MrsGarden, it doesn't look quite as bad this morning, toms and cucumbers have gone on a day trip to the GH, back in at tea time and the chillies are outside in the sun
Thank you everyone. The grass is a carex that was given to me. The lilac bits are phlox subulata. The garden is big because it was an old farm in SW France, so when I made it I had topsoil put on the farmyard (which was covered in rough grass, nettles and brambles), and I could nick a bit of field as well. We terraced around the house in stone and built pillars for roses from local stone (at least, a local mason did). Not much topsoil here, limestone.The euphorbias probably look bigger than they are because in the last photo I'm standing below the bottom wall and taking the photo from almost ground level. It is all terraced and on three levels. House is on a slope, lots of steps inside.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Gorgeous Lizzie
MrsGarden, it doesn't look quite as bad this morning, toms and cucumbers have gone on a day trip to the GH, back in at tea time and the chillies are outside in the sun
Oh WOW Busy, your garden is looking gorgeous, as always, such beautiful colours. Thank you for sharing Busy liz
I love those stone pillars/pergola up to the terrace BL. Structure is so important in a garden and you can't beat stone for setting off plants.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Wonderful Lizzie - your euphorbia are huge
. Are the light blue mounds in the same photo the creeping phlox?
Busy, what is the 'grassy' plant in a pot in your 2nd pic, please.
Busy-Lizzie your garden looks great,I didn't know you were related to the royal family. (Who else has a park for a garden).
Thank you everyone. The grass is a carex that was given to me. The lilac bits are phlox subulata. The garden is big because it was an old farm in SW France, so when I made it I had topsoil put on the farmyard (which was covered in rough grass, nettles and brambles), and I could nick a bit of field as well. We terraced around the house in stone and built pillars for roses from local stone (at least, a local mason did). Not much topsoil here, limestone.The euphorbias probably look bigger than they are because in the last photo I'm standing below the bottom wall and taking the photo from almost ground level. It is all terraced and on three levels. House is on a slope, lots of steps inside.
Thank you Busy x
B-L I covet your Wisteria!!!
My £3 bargain - marguerite