Hi BIll , have you thought about planting some bulbs for spring in the gaps ? Maybe some primulas as well for colour . I have ajuga in various containers and also in the ground and I find it quite easy to control - it's certainly not as rampant as campanula.
Can you plant bulbs and perenials in the same spot
We have looked at some bulbs and like a few of them.
We will use the back alley mainly in the summer and want to have the planters at their best during that time here's what i'm thinking so far, but I would like people to guide me somewhat
Geranium pratense 'Purple Haze'
iris 'Michael Paul'
penstomem nanus blue
Alstroemeria
Do you think we are going too blue /purple or will these all look ok together?
Bill - providing the smaller bulbs are planted at the front I think it would work and I love a blue theme . I'm not so sure about the iris though - I've never grown them in a planter . I'm not as experienced as some of the folk on here but I'm sure they will pop in and out to give advice.
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Hi BIll , have you thought about planting some bulbs for spring in the gaps ? Maybe some primulas as well for colour . I have ajuga in various containers and also in the ground and I find it quite easy to control - it's certainly not as rampant as campanula.
Jean
Can you plant bulbs and perenials in the same spot
We have looked at some bulbs and like a few of them.
We will use the back alley mainly in the summer and want to have the planters at their best during that time here's what i'm thinking so far, but I would like people to guide me somewhat
Geranium pratense 'Purple Haze'
iris 'Michael Paul'
penstomem nanus blue
Alstroemeria
Do you think we are going too blue /purple or will these all look ok together?
Bill - providing the smaller bulbs are planted at the front I think it would work and I love a blue theme . I'm not so sure about the iris though - I've never grown them in a planter . I'm not as experienced as some of the folk on here but I'm sure they will pop in and out to give advice.
Thanks Jean
You are more experienced than me that is for sure(learning though
)
I am still trawling the web looking at blue/purple summer flowering perenials
geranium jolly bee looks nice Christopher2, but is it suitable to plant between the shrubs or will it take over?
I have no facility to take cuttings so want to keep to hardy perenials,or maybe just use annuals?.
What shrubs do you have that are blue? bearing in mind I can't have big ones as the planters are not very wide
Thanks Christopher loads to research there