There has been a lack of posts to this blog as I have had a long hard think about whether to continue. It follows an attack where a section of border was sprayed with weedkiller. However, mindless violence should not win, and onward and upward as Eric Robson would say.
So many things have happened in the garden it’s difficult to know where to start. Borders are growing into themselves and maturing. Trees are getting their roots down and starting to look like proper trees. The weeds are still in charge though.
The steps that were built a while back are looking particularly pleasing. Built from sandstone from a reclamation yard and tiles from around the garden, they are influenced, as is everything in the garden, by Great Dixter. The banks of soil either side have been planted up with whatever was hanging around looking for a home. Divided shasta daisies dominate at the moment. In spring it was the euphorbias.
Balance and colour is always at the back of the mind and the blue of the globe thistle echinops ritro on the left is balanced by the cupid’s dart (catanche) on the right. Eventually, I will whip all the plants out and put them back in a much more regimented order that is at the heart of all cottage gardens, no matter how haphazard they look.
Before that happens, Gareth has to remove the huge pussy willow stump at the bottom. I won’t hold my breath, and luckily the amelanchier that we have to replace it seems perfectly happy in its big pot in the back garden for the time being.
Tags: amelanchier, borders by steps, catananche, catanche, cupid's dart, echinops ritro, euphorbia, globe thistle, Great Dixer
