I needed something to give height in the middle of that border, and I'd grown Morning Glories (mixed) for some pots for the terrace, so they were the perfect temporary filler for that spot
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Shaun, I can see you've done loads of hard work and I have to say, I really like that blue paint work theme you've got going on.
I wish I could enlarge your pictures too Verdun, I want to zoom in and have a proper rummage around. It looks like you have some interesting things in those borders that I'd like to have a look at.
Busy Lizzie, love the border with the coreopsis and the alstroemeria (I think?).
I really like the yellow and purple combo too Dove, particularly the clematis and the achillea with the purple plant in front; I don't know what it is but I'm guessing a bulb? I have quite a few achillea but am always jealous of other peoples! They are just such a nice plant with so many ways to combine them.
Love your border with the floribunda, geraniums and the Veronica's Chicky.
It's great to see so many varieties in in all kinds of garden settings.
I can imagine how much hard work has gone in to produce such beautiful plants.
I must keep a low profile on the names of plants. I took a photo of every flower seed packet before planting and put a number on each, so I just call them by numbers.
Your border is looking wonderful, Chicky, love the blues and pinks. Mine starts blue and pink then moves on to red and yellow as the year goes on, then purples with the Michaelmas daisies.
You've done a great job in your new front garden, Dove.
It is alstromeria, the redder one I bought in Cornwall and the other one here in France.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Borders looking great Dove - love the yellows and purples together. Morning Glory wigwam is a great idea too - might borrow that one next year
I needed something to give height in the middle of that border, and I'd grown Morning Glories (mixed) for some pots for the terrace, so they were the perfect temporary filler for that spot
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Thats my flower borders this morning, and below is my red corner, and a hydrangea that i grew from a cutting flowering for the first time
Lovely Chicky - and what a success that hydrangea is
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Thanks Dove - its taken a few years, but it makes it all the more special if its one of your own babies
Heres a couple of my patio pots too - as you can see, i always seem to gravitate to the blues
What great pics!
Shaun, I can see you've done loads of hard work and I have to say, I really like that blue paint work theme you've got going on.
I wish I could enlarge your pictures too Verdun, I want to zoom in and have a proper rummage around. It looks like you have some interesting things in those borders that I'd like to have a look at.
Busy Lizzie, love the border with the coreopsis and the alstroemeria (I think?).
I really like the yellow and purple combo too Dove, particularly the clematis and the achillea with the purple plant in front; I don't know what it is but I'm guessing a bulb? I have quite a few achillea but am always jealous of other peoples! They are just such a nice plant with so many ways to combine them.
Love your border with the floribunda, geraniums and the Veronica's Chicky.
It's great to see so many varieties in in all kinds of garden settings.
I can imagine how much hard work has gone in to produce such beautiful plants.
I must keep a low profile on the names of plants. I took a photo of every flower seed packet before planting and put a number on each, so I just call them by numbers.
Your border is looking wonderful, Chicky, love the blues and pinks. Mine starts blue and pink then moves on to red and yellow as the year goes on, then purples with the Michaelmas daisies.
You've done a great job in your new front garden, Dove.
It is alstromeria, the redder one I bought in Cornwall and the other one here in France.
It's Roscoea purpurea http://www.perennials.com/plants/roscoea-purpurea.html
Thanks for the positive comments folks - I'm having great fun with this border as it's the first sunny one I've had in 20+ years
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.