Summer 09 Garden Landscape - Herbaceous Bed
8 Nov, 2009
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We completely replanted this bed this year after pulling out a hedge that ran down the middle - opening out the whole area to make it lighter.
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Yes Morgana - we have a mixture of white & bale blue (lilac) capanula. The delphiniums, lupins & foxgloves we grew ourselves - this is their 1st year - we just planted up the bed in May. Must have grown over 300 plants between the winter of last year up to now & the polytunnel is absolutely stuffed again with wintering lupins and delphiniums growing for next year to put into "The Orchard". (An area of wasteland the same size again as the main garden - just started working on this year). Delphs are so easy to grow and have a great success rate.
8 Nov, 2009
That is great you have achieved all this, will be looking forward to seeing the orchard too I love delphiniums my mum always tried to get the white ones but never succeeded. Will look forward to seeing all the lupins and delphiniums next year.
8 Nov, 2009
If you like Delphs, then you're in for a treat - I have some stunning closeup pics to load up.
8 Nov, 2009
Will look forward to seeing them :o)
8 Nov, 2009
No slugs there then!
9 Nov, 2009
Lol Wagger I was going to ask the same.
9 Nov, 2009
I've bought a roll of copper to try and defeat them in the spring.
9 Nov, 2009
Sent you a pm Wagger
9 Nov, 2009
Looking forward to seeing your garden next summer.
9 Nov, 2009
Wagger - lots of slugs unfortunately. The bark helps but they hide under it and chomp through the stems. Lost a lot of dalphs, lupins & hollyhocks to them, though this bed wasn't so bad.
11 Nov, 2009
Beautiful garden you have some lovely dephiniums and lupins, is the lilac one capanella, has a lovely cottage feel to it.
8 Nov, 2009