Time for a change

That is rather sad Annella, such a beautiful shrub. But as one door closes as they say..... and your garden does look lovely.

Thanks Cinders, there are a lot of new planting opportunities around the garden this year. I shouldn't get so attached to my plants.

what a lovely blog; your garden looks beautiful.

Thank you Sticki :o))

It is looking good Annella shame about the Hebe :-)

Beautiful garden Annella:))))

wonderful blog great to see how this wonderful garden is shaping up. your attack seemed a success, enjoying the new vista too does the picture actually feature the Knautia ‘Melton Pastels' of is that yet to show??

well done anyway and thanks for sharing

Thanks Mavis & Michaella
Skip the Knautia is new and should flower early summer, it was intented for the front garden as was the Malva. There will be more height here come midsummer. Thank you for your lovely comments.

like you i get upset wen i lose stuff , wen it new and hasn't even established yet ............... i have lost a few things , but now it all coming up its not so bad !!!.
ur garden still looks gud . ;0)))

Your garden looks as if it's thriving - despite the loss of your hebe - like Cristina, I hate losing things as I get so attached to them, especialy if I've growm them from seed or a small plant.

We have had an exceptionally cold winter this year though, so hopefully next winter won't be so bad.

Happy Gardening.

Some plants are so special though and I can understand why you were so sad. The bronze and pink together was lovely and as you say, a nice neat plant. However, like my Pittosporum, your space is now available for other things. Lovely new view of the garden Annie, great to see it a different way.

You have a very pretty garden Ann. Pitty about the hebe though, but maybe you'll replace it. There have been so many losses this year. I hope we never get another winter like that. But your garden is still pretty :)

I echo your hopes Hywel!

beautiful garden..it is sad when we lose plants that we like..but we soon find something else to go in its place..

Thanks Karen :)

I think your garden is looking really nice,Annella..and you will soon come to love your new plants,as much as your old ones that you lost..gardening is just like life..it goes on...Enjoy..! :o))

Thanks all for the lovely comments, I do hope that the Hebe will live on through the seedlings but in a warmer part of the garden. I agree too Hywel, hopefully this is the last bad one for a few years.

Like you Anella I lost two of my escalonia just when they were really getting established .Still this is sadly the way of gardening changes come and go and we move on. You have got such a beautiful garden to be proud of, and these pics show how much care you have put into it.

Your garden is still a delight even without the hebe, it is hard to lose a cherished plant, but, as the saying goes worse things happen at sea....lol. have just put in Knautia Melton Pastels and a Malva from Spritz, a white one, we grow the pink which does very well here.

I'm looking forward to seeing them flower Dotty, I haven't tried them here before. The white Malva sounds nice.

Your garden is very pretty, Annella...
... and.. yes .. losing shrubs is a good opportunity for a slight redesign :o)

It's sad TT but I talk to them like friends, when I write about them they are all female! Lol

The colours in your photos are ravishing, look at the sky in your first pic - how do you do it?

Thanks Gurth, I would always have the sky that colour if I could :o))

I just love your garden Annella, and I bet it will look brilliant this summer. I too lost all my hebes and I loved my purpley leaved one, it was quite large:-( Still..means I can buy more plants at Malvern...always an upside:-)