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ObliqueGeek
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Hi all,
Planted quite a lot in my front garden last year during the first lockdown, but forgotten what a few were and can't find the labels. Any help appreciated.
Big daisy type this, was in a 9cm pot when planted last year, now about 3ft across!
This variegated grass
This little red fella behind the grass
This white one
This blue one
These two that are getting ready to flower
And finally this one under the cordyline
Thanks in advance for any help
Planted quite a lot in my front garden last year during the first lockdown, but forgotten what a few were and can't find the labels. Any help appreciated.
Big daisy type this, was in a 9cm pot when planted last year, now about 3ft across!
This variegated grass
This little red fella behind the grass
This white one
This blue one
These two that are getting ready to flower
And finally this one under the cordyline
Thanks in advance for any help
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I think that the blue one and the white one could be campanula persicifolia. If they have narrow leaves they are campanulas and if they have more oval, wider leaves they are platycodons. Also the buds on platycodons are much rounder.
I've made a note this time, but at least I can refer back here if necessary. Will be more careful in the future with the labels!
Query on 2 of them:
The Argyranthemum is about the size I'd like to keep it. can I trim it? Should I wait until later in the year and cut it back? Can I cut it back each year to stop is spreading too much further and can I take cuttings/divide etc?
Similar for the Phalaris arundinacea, I've googled it briefly and says can grow to 2m high and 1.5m wide, which is way to big for this little bed. It's already grown into the Argyranthemum! Can I cut it back, dig bits up etc? Should I wait?
Finally, with the Phalaris, I've have a semi shaded area behind some trampoline netting in the corner of the garden, would this grow there? it's south west facing and does get dappled sunlight through the netting.
Thanks again!
I'm thinking I might move the Phalaris, when I can find the time/energy. It was about the size of a 9 cm pot when it went in at the beginning of last summer and didn't seem to do much. It died back over the winter then suddenly appeared about 2.5ft wide this spring, so it's definitely vigorous under ground! Think I'll dig it up, break it into smaller pieces and put it around the trampoline.
I like a busy, almost scruffy border, but I'm worried it's going to take over, especially if it doubles in size or more over the winter again. It will wipe out the curry plant to the right, the Geum and the white one.
As for the white one, the Argyranthemum and Anthemis do look very similar, how would i definitively tell?
The only annoying thing is that the front half if lovely and full of flowers, but the back half, which you can't really see in the photo, is all bare, dark and woody.
I will move the foxglove back onto the second level. I planted some pinks you can see in the background as I couldn't see and completely forgot what was in the front, so might swap the two or get some more Thrift where the Foxglove is.
Currently to the left of the Foxglove, just out of shot is a 4ft wide Dicentra in flower that's starting to cover other plants! I was just throwing stuff in last year without too much thought. Might post a pic of the rest of the bed once I've re-laid the pebbles and rocks around everything.
Still can't workout out if the white one is an Argyranthemum or Anthemis, I've looked at lots of pics and it's still not clear. So it might just be 'the daisy type one' going forward.