I did wonder myself, but I guess it’s an experiment and he’s looking to see if the conditions will combat the problems his other poppies are having
Perhaps you're right. I hope they come back to it in 3 months' time and show us how it looks. I must admit I've never had downy mildew on poppies, but Longmeadow probably gets 3 or 4 times as much rain as I do, and is much more enclosed with all the high hedges, so I guess it's not surprising.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I don't understand the placing of those poppies so prominently. They are ephemeral and, as pointed out above, you need to cut back the foliage to let it regrow and stay looking good so better in a border where other things can disguise their temporary nakedness.
I do hope he finds that having removed all that sickly box he finds the resulting light levels and air flow make many of his plants grow better and that he loses a few more hedges or at least reduces them. It is, for me, too claustrophobic by half.
I don't get the obsession with grasses either. There are other plants with good foliage and better suited to a cold, damp garden that will provide a foil and not look like they've been dragged thru a hedge backwards.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I got the impression that the placing of the poppies was more an experiment to see how they would do in a brighter airier spot with more air flow around them, than an aesthetic choice.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, but you can just see him deciding to move them cos he wants the aesthetic after all. It seems as well thought out and planned as all those versions of The Mound we've seen.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
<snip> I don't get the obsession with grasses either.
I don't get the whole Paradise Garden thing. Personally I think it's awful. And I'm sorry for the negativity but the synic in me says it's now served it's purpose having promoted the Paradise Garden TV show & book.
That too. I much preferred Geoff Hamilton's series and DVD about the Paradise Garden which was a bit of paradise on earth that reflected budget, needs and situation rather than trying to interpret a Persian/Moorish vision of a Paradise garden built and designed to provide a cool calm oasis in a hot desert.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Does anyone else think Monty might regret planting oriental poppies right at the front of the border? For me the foliage always gets tatty after the flowers go over, and are better cut back then which leaves a gap, so they're better with something else in front.
I said exactly the same when I saw it. I always tuck them beside something leafy to hide their tattiness after flowering. Am I only person who has no idea who Kate Greenaway is?
Does anyone else think Monty might regret planting oriental poppies right at the front of the border? For me the foliage always gets tatty after the flowers go over, and are better cut back then which leaves a gap, so they're better with something else in front.
I said exactly the same when I saw it. I always tuck them beside something leafy to hide their tattiness after flowering. Am I only person who has no idea who Kate Greenaway is?
Garraway!! ITV presenter I think @Hostafan1. An early contestant on Strictly 2007 with 2 left feet, no idea and ended up giving up cos she injured her feet and ended up in crutches.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Does anyone else think Monty might regret planting oriental poppies right at the front of the border? For me the foliage always gets tatty after the flowers go over, and are better cut back then which leaves a gap, so they're better with something else in front.
I said exactly the same when I saw it. I always tuck them beside something leafy to hide their tattiness after flowering. Am I only person who has no idea who Kate Greenaway is?
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Perhaps you're right. I hope they come back to it in 3 months' time and show us how it looks. I must admit I've never had downy mildew on poppies, but Longmeadow probably gets 3 or 4 times as much rain as I do, and is much more enclosed with all the high hedges, so I guess it's not surprising.
I do hope he finds that having removed all that sickly box he finds the resulting light levels and air flow make many of his plants grow better and that he loses a few more hedges or at least reduces them. It is, for me, too claustrophobic by half.
I don't get the obsession with grasses either. There are other plants with good foliage and better suited to a cold, damp garden that will provide a foil and not look like they've been dragged thru a hedge backwards.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
And I'm sorry for the negativity but the synic in me says it's now served it's purpose having promoted the Paradise Garden TV show & book.
Am I only person who has no idea who Kate Greenaway is?
https://www.pookpress.co.uk/project/kate-greenaway-biography/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mr Google has come to the rescue.
Not sure "it brought anything to the party" IMHO.