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New Planting (Includes Pinterest Board)

februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
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As I've posted before, I'm changing the colour scheme of my garden this year and had a lot of helpful suggestions but I'm still coming up short. I've made a Pinterest board of all of the plants I have/am growing/am waiting to arrive and I'm hoping that some more experienced eyes than mine can provide some suggestions that would fit in with what I already have. 

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/Confusedkarma/garden-2023/

More than anything at the moment I'm after perennials approximately 1m (give or take) but am more than open to annuals. I just feel like I'm going round and round in circles!

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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Now I'm confused - a Pinterest board of 'all the flowers I have/am growing/am waiting to arrive'. How big is your garden?
    You seem to have cast your net fairly wide, but I think I get the vibe. My small contribution is dahlia 'Wine eyed Jill'. Yes, really :)
  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    This was my garden last year (excuse the washing line).



    Everything you see in it except for the trees and shrubs has now gone so I have a lot of empty space to play with! Not expecting miracles, I'm certain that I'll find some of the plants I've picked won't work but you know what it's like, trial and error!

    I was toying with dhalia Cafe au Lait but I'm not really wild about tender perennials, I don't really have anywhere I can keep them safe over winter. Thanks for the suggestion though, it's a very pretty flower 🙂
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    I couldn't see any trailing plants? Suggest lobelia and other trailing plants, alyssum would also soften your low walls, just love the honey smell of alyssum. 
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited April 2023
    Is the Helenium you had in your garden too bold for your new colour palette?  I thought it looked quite striking!  There’s lots of plants with flowers of similar pastel shades on your board, I wonder whether you’ll get enough contrast?  I like bold colours so will probably not be able to help but the shape of Achilleas may add another dimension and I would also include some tall, columnar ornamental grasses like Panicum Northwind or Calamagrostis Karl Foerster.  A Stipa gigantea would also make a good focal point in one of your raised beds but I’m not sure whether you’re keen on grasses!  Good luck with your plans, from how your garden looked before, I think you know instinctively what will work!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    @Jenny_Aster I've wanted to soften those walls pretty much as soon as I finished putting the beds together, much too angular. The plan (in theory) is to have aubrietas cascade over the edges of the borders to obscure them. I bought a few a couple of weeks ago and have planted them on the ends just to trial it and see how it looks rather than commit to the whole thing.

    Lobelia is still under consideration in case the shrubs don't obscure the fence enough. I have got some nasturtiums planned but that's to keep the bugs busy and away from the container veg I'm planting rather than anything else.
  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    @Plantminded The helenium was great and bees absolutely loved it but it's much too bright for what I'm after now. It has a new home with a work colleague 🙂 Last year I had an arbour built and whilst sitting out in it I definitely got the feeling that muted and paler shades would give a more calming vibe. I'm using some dark purples for contrast although the penstemons I bought earlier in the year still haven't shown any new growth 🤨 I've tried to include as many different flower shapes as possible, especially umbellifers. The achillea was the first of the new plants I put in the ground back in October😁 I've got some annual panicums of differing heights that I'm going to be using as fillers. I saw a photo of them used in a bed on Sarah Raven's Instagram and thought they looked amazing. I used to have panicum virgata Shenandoah but got rid of that a couple of years ago. It just didn't seem to suit the raised beds. Could be though that I just wasn't putting it in the right place!
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Buttercupdays said:
     My small contribution is dahlia 'Wine eyed Jill'. Yes, really :)
    Dahlia 'Wine eyed Jill'. ..beautiful!

    https://www.google.com/search?q=dahlia+'Wine+eyed+Jill'&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&sxsrf=APwXEddI-Q-ic2Gqc81qOJnXuW4l84CPgw:1681582046486&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTlqqkvaz-AhUKhlwKHfz6CiMQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=520&dpr=1.5#imgrc=VqjreuuR5h6xXM
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I should have noticed that Achillea on your board @februarysgirl!  I think you’ve chosen a lovely range of plants for your calm scheme, especially the umbellifers and, as you say, those dark purples will provide a good contrast with the pastel shades. Be sure to post more photos during and after your transformation!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


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