Is anyone able to help please? I have too much earth on show between my shrubs and bulbs, which means endless weeding. Do you have any suggestions for plants I can add to fill in the gaps? I have mainly pink and purple colours.
I agree, Busy-Lizzie - I use Geranium wallichianum 'Buxton's Variety' all around my garden. It's fast growing, has both pretty leaves and flowers and it makes a great low-growing ground-cover.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Last year I discovered a bedding plant called gazania kiss series. Seriously good plant that I hardly watered and it bloomed its heart out. Aldi have miniature plugs of these for 1.99. They are like a large daisy flower. I'm addicted and just set 20 bronze seeds tonight! I have 100 kiss series to sow hopefully tomorrow. I don't have room for them all but I figure I can make family smile by giving gifts!
Gazanias smile when the sun shines..I have found them more hardy than advertised. Has anyone else nursed them through winter to get a second season and were they as good?
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I suggest that you plant more of the plants that you have, in groups of 3, 5 or 7 depending on the space available.
You could then hoe between them and mulch with compost to keep weeding to a minimum.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for the ideas. Hopefully it will be warm enough to get along to the garden centre soon and then i can put in some new plants.
There are some lovely perennial geraniums in pinks and purples that are good and filling in gaps.
I agree, Busy-Lizzie - I use Geranium wallichianum 'Buxton's Variety' all around my garden. It's fast growing, has both pretty leaves and flowers and it makes a great low-growing ground-cover.
Gazanias smile when the sun shines..I have found them more hardy than advertised. Has anyone else nursed them through winter to get a second season and were they as good?
I'd go for a good mixture of easy going perennials, something for all seasons. The bees will love you.
In the sticks near Peterborough