I'd agree with Kitty's assessment re the raised beds, SandT. You have a nice level plot to sit the sleepers on, so no need for extra supports. Plenty of scope for all sorts of planting there
Mine was a bare plot with red gravel, ugly slabs and a fence, four years ago. It's surprising how quickly you can make changes.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Etoile Violette is on the fence in first pic Kitty - along at the right hand side. Think that pic was July so it wasn't fully in flower. It covers a big area though. I also have an Alpina (Constance) in there too - it flowers in spring.
This pic is a bit later - that's about half of it.
I do have alliums - mainly sphaerocaphalons, which are a bit later flowering, although the squirrels had a few of them last year so there wasn't many in that main bed. I planted more last autumn though. I've moved a few things too, and there are more clematis to fit in elsewhere now that I've finished my extension.
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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Do you mean this one Kitty?
whiter in spring
Or the back fence with sweet peas on the top?
Thank you anyway!
I'd agree with Kitty's assessment re the raised beds, SandT. You have a nice level plot to sit the sleepers on, so no need for extra supports. Plenty of scope for all sorts of planting there
Mine was a bare plot with red gravel, ugly slabs and a fence, four years ago. It's surprising how quickly you can make changes.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
All of it Fairy ?
Maybe I was imagining some purple alliums in there somewhere
. I'm sure I've seen a purple clematis though... might be the slatted wall???
Etoile Violette is on the fence in first pic Kitty - along at the right hand side. Think that pic was July so it wasn't fully in flower. It covers a big area though. I also have an Alpina (Constance) in there too - it flowers in spring.
This pic is a bit later - that's about half of it.
I do have alliums - mainly sphaerocaphalons, which are a bit later flowering, although the squirrels had a few of them last year so there wasn't many in that main bed. I planted more last autumn though. I've moved a few things too, and there are more clematis to fit in elsewhere now that I've finished my extension.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...