made a start on my border

Glad i am not on my own then

The Young Dude Looks on the Bike Grinning his little head off bless Him :WINK1: cool Pic

 

not much to add recently, as the weather has been so bad!!

updates when i start again

 

after buying the acer and pieris, i couldn't wait to plant them!! just took a few photo's to show how its coming on. i also had some poppies come up in the front, so dug, moved and planted some in the border (be fun when they self seed tho!!)

 

It's coming along really nicely!

 

thank you!!

another trip to the centre this sunday, i want a couple of crocosmia, a few more heuchera, and i am going for a gunnera at the rear of the shed

i also want some filler plants but don't know what to go for as yet

 

Will there be space for filler plants (or the shed even) with a Gunnera in there!

Here's the Gunnera from Oxfords botanic gardens...............

 

Think twice about the Crocosmia Al n, once you've got it - it'll spread and it's difficult to get rid of.

 

what about some bamboo , to give a bit of high?
ps in the end you went for a tropical border , love it , just check the hardyness
as you don`t want to lose them in winter , sure go for a gunnera , it`s not as invasive as anyone think .
at this point get a couple of cardilynes australis.

tetrapanax rex (really hardy)

giant mishantus

few ideas to give some high to your border.

 

looking very good! .... in autumn, you may need to buy some fleece to protect the palms and the treefern

 

thanks guys

yes, i have space at the rear of the shed for a gunnera. should be no probs as its in partial shade too. i will be adding height in the forms of miscanthus and bamboo's, as well as the t-rex and i'd love to get it all at once, but money restrictions don't allow. part of the fun saving tho

i had croscomia lucifer in my previous garden and it was beautiful, it wasn't that invasive there (very clay soil) so i might put them in pots (will they be ok this way?) here before i plant them. i also want a few more hostas, eurphorbia and agapanthus. in fact i WANT everything i see!!!

i still need to paint the fences, so i think i'll pick some paint up on sunday too.

i will be buying some fleece for the dicksonia, and the palms are in their pots still so i'll over winter those in the garage or shed.

 

I've always found Lucifer to be a well behaved one too.

 

Al ,
can I give you a really nice tip? Try not to buy everything you see just because you want to fill up your border , commun plants like agapanthus and hosta are really nice and easy so if you go for them try to get new species , I`ve started myself in this way and now i try to get rid off many plants that are too commun and replace them with unsual and most important don`t forget to addict color .

black agapanthus

jurassic hosta

or go adventurous and get some frost hardy cactus as well

sold as indoor plant at homebase for £4.99 can actually take - 20 in a dry part of your garden.
this opuntia is available from homebase at £4.99 sold as indoor plant

 

bought quite a few more plants today from a nice day out at the garden centres :-

euphorbia griffithii fireglow
2 euphorbia craigieburn
hemerocalis sammy russell
2 crocosmia lucifer
berginia cordifolia winterglow
gunnera minicla
ligularia little rocket
hechera beaujolais
2 grasses
2 hostas
2 more ferns
cordyline australis

 

was looking to buy some agapanthus, but they were a bit expensive so i'll get some next time i go the garden centres. also, no where had any bananas in, so i'll have to wait until i can pick a couple up.

 

This looks the same as the one that I've been removing - if so watch it as it seems to spread like billyoo!!

I had one very similar at my old house and as well as being a really nice one it was also well behaved.

Another nice well behaved choice!

Gem of a plant in my eyes!