I’ve got some verbena b in there already. I have bronze fennel in the other new bed. Never grown it before so may see how it does there before I put it in this one too.
I got some thalictrum for the front last year. I don’t know what’s happened to it but it hasn’t come back ☹️
I shall go to the GC at the weekend and see what they have in.
Giant Scabious - Cephalaria gigantea - gets enormous. It would overwhelm that bed, I think. It's a gorgeous plant, though, but it does need space to breathe.
Ok, I'm projecting, having lusted for it for years. Maybe it can be on its own in a corner somewhere
It's your garden and you do whatever you want, but what you've made there is effectively an Island Bed, i.e. you can walk all around it. The best way to view an Island Bed is to have a central focal point that is tallest, then grade your other plants outwards according to height, rather like a tiered wedding cake. So when you walk around it, the view is the same from each angle. I would find the Foxglove misplaced in that corner, and would remove it.. for a long term central focus I wouldn't want something too tall either, as the bed isn't large enough.. Something like Berberis 'Helmond Pillar' which grows to about 5 feet and has an attractive narrow, upright outline all year with colourful foliage.. then arrange the other plants according to height, with the shortest at the edges...
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Ok, I'm projecting, having lusted for it for years. Maybe it can be on its own in a corner somewhere
I would find the Foxglove misplaced in that corner, and would remove it.. for a long term central focus I wouldn't want something too tall either, as the bed isn't large enough..
Something like Berberis 'Helmond Pillar' which grows to about 5 feet and has an attractive narrow, upright outline all year with colourful foliage.. then arrange the other plants according to height, with the shortest at the edges...