my first garden!

With so much space consider grasses, persicarias, sanguisorbas and gauras for a relaxed long flowering moving garden

 

I've already got a couple of persicarias waiting for a home but I'm a bit unsure about grasses as I would love to have them as I never had them in the last garden (which was a definitely something I should have done) but I'm on heavy clay and I'm just not sure they would do well as all the ones I like seem to prefer well drained spots! Any advice/suggestions greatly appreciated!

 

Wow! After all that work on your previous garden six acres is definitely going to be a challenge day dreamer! You created a lovely garden and no doubt will get to grips with this new one too. I think my biggest challenge if I was in the same situation would be knowing where to start. Good luck and keep us posted please.

 

Miscanthus varieties, molinias, calamagrostis and others will do well there day dreamer as will many others.
Which persicarias? Some are thuggish but the ampexicaulis varieties will be excellent.

 

Um, I have no idea which! oops, I went to a plant fair and bargained some bits and bobs for next to nothing and just though they are persicaria and will work down by the pond/lake/pond thing we have! (note to self must try harder to figure out what I'm actually buying rather than get carried away! )

and yes, at the moment I have no idea where to start! I figured I'd live with it for a while before starting anything and deffo get some advice from the wonderful people on here!

 

We are on Heavy clay and grasses do very well indeed.

 

This thread is a tad inspirational