🌿🌿New border for 2020🌿🌿

It looks great, you wouldn’t believe how many plants you can squeeze into a small area :-). Your astilbe look especially nice.

You say you are not often pleased with your planting but I suspect that is because we are much harder on our own ideas than we are with other people's. The 'vision of loveliness' we have in our minds very rarely translates into the actuality of the border with the vagaries of growth! As others cannot read our minds they are often much more satisfied with what we achieve than we are, ourselves...
Having rambled on I will say how interesting your selection of plants is and I will be keen to see how it 'translates'.. Your borders look wonderful to me.

It looks very attractive Dd, very nice selection of planting, my raised bed at the bottom used to be completely shady but is now semi shade, I'm always keen to see what others manage to grow in these conditions so thankyou for naming the plants....Lovely photographs as always....

Well it certainly doesn’t look scruffy now. Beautiful.

Yes, it does look good, but your garden always looks beautifully manicured. I'm not surprised that you're pleased with it. Thank you for sharing the pleasure with us.

Very attractive border, Dd. You’ve chosen some really lovely plants. Love that French mossy log too! Great addition.

very nice, love your plant combinations and with lots of plants flowering at different times to give all round interest.

I love it.

So balanced and peaceful it looks as though its been there for years! Its beautiful DD. A scruffy corner it is Not!

I think this is so pretty and you have added such dear little plants. I am pleased that you are so happy with it - you do have a lovely garden.

Wildrose...thank you very much, such kind comments...Stera pleased you liked it, hopefully it won’t need any work for a while....
Seaburn I tried to get all year round interest......
Kate I treasure that log, reminds me of our happy times in France.....
Siris that’s very sweet of you......it has been a tad wild this year, let things go being as we couldn’t open.....
Linda thank you so much....
Lincs thank you, this is in semi shade....so all should be well with the chosen plants.....
Anget......you’re right, I am very critical, and always feel I could do better.......and probably could! but in this case I am very happy with the result......if only the rest of the garden ........oh dear here I go again!
Meadow, most of these plants can be kept at a manageable size, we didn’t buy anything new, just moved them from other areas of the garden....so it didn’t cost us anything!
Dawn....thank you.....it is surprising just how many plants went into this tiny border.....

Such a lot planted in a small border, it looks lovely :)

It looks beautiful DD and I love your choice of plants.

Hywel it is hard to believe there are so many plants in such a small border..
Callie thanks...it’s loving the wet weather we are having at the moment...

That looks lovely A. I doubt it was ever a ‘scruffy’ spot...your garden is meticulously cared for. But whatever...it is lovely now! And there are always improvements to be made. :)

Karen there are indeed.....I have kept it well watered, so everything has thrived...Geums flowering again....and the Persicaria is looking very pretty.....will no doubt be splitting certain plants this Autumn.....