A quick End of Month post from me as to be honest I had lost track of where we are in the month. The garden is at its most full and even more so given the amount of rain we have had over the last few weeks. Hugh’s border is looking fuller than ever, and in some places too full.
The other end of the border which is shadier but not as shady as it used to be due to the neighbours cutting down the trees along the boundary. This end is the home to some of my earlier fern acquisitions which are now quite substantial, there is also a Paulownia although it is battling with a rogue foxglove growing through the middle of it. My idea is that the Paulownia will form a leafy canopy over the border but I think that will take a few years. I spent some time this last weekend digging up Pulmonaria which grew along the edge of the steps and had started to self-seed around. It was great when the border was so shady but had well outgrown its space so I have replaced it with another fern and some more siberian irises which I hope will bring some new textures to this end of the border.
The front edge of the border which is a lot better than in previous years but at the moment lacking in color. There are some foxgloves, crocosmia and a fuschia about the flower so in a week or so it should color up. My approach these days is for the foliage first and then the flowers to add color highlights during the year. However, I need to work on how I combine the foliage. I was very impressed with some of the combinations I saw in the gardens last week so there is food for thought on how to improve the planting.
The back of the border from the bench and you can see this is particularly chaotic and probably too full. I need to do some editing here and make some decisions about what should stay but I enjoy that side of gardening as it stimulates my creative side.
So that’s a whizz around Hugh’s border before I go to work. All are welcome to join in with the end of month meme I just ask that you put a link to your post in the comments box below and link to this post in your post so we can all track you down.