Verdun, dot planting is fine if you have large specimens, however many people plant very small plants, which does tend to look very dotty, until they have filled out.
This is why planting in 3s and 5s etc. is recommended.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I don't know anyone who plants in 3s or 5s unless they have a mahoosive garden. In my experience and I have bought far too many plants in the past couple of years unless you are talking plug plants anything 9 cm or bigger will be a great sized plant in the first year. I am not speaking or saying I am an experienced gardener but I am a plant aholic
So-called "dot planting" IS the way to go for many plant types.........planting 3 dahlias, 3 sanguisorbas, 3 persicarias, 3 miscanthus, 3 Verbena Bonariensis, for example is over the top I think. In a couple of years these will usually make very large specimens so I would plant singly.
also, and this is worth thinking about, if anyone is a "plants person" he or she will want to grow as many different varieties as possible. "Dot planting" can produce a beautiful garden if the plants are chosen well and positioned to set their neighbours off. I do grow in 3's etc sometimes but my own plants from astilbes, agapanthus, acteas and agastaches to Veronicastrums and all in between are mostly large and impact-making as individuals initially "dot planted" . Planting in 3's, 5's and even 7's is not always best for us as gardeners. For the garden centres wanting to sell us as much as possible then we must buy and plant in numbers .......
you might realise too that those plants grown in 3's are no longer to your taste. A single such plant easily replaced by another is no great loss in this case
Dot planting can easily be the equal of multiple planting I think
Ahh wonderful Verd, they sound utterly delicious! Googling the orange and yellows are warming me up on such a bleak day here in the SE. I've got the perfect spot at the back of a bed providing I add enough manure and grit to the planting hole, probably looking at one blue & one orange I'm certainly having trouble finding them in any GCs or nurseries around here, so will possibly have to order online. Any recommendations for suppliers? I can't believe people aren't more enthusiastic about them with their colours and bee appeal, perhaps for some they don't make it through the wet Winter.
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Verdun, dot planting is fine if you have large specimens, however many people plant very small plants, which does tend to look very dotty, until they have filled out.
This is why planting in 3s and 5s etc. is recommended.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I don't know anyone who plants in 3s or 5s unless they have a mahoosive garden. In my experience and I have bought far too many plants in the past couple of years unless you are talking plug plants anything 9 cm or bigger will be a great sized plant in the first year. I am not speaking or saying I am an experienced gardener but I am a plant aholic
Oh. well, I usually plant perennials in 3's and it works for me, perhaps I am just a terrible gardener.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I don't think so punk I've seen your pics!
Talking of Agastaches Verdun, how are you getting on with Black Adder? Have you tried any of the orange varieties, Summer Sunset etc?
Ahh wonderful Verd, they sound utterly delicious! Googling the orange and yellows are warming me up on such a bleak day here in the SE. I've got the perfect spot at the back of a bed providing I add enough manure and grit to the planting hole, probably looking at one blue & one orange
I'm certainly having trouble finding them in any GCs or nurseries around here, so will possibly have to order online. Any recommendations for suppliers? I can't believe people aren't more enthusiastic about them with their colours and bee appeal, perhaps for some they don't make it through the wet Winter.