It's coming along the nooo

Took some photees just now of my garden. It's coming along, although its about 1 month behind.







Side driveway fence, posts and gravel boards painted cream




I've also ordered today another trachycarpus for the bottom right of the border to add height until the miscanthus, ligularia and musa get going.

 

It looks fab! I can't believe how good the black and cream fences look, may steal that idea!

 

Can I ask how do you get the lining of your lawn edge so straight? What tools do you use.


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Very kind of you to say, thanks!!

Here's the fences along the drive I did last night, and the front of my drive gates

 

Thanks FC, that's a boss thing to say!

The edging is done by eye, and I use wilkinson sword edging shears.

 

looks good.. your garden is pushing way ahead of mine.. most of mine hasn't even started growing yet, and the trees aren't even showing signs of leaf bud yet by me (though they are up your way as I was up that way today).

Your border looks like it has moved away from exotic and more into herbaceous perennial style gardening (If I'm right?)

That fence looks really good, I'd never think to mix black and cream/white together, but that really works, it looks very modern!

 

Thanks mate, it's certainly different to oct last year

Before




After

 

Hi Stephen,

The borders have lots of evergreen hardy stuff, just for winter colour really and backbone.

The gunnera, musas, euphorbias, dahlias and everything else that was there last year are yet to show, so hopefully will be packed in August.

 

al n your garden is an absolute picture, you must work very hard to keep it like that, well done!!

Val

 

I'm in the garden every spare minute val, checking, tidying, watering, feeding, painting, cleaning, planting, tweaking etc.... Love it! I don't think there's anything more rewarding and relaxing than gardening, it's great to have a end result for the time that is put in. I

I'm growing around 200 + plants from bulbs, corms, seeds to go in, so hopefully, fingers crossed the borders will be full to bursting come August!! Mainly hot colours, reds, oranges, yellows...... Can't blinkin' wait!!!

 

Planted up the small border next to the garage with

Carex
Euphorbias
Pieris
Phormium
Variegated fatsia

Already in we're

Hostas
Heuchera
Fatsia
Crocosmia
Yukka
Miscanthus

Should be a nice border when everything is up.

 

.........and just planted my trachycarpus in the border. Having another one del tonight!!