I’m looking forward to growing clematis Huldine through a old, leaning, characterful crab apple. I realise in its first year it’ll probably achieve little but I am envisaging the late afternoon sun shining through the sepals creating a velvety cream sheen.
I am also having a long stone wall built with a mixture of cream limestone and rich golden ironstone. Set against this will be the pale lilac blue of clematis Sea Breeze, an exceptionally well reviewed new cultivar.
What I am a little apprehensive about is trampling workers’ boots, unwieldy barrows, powerful diggers and substantial piles of materials being less than dainty in the garden.
@Fire I’ve seen similar screens and thought about using them myself in my top patio to create a screen but don’t want posts as I may want to move them to create more open spaces and I can only find ones that are like a fence and slot into posts. How are you attaching yours or do they come with ‘feet’ to put into the ground?
@Fire I’ve seen similar screens and thought about using them myself in my top patio to create a screen but don’t want posts as I may want to move them to create more open spaces and I can only find ones that are like a fence and slot into posts. How are you attaching yours or do they come with ‘feet’ to put into the ground?
Ha! I have no idea as yet. Mine is a sheltered garden, but my main concern in wind. I do have an arch seven ft arch across the garden, so my first thought is to try and secure it to the patio at the base and the arch at the top. But the arch is not super strong and I don't want the screen to bring the whole thing down.
It's possible that screens will end up being used flat against the fence in a decorative manner, which would also be very striking, if less practical. My desire is to create kind of a private room within my very overlooked garden. I am a huge fan of screens in that they can be moved about and are not that heavy (similarly to pots) . My house is full of room dividers, they are the most versatile of things. So, for me the garden screens will all be a bit of an experiment.
Looking forward to my dahlias growing, also the sweet peas. I purchased an obelisk from Wilko's and put that together last weekend. Can't wait to plant up around it.
I have also got a new project on the go - I have built a ladder style staging with 3 layers/steps if that makes sense and I'm going to fill it with small bright pots full of herbs and flowers, some tumbling geraniums down the side maybe - just using it as an experiment for colour in the garden.
I'm also looking forward to my sunflowers - we got them to over 2m last year and that was our first year. Just hope this year we can match them!
That and general warmth, sitting in the garden with a glass of fizz admiring the borders - and the moment when you spot something and have to go and fiddle with it!!
I'm looking forward to all the new planting from last year developing and filling out - and finding out if I planted the right things in the right places!
I'm also going to have a go at growing a dahlia for the first time - trying to choose one from the thousands available.
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I am also having a long stone wall built with a mixture of cream limestone and rich golden ironstone. Set against this will be the pale lilac blue of clematis Sea Breeze, an exceptionally well reviewed new cultivar.
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I have also got a new project on the go - I have built a ladder style staging with 3 layers/steps if that makes sense and I'm going to fill it with small bright pots full of herbs and flowers, some tumbling geraniums down the side maybe - just using it as an experiment for colour in the garden.
I'm also looking forward to my sunflowers - we got them to over 2m last year and that was our first year. Just hope this year we can match them!
That and general warmth, sitting in the garden with a glass of fizz admiring the borders - and the moment when you spot something and have to go and fiddle with it!!
I'm also going to have a go at growing a dahlia for the first time - trying to choose one from the thousands available.