Well, the fence man has repaired the knocked down fencing and I have safely restored my climbers. He was very nice and stepped around most of my planting which currently looks like this. Only had to remove three large clumps of Crocosmia which any most of you will know, doesn't even notice the upheaval and mostly got replanted to the left border, its leaves shielding a divided Hellebore from the hottest part of the day.
So, this area still has work to be done obviously, a bag of stones and pergola incoming but what I really want to know is what you guys suggest I plant next? This area was supposed to be a purple and white theme, but as much as I love what I have here so far, I find it a little...flat. It definitely needs contrasts (don't know how Sissinghurst manages the white garden?)
Poppies are out and looking splendid this year if a little battered by the recent weather.
I use bright greens and variegated plants to stop white looking flat. You can add a bit of deep red and some yellow/gold or plum coloured foliage plants to lift the purple and white too. If you like Phormiums they're good for a contrast in shape and foliage colour. Foliage contrast is the best way of lifting a colour scheme - for big leaves - I like Ligularias , Fatsias and Hostas , and for a vertical contrast- Foxgloves, Verbena bonariensis, Alliums etc to give height and stop everything looking a bit samey. I find plants like Euphorbia are good for linking colours - the bracts are a good contrast to the foliage so you can have two plants nearby picking up the two different colours.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Looking great Wintersong - you would never know a fence man had just been at work ( apart from the different coloured fence panels) - you must have persuaded him to be very careful (was it cake or dire threats that did the trick??). Love that rose and your scabious - maybe room for another poppy in there somewhere - they obviously like it in your garden
Thanks for the tips Fairygirl. I do indeed use most of what you mention in my garden already and I definitely did go with foliage contrasts such as the blue Eucalyptus and my Hebe Red Edge and the Virginia Creeper that turns firey red in summer. There's also a huge Phormium to the left of the border that should be chocolate leaved but its more a sagey green there days . Anyhow, i will investigate your ideas further and thats the fun of gardening right?
@Chicky, he only got a cup of coffee so it must have been my fierce charm .
It looks like the middle of summer in all your pics lovely plants...
Yarrow, is your Rebecca clem colour the same as on your pic? I bought one last year as I thought it was bright red but it is darker than yours like a burgundy or magenta...
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Wow you've got some lovely plants all of you.
Daisy your allotment is looking very good.
Yarrow bald bluetit good pic of it, poor thing.
Well, the fence man has repaired the knocked down fencing and I have safely restored my climbers. He was very nice and stepped around most of my planting which currently looks like this. Only had to remove three large clumps of Crocosmia which any most of you will know, doesn't even notice the upheaval and mostly got replanted to the left border, its leaves shielding a divided Hellebore from the hottest part of the day.
So, this area still has work to be done obviously, a bag of stones and pergola incoming but what I really want to know is what you guys suggest I plant next? This area was supposed to be a purple and white theme, but as much as I love what I have here so far, I find it a little...flat. It definitely needs contrasts (don't know how Sissinghurst manages the white garden?)
Poppies are out and looking splendid this year if a little battered by the recent weather.
Wintersong - that pergola's looking great.
I use bright greens and variegated plants to stop white looking flat. You can add a bit of deep red and some yellow/gold or plum coloured foliage plants to lift the purple and white too. If you like Phormiums they're good for a contrast in shape and foliage colour. Foliage contrast is the best way of lifting a colour scheme - for big leaves - I like Ligularias , Fatsias and Hostas , and for a vertical contrast- Foxgloves, Verbena bonariensis, Alliums etc to give height and stop everything looking a bit samey. I find plants like Euphorbia are good for linking colours - the bracts are a good contrast to the foliage so you can have two plants nearby picking up the two different colours.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Looking great Wintersong - you would never know a fence man had just been at work ( apart from the different coloured fence panels) - you must have persuaded him to be very careful (was it cake or dire threats that did the trick??). Love that rose and your scabious - maybe room for another poppy in there somewhere - they obviously like it in your garden
KEF - just paged back to your anchusa ..... Lovely
. Some shopping may be required
Thanks for the tips Fairygirl. I do indeed use most of what you mention in my garden already and I definitely did go with foliage contrasts such as the blue Eucalyptus and my Hebe Red Edge and the Virginia Creeper that turns firey red in summer. There's also a huge Phormium to the left of the border that should be chocolate leaved but its more a sagey green there days
. Anyhow, i will investigate your ideas further and thats the fun of gardening right? 
@Chicky, he only got a cup of coffee so it must have been my fierce charm
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chicky, my Clem bees jubilee opens just like that.
Gorgeous pics everyone
Lovely lot of clematis.
Your plants have gone back amazingly well, Wintersong, after the fence man had been.
It looks like the middle of summer in all your pics
lovely plants...
Yarrow, is your Rebecca clem colour the same as on your pic? I bought one last year as I thought it was bright red but it is darker than yours like a burgundy or magenta...