Post by Geranium on Feb 15, 2011 22:41:07 GMT
It's a while since I posted about my garden, so I'll write some more this evening.
When we came here, the back garden, which is the smallest area, was grassed with a stone circle in the middle and an Escallonia hedge across the back between us and the farm field. At one side is OH's workshop, which has a Clematis montana climbing on it.
At the other were two Leycesteria formosa shrubs and a Euonymus fortunei.
I decided to add a feature pot in the centre of the circle - I planted a Phormium in it.
I soon discovered that the hedge was riddled with brambles, and although I tried to keep them under control, they were vicious and grew back almost as fast as I could cut them back.
OH and I discussed the possibility of removing the hedge altogether. It was a huge undertaking, and we worked hard on cutting the whole thing back and digging out the roots.
Then OH erected a fence to try to keep the farm brambles out, and a path of slabs so that I could access the brambles and keep them cut back, with a trellis in front.
I decided to keep to a colour scheme of purple, gold and white in this garden. Once the trellis was up and the back border had been dug, composted and raked, I started to plant it up with the plants I'd planned. Those Leycesteria had to go too - they flopped over and I'd never been very fond of them, so I dug them out and continued the curved border along the side. OH lined the edges of the borders with reclaimed bricks.
I planned to have a clematis for each season on the trellis with a Solanum laxum 'Album' in the centre.
Clematis cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream'
C. alpina 'Helsingborg'
C. florida 'Sieboldii'
C. viticella 'Etoile Violette'
By June 2008 the borders were filling out well.
When we came here, the back garden, which is the smallest area, was grassed with a stone circle in the middle and an Escallonia hedge across the back between us and the farm field. At one side is OH's workshop, which has a Clematis montana climbing on it.
At the other were two Leycesteria formosa shrubs and a Euonymus fortunei.
I decided to add a feature pot in the centre of the circle - I planted a Phormium in it.
I soon discovered that the hedge was riddled with brambles, and although I tried to keep them under control, they were vicious and grew back almost as fast as I could cut them back.
OH and I discussed the possibility of removing the hedge altogether. It was a huge undertaking, and we worked hard on cutting the whole thing back and digging out the roots.
Then OH erected a fence to try to keep the farm brambles out, and a path of slabs so that I could access the brambles and keep them cut back, with a trellis in front.
I decided to keep to a colour scheme of purple, gold and white in this garden. Once the trellis was up and the back border had been dug, composted and raked, I started to plant it up with the plants I'd planned. Those Leycesteria had to go too - they flopped over and I'd never been very fond of them, so I dug them out and continued the curved border along the side. OH lined the edges of the borders with reclaimed bricks.
I planned to have a clematis for each season on the trellis with a Solanum laxum 'Album' in the centre.
Clematis cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream'
C. alpina 'Helsingborg'
C. florida 'Sieboldii'
C. viticella 'Etoile Violette'
By June 2008 the borders were filling out well.
. Your house and garden are stunning ;D (One day i will live in a cottage 
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oh dont say that I brought a small one at the end of last year and I've kept it in the g/h at the moment, it seems to have put a lot of growth on recently. As yet I haven't planted it out. 
