' 2 x Fatsia japonica Acca Sellowiana Number of helebores Gunnera manicata (in a large pot this year while I decide on a suitable spot)
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I am working on a new flowerbed myself and am using the posts as a kind of diary too. You think you haven't made much progress, especially with the frosts slowing everything down, then you look at the first post in January/February and can really see the difference.
So, keep posting, I think it is going to be fabulous.Such a lot of effort and great imagination too.
I just had an outside socket fitted, now I can set up my hue lights
I added some stepping stones at the back which I found going cheap in The range, few pounds each
Grass looks a state
Now I just have to keep the poor dog out of the garden for as long as possible. It does mean he gets more trips to the park instead though!
You can certainly see the borders filling up there though, this time next year....
I am trying to find some stepping stones, so difficult to get to weed when there are so many young plants in the ground and/or bulbs waiting to come up, just so expensive here in France, I could kill for a trip to 'The Range'.
Your neighbours don't seem to be making much of an effort.
Really inspiring watching your garden change, grow and flourish with all the great updates.
How did you get on with Greenkeeper's secret? Having 2 dogs my lawn has a tough time and could do with a boost!
I was wondering if you might considering some beautiful silver birch trees to add some height and dappled shade. Three together would add a lovely feature. Maybe around the middle of lawn, so you could wander through them to the back part.
just an idea..enjoy the ride your doing a great job.
I think Greenkeepers secret is a good product, it worked well last summer for me. I also used Miracle grow lawn feed (in a similar spray bottle that connects to the hose). I'd recommend both. Dogs can really make looking after a lawn a continuous struggle can't they..my dog seems to have very potent urine! He is fed a raw diet, I don't know if that has anything to do with it..
Thanks Julie. It's a great idea and something that I've been thinking about as well, although not specifically birch trees, I like that idea though. I feel like there could be something dividing the garden more in the middle area.
On the top left of the patio is a nice Japanese maple that I rescued as someone didn't want it, I've been contemplating planting that somewhere on the lawn, but I'm really not sure where..
If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them
Haha..yes not yet, I better not slag them off to much in case they are lurking in this thread!
Palms/Palm-like
1 x Butia odorata (small)
Ferns:
2 x Dicksonia antarctica (babies, no trunks, surprisingly survived winter uncovered except with mulch. New shoots have now begun emerging)
Athyrium niponicum pictum (Japanese painted fern)
Athyrium felix-femina Frizelliae (Tatting fern)
Shrubs and others:
Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex'
2 x Fatsia japonica
Acca Sellowiana
Number of helebores
Gunnera manicata (in a large pot this year while I decide on a suitable spot)
Arundo donax
Fargesia robusta 'Campbell' (bamboo)
Imperata cylindrica - Japanese blood grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Ground cover / low growing shrubs:
Persicaria runcinata 'Purple fantasy'
Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'
Hosta 'Halcyon'
Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet'
3 x Heuchera 'Sugar frosting'
Genus Brunnera 'Jack frost'
10 x Dwarf lupins blues
4 x Lupins - Manhattan lights
Daliah 'moonfire' (to be planted out)
Bananas currently inside to plant out later:
Trees:
Acer grisium 'Paper bark maple'
Unknown japanese red maple
2 x pears
1 x apple
2 x cherry
Morning glory 'Grandpa otts'
Cosmos