@newbie77 Evergreen structure plants. Spring flowering shrubs or trees. Group 1 or 2 clematis. Many edging/rockery perennials also flower early and are useful in many spots. I have many spring bulbs (crocus for February, daffodils for March/April, tulips for April/May, Irises for May, Alliums for May/June) and also some summer/autumn bulbs. I also have many plants with long flowering season, they are very valuable in a small garden - Erisymum Bowles Mauve, some geraniums, dianthus, scabious, nemesia, pelargoniums, fuchsias. My absolutely favourite plants for spring interest are rhodos (luckily I can grow them), I got three new dwarf rhodos/azaleas this year. If you want very small evergreen plants, then look into alpines (soil-permitting). And heucheras for season-long foliage interest. Thymes and dwarf lavender are also good. And Ajuga.
Breathtaking colour, @newbie77. Lovely number of blooms there! That excites me even more. Re: polyanthus, not sure what the secret is as everything succeeds more by good luck than good management here, but I did manure the beds they're in before planting.:)
A huge sunflower volunteer appeared right next to its base and since my little girl really wanted a huge sunflower, i had to keep it there.
@newbie77 beautifully vivid colour on that rose. Feels like nature reiterating that you did 100% the right thing to leave the sunflower for your little girl!
Thanks again @Marlorena, In the end I decided to split the difference and have today broken out part of the post footing projection to get the planting hole a little further back to the post. Hole centre is now more like 200mm from post rather than 350mm as was.
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Evergreen structure plants. Spring flowering shrubs or trees. Group 1 or 2 clematis.
Many edging/rockery perennials also flower early and are useful in many spots.
I have many spring bulbs (crocus for February, daffodils for March/April, tulips for April/May, Irises for May, Alliums for May/June) and also some summer/autumn bulbs.
I also have many plants with long flowering season, they are very valuable in a small garden - Erisymum Bowles Mauve, some geraniums, dianthus, scabious, nemesia, pelargoniums, fuchsias.
My absolutely favourite plants for spring interest are rhodos (luckily I can grow them), I got three new dwarf rhodos/azaleas this year.
If you want very small evergreen plants, then look into alpines (soil-permitting). And heucheras for season-long foliage interest. Thymes and dwarf lavender are also good. And Ajuga.
newbie77 said:@newbie77 beautifully vivid colour on that rose. Feels like nature reiterating that you did 100% the right thing to leave the sunflower for your little girl!
I managed to get the rest of my bare roots potted up today and one in the ground. Still some life in the garden too which is nice to see.
Mum in a Million is flowering better now than in the summer. I think I may have pruned to hard this spring.
One bud left on A Whiter Shade of Pale
Royal Jubilee
Chandos Beauty foliage. Love the colour of the edging.
And Clematis Taiga still flowering since June. Blooms are just paler now. Also my Hebe is having a second flush and is covered in flowers again.
@peteS , I look forward to comparing Roundelays next summer!!
In the end I decided to split the difference and have today broken out part of the post footing projection to get the planting hole a little further back to the post. Hole centre is now more like 200mm from post rather than 350mm as was.
Your Ebb Tide looks magnificent, just love the colour.
I can feel myself being drawn in...