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Drat those chains.....

VerdunVerdun Posts: 23,348
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had a number of plants to go out but waiting to find the "perfect" home for one of them.  When I did the rest in that "chain" could go in their designated spots.  Today....perfect blue sky and sun now....I planted out that chain.  (Must have been all that rain that cleared my brain image)   Chuffed!  Perfect.  image

Now,,however, I have a new chain but again cannot ...yet... locate a position for one of them image

one of the issues is colour.  I have a number of white perennials but, of course, they need to be isolated.  On their own most whites are fine but near each other one will make the other look drab.  

What "chains" do you have to hold up your planting? Or  don't you have such fastidious tendencies? image

 

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,493

    What is a chain?

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    I've got a chain that's been waiting since early summer Verd image

    I blame the purple Hellebore - it started flowering again so I thought I'd wait. I've waited....and waited....and waited.... It's finished now, but the weather's not been favourable and other things have taken precedence image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,493

    I've been waiting for my cosmos to die. I have a chain!!!

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Hurrah! image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    philippa - I grew sweet pea Cathy and loved the scent - really powerful. From a distance, a lovely cream. Close up - muddy. Did the same as you, grew them further from the house! 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    I find white really difficult to use. I have a small bed with a Crab Apple and a contorted Hazel in it and decided to make it into a small white bed. I eventually got something I liked, by using different coloured leaves, off whites, whites with yellow centres, but mainly by having lots of green to show off the white.

    Agree about chains, have to write a list of what is going where and then the order in which they will be moved. It usually gets complicated when I decide to divide some of them whilst moving and end up with lots of extra bits.

    No digging for me at the moment, so maybe have to wait till Spring.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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