I thought I would go for more perennials and fewer annuals a couple of years ago, but I missed the annuals. The seeds are fun to grow and they are so pretty, colourful and long lasting. Plants like salvia farinacea look like perennials anyway. I won't be growing more grasses, I only have one, a golden carex in a pot. Not a fan, I like flowers and roses and the romantic rather messy look.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Wouldn't be without some of my annuals and half hardies - cosmos, salvia farinacea (snap Lizzie), isotoma, lots of trailing lobelia and rudbeckias are all musts for me - and I get a thrill out of growing them from such tiny beginnings.
in terms of changes - i hope this year will be more about consolidating what I've got and working out what works, rather than just filling the space (which has been the challenge for the last few years). As for grasses - wasn't keen, but OH keeps sneaking them in (seems to be under some misconception that it is his garden too - worrying) and i am becoming a convert
I like colour, so did Christopher Lloyd. Great Dixter looked wonderful when all the ladybird poppies were out. Yes, Chicky, rudbeckias are another must for me.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
More bulbs and perennials, they look after themselves to some extent. More rhubarb as what I currently have does not last the season so I've got three plants to get in to prolong the season, and more bulbs too.
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I thought I would go for more perennials and fewer annuals a couple of years ago, but I missed the annuals. The seeds are fun to grow and they are so pretty, colourful and long lasting. Plants like salvia farinacea look like perennials anyway. I won't be growing more grasses, I only have one, a golden carex in a pot. Not a fan, I like flowers and roses and the romantic rather messy look.
Wouldn't be without some of my annuals and half hardies - cosmos, salvia farinacea (snap Lizzie
), isotoma, lots of trailing lobelia and rudbeckias are all musts for me - and I get a thrill out of growing them from such tiny beginnings.
in terms of changes - i hope this year will be more about consolidating what I've got and working out what works, rather than just filling the space (which has been the challenge for the last few years). As for grasses - wasn't keen, but OH keeps sneaking them in (seems to be under some misconception that it is his garden too - worrying
) and i am becoming a convert
I like colour, so did Christopher Lloyd. Great Dixter looked wonderful when all the ladybird poppies were out. Yes, Chicky, rudbeckias are another must for me.
More bulbs and perennials, they look after themselves to some extent. More rhubarb as what I currently have does not last the season so I've got three plants to get in to prolong the season, and more bulbs too.
I've got 2 Timperley Early and the garden had two crowns in already but I've no idea what variety they are, but they are early varieties too.