Wow, give me a moment to digest all that please. I do have a few of those but looks like there are a lot more to consider. It must all look amazing in the backdrop of your grasses.
Just to update, Brise d'Anjou is now repotted until I have space in the borders. The pot was very much larger than the pot it was in - I went against the rule of going one size up. It was very difficult to handle as the beautiful leaves are very soft and delicate. I hope it will still be fine in there for a while.
In honour of the Brises's and Verdun's blue flowers, I used my planter which has blue flowers on it
Sometimes - gardening is trial and error. If you find a plant that you think would look good with it, stick a pot of it there for a while and see what you think. Pots of late spring bulbs would be nice with it too. Play about till you find the look you want
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you Fairygirl. I really appreciate all your help and advice. Do you mean put spring bulbs in another pot and put near to this one, or did you mean when this is in the ground, put spring bulbs in pots and place near it?
A couple of pots next to that one. That will give you an idea of what looks good, and you can then replicate tthat in the ground later
When it's in the ground, you can have some taller bulbs behind it too, especially if you have any gaps for late spring or summer. Some of the taller daffs and narcissus would work well. Cheerfulness is one which always comes to mind - very pale creamy yellow, so it would pick up the colour of the variegation.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks Fairygirl. I just looked up Cheerfulness, very pretty indeed. I would like to get some bearded irises or other types of irises, I only have Dutch irises. Can you recommend any?
There are hundreds of varieties! Bearded Iris are very different to the Dutch Irises though. They need plenty of sun and good gritty, free draining soil. You plant those with the rhizome just proud of the soil so that the sun can get to them after flowering.
If you're wanting to put them with the Polemonium, you'd be better with the Sibirica types as they like damp soil. They like a reasonable amount of light too.
I grow the Chrysographes Irises which are really dark purple with a little yellow flash, and they're shorter than the Bearded ones. Finer foliage than them too.They'd possibly work quite nicely with your Jacob's ladder. Mine ar enext to my little pond, east-ish facing
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Wow, give me a moment to digest all that please. I do have a few of those but looks like there are a lot more to consider. It must all look amazing in the backdrop of your grasses.
Just to update, Brise d'Anjou is now repotted until I have space in the borders. The pot was very much larger than the pot it was in - I went against the rule of going one size up. It was very difficult to handle as the beautiful leaves are very soft and delicate. I hope it will still be fine in there for a while.
In honour of the Brises's and Verdun's blue flowers, I used my planter which has blue flowers on it
Thank you for all the advice.
Looks well wakeshine
Sometimes - gardening is trial and error. If you find a plant that you think would look good with it, stick a pot of it there for a while and see what you think. Pots of late spring bulbs would be nice with it too. Play about till you find the look you want
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you Fairygirl. I really appreciate all your help and advice. Do you mean put spring bulbs in another pot and put near to this one, or did you mean when this is in the ground, put spring bulbs in pots and place near it?
A couple of pots next to that one. That will give you an idea of what looks good, and you can then replicate tthat in the ground later
When it's in the ground, you can have some taller bulbs behind it too, especially if you have any gaps for late spring or summer. Some of the taller daffs and narcissus would work well. Cheerfulness is one which always comes to mind - very pale creamy yellow, so it would pick up the colour of the variegation.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks Fairygirl. I just looked up Cheerfulness, very pretty indeed. I would like to get some bearded irises or other types of irises, I only have Dutch irises. Can you recommend any?
There are hundreds of varieties! Bearded Iris are very different to the Dutch Irises though. They need plenty of sun and good gritty, free draining soil. You plant those with the rhizome just proud of the soil so that the sun can get to them after flowering.
If you're wanting to put them with the Polemonium, you'd be better with the Sibirica types as they like damp soil. They like a reasonable amount of light too.
I grow the Chrysographes Irises which are really dark purple with a little yellow flash, and they're shorter than the Bearded ones. Finer foliage than them too.They'd possibly work quite nicely with your Jacob's ladder. Mine ar enext to my little pond, east-ish facing
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...