So what will you plant now?

 

Around this time of year, people often notice 'holes' in their shrub or
perennial planting.  If you've lost something or it's not doing too
well and you're going to give it the chop, what do you think you'll
plant in its place?  Our intention is to mark a couple of places that
need attention next spring where some Phlox have a gap in them. And we
want to plant a long Camellia hedge 'up the field' if there's enough
time.   Then we hope to put more peasticks into places that could
obviously do with them, so those areas must be marked, too.  And I'm
going to work on Ray to try to get him to banish a couple of Aralia
elatas which are things I really do dislike, even while I know others
love them!  And I want a lot more pinks to go into an old Belfast sink
as well as various pots and tubs around the garden.  I love them and
even though they seem not to be fashionable now, I want to use them in
this way.   So your plans are........?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 



because we are still thinking of selling the house I don't want to spend too
much money but I do have a longing for more sweet peas and hollyhocks , oh
and pheasant berry down the long side of the drive, well that's all for the
minute but you know how things are :-)))

 



You'll have to make a 'wish list' - or perhaps a 'desperately desired'
list.  ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 



"Sacha"  wrote ...

A couple of plants I have decided will have to be moved in the winter, they
are in the wrong place, and another I'm undecided about, might end up on the
compost heap or down the allotment on some waste ground. A bit of guerrilla
gardening.  :-)
It's a bit late but I've got to dig up, split up and replant our large tall
bearded Iris bed on the allotment, spent today tidying it up but it's
obvious it need more doing to it as the plants are too crowded. Trouble is,
except for Hell's Fire I won't know which variety is which.
The Gladioli also need to come up and be replanted but they have only just
come into flower so that will have to wait. Then there is the greenhouse
that I must clear everything out of for a thorough clean whilst the weather
is still warm enough for the plants to be outside whilst I do it.
Must  photograph our row of Kale, it looks beautiful at the moment and would
do a flower garden justice. If fact that is a thought for anyone looking for
an interesting foliage plant for a border, dwarf kale. Of course nothing
beats a good row of Savoys for beauty but they do take up a lot of space if
they grow well.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

 



We don't grow veg but is it a type of Kale that has those lovely
scarlet stems?  On second thoughts, I might be remembering Chard.  We
had those as an ornamental once or twice and they were really
beautiful.  I can never make up my mind about those ornamental cabbages
- one part of me rather likes them and the other definitely doesn't.  
Indecision isn't usually a problem with me!    I love bearded iris but
don't think we have room for a bed of them and then it's a question of
what to do when they're over - if only they'd flower for longer but
they're beauties while they're going.  We have a lot of Gladiolus
papillo potted up at present and I want to put those into a patch on
their own somewhere.  Last time we had them in the garden they got
swamped by Crocosmia Krakatoa which had taken over one large corner of
a bed.  I like the G. papillo for its very muted and unusual colouring,
not a bit like a modern Glad but a friend of ours think it looks as if
it's in perpetual mourning!  We haven't forgotten about sending you
some of those Furcraea longaeva, btw.  Ray wants them to come up and
develop a bit before he uses you as an experimental out-station!  ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon