Gardening
This is the second in a series of monthly posts in which I review the state of the boundary line in both my front and rearward gardens . Borders 1 - 6 are in the rear garden , 7 - 9 are in the front garden . I ’ve regenerate several of these borders this year so I am keen to see how they progress over the months . As I build up a record book I ’ll be able-bodied to see where I ’ve father gaps in colouring material , meridian or pursuit . you’re able to read the July 2017 posthere .
Rear Garden
mete 1 – Enlarged and partly replant before in the twelvemonth , this is a work in onward motion . hold back , when is n’t the garden a work in progress ? Always . Anyhow , the Tennessean mallow has pass off away , but the loosestrife and the genus Potentilla fruticosa are performing well . The helianthus is a mystery . It has flower and gone over since the last Patrol . I have no estimate where it add up from . She abnegate it , but I mistrust fry # 4 has been doing some secret sowing . It ’ll soon be providing solid food for the razzing then I ’ll dig it up . The cotinus on the far right is getting very leggy , I might cut it back a footling bit . mark to self , must do a better problem of supporting the loosestrife . With all the rain we ’ve had , it has set about a little flattened and is now sprawlier than I ’d like .
Border 2 – this is the long sunny border that I substantially replanted thisyear . The planting has begun to pull in tallness , so more of the fence is haze over . As noted in the last Patrol , I will add some more climb pink wine when the plants die down in the winter . The dahlias have begin to flower profusely , providing a splash of colour . The helenium autumnale are also get into their stride , leave some brightness in what might otherwise be a slightly gloomy street corner .
Border 3 – this is a right mess , no two way about it . It needs a revamp next year . I have plants looking for space , many of which would provide more interest than what ’s there at the moment . The bigger shrubs will go I think , they are overwhelming the rest of the planting . I do bonk the wisteria though . I ’ve done the first of two prunings necessary to maximize flowers next springtime . The long flexible spurs need trim back to 5 folio nodes from the fore , ideally in July . In February I ’ll reprise , taking the same halt back to two leaf node from the stem . I include here a picture of the arch between Borders 3 and 4 , which the wisteria has colonise just this class . I am expecting it to invade the trellis at the back of Border 4 next year .
Border 4 – we ’re induce to the suspect side of the garden now . As I mentioned last time , this border has storm me . I have n’t done that much to it , but it has lots going on in the foliage department . I ’d like to see more of the trellis continue , it ’s a little mere on the remaining hand side . I have a span of unembellished climbing rosiness , perhaps I ’ll recover a spot for one there . The phlox is looking untidy , I must see about dead - heading it . There is aster action to get , they should be evident in the September Patrol . The nasturtiums are getting a bit thuggish , they ’ve crowded out the lavender . Mind you , that ’s all finished , which reminds me , I must give them a haircut . The observant among you will have spotted the trampoline in the background . # 4 child sees bouncy fun . I see about 20 sqm of senseless planting outer space . She is not presently uncoerced to recruit into a public debate on the relative merits of possible option uses for the space . Such inflexibleness in one so untested ! I shall stay my time .
Border 5 – this is the long , mainly shady boundary line . It is dominated by several large shrubs , but there is interest in the under - planting . I might have to cut the cornel , which has react with zip to being hard - prune earlier in the class . I ’m enjoying the anemone at the very closing of the margin , which is really about a quarter of the way up the alley down the side of the household .
moulding 6 – The solidago has taken over ! It ’s a nose candy - in . I should seriously look at enlarging this border , and failing that , revise the planting . One for next year . It ’s a crafty space , sitting as it does between the side access and the washing production line .
Front Garden
Border 7 – I ’m really pleased with this . A pair of months ago I totally replanted this border , having first treble it in size . A month ago was promising , but it ’s even better this calendar month . Next year will be even better , fab I go for . All my raving here is in comparison with how it was before , which I doltishly did not record for posterity in photo form . Trust me , it was rubbish ! The genus Nicotiana sylvestris is on it ’s way out , will me with some fairly ugly foliage which is surround some genus Penstemon . I mean I shall dispense with it . have it off the dahlias though , all ‘ Bishops Children ’
Border 8 – again , expatiate and replanted from scratch a while back . It is also looking way better than the weeds that were there before . The helenium are begin to rev up . I could do with adding some top at the back to cover the lower reach of the forsythia . Maybe this is where I should put the genus Nicotiana ! I ’m also expecting to have some foxgloves , ego - inseminate from a minor mathematical group that was in the quoin between Border 1 and 2 sooner in the year , they might crop well there .
Border 9 – also mostly replanted a twosome of calendar month ago . This has n’t fill out as much as I ’d hoped thus far . Still , the works all look happy enough . I ’m looking forward to the digitalis parviflora which should flower next year .
That concludes the August Patrol , I ’ll be back next month to see what other fall work .
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