I do love Mr B's garden club idea. I am very new to it, so it will be great to have a record of what I'm trying out this year!
Our garden in Bath was a bit of a jungle a few weeks ago. Here is the garden today. It has transformed alot in the past few weeks, having the borders completely dug over and some brand new planting. I have lots to learn!
Trying to clear some of the mess..
I was really pleased that these aubritia came back this year, but they didn't last very long at all. I'm wondering if they need to be moved from their 'super shabby' pots!
I've recently potted up the lavender, and the pierus has been moved from it's pot into a bed, but is also looking quite unhappy right now. It was suggested it needed some food, so I might need to try that!
Bedding plants waiting to go in. At the moment they're out all day, getting a little water, and we move them into the bathroom at night so they won't shiver away!
I've planted some summer bulbs in these containers, so hopefully before too long something will grow!
Here is the big new bed at the bottom of the garden, which was until recently covered in weeds..
I've planted two types of geranium (one from the courts garden and the other purchased on honeymoon), a passion flower (from morrisons), the pierus from the pot (originally from a car boot sale), a heather which survived a whole year in a pot, and some bluebells (from another car boot sale). They have only been there a few days but have perked up a little from when I put them in.
I have loved all the primroses that have been everywhere recently, so I bought some 'clumps' from a plant stall in Bradford on Avon and planted them down the right of the garden, in what I shall now call the 'Budlia Bed' - as the budlia was the biggest thing to deal with - it's not recommended to leave these for two years! Hopefully the primroses will be happy there and will flower next spring.
And finally, an erysimum bause mauve (I'm sure that's not spelt correctly, but you know what I mean!) I love this, they seem to flower quite early. It really stands out amongst the other early flowers, the rosemary and forget me nots, as these are both blue. I bought two more today from the courts garden, a different type, which I still need to plant. I was told they look good planted in groups of three. This is on the left hand side of the garden, in what I will call the 'rosemary bed', as it has rather alot of rosemary in it! I actually had to tie some back to make space for some different plants! There is also a quince shrub in this bed, that I got from Morissons, their £1.50 shrubs look good, so I hope they like being in the garden!
Until next time!
Mrs White :-)
