New spaces for plants
From time to time we realise that there are plants in the wrong place, or that they're not providing the effect that we want. Over the weekend we found two places where this is or, should I say, was the case. Along the fence at the rear of the back garden doesn't get as much light as we thought it would . Probably due to the fence facing South West(ish); with the Yew, Photinia and the large variegated shrub behind the Yew adding shade until quite late in the morning. On this fence grew a Forsythia with a Weigela and a Ceonothus in front of it. Neither the Forsythia nor the Ceonothus gave much a show, while the Weigela blended into the background, being partly hidden by other planting in front of it.
This photo, taken at the start of May, gives an idea what the area looked like and shows that the planting wasn't adding anything to the garden's display. So we're in the process of making room for something else to go in there: we're not sure what, though. Current thinking is a Camelia or a Rhodedendron at the back in the semi-shade, with some open light and airy planing in front, using the dark foliage as a backdrop or foil. Of course, there is the problem that whatever we put in there is going to be relatively small ... We're going to have to be patient, I guess
The dark-leaved Weigela was moved into the front garden when we made the new border next to the drive where it is more prominently placed, being in the corner of the border next to the grass path near the front door. This weekend we removed the Forsythia. The Ceonothus we moved also to the front garden, but into the border to the left of the Yucca looking at the front of the house. where we hope it will contrast with the Yellow Lonicera shrub (Sometimes I do wish I'd taken more note of plant names). You can just see them popping their heads into the bottom of this photo.
Which leads onto the space we've made in the front garden. The path to the front of the large Hydrangea and round the Yucca has been reshaped to form an inverted figure 6 when viewed from above (yes, I climbed onto the porch roof to prune the Honeysuckle and spotted it then). This has increased the planting space in the borders next to the neighbour's drive and in front of the house. As well as that, we removed the ancient and past-its-best Hebe, and a tatty Hypericum shrub that were competing for space under the lounge window in front of the house. The Choisya that was also competing for space having already been moved to the new border next to the drive. Once the Cotoneaster Horizontalis was tidied with a little light pruning, the space just needed something to go in there.
We stumbled on just the thing in the garden centre; i'll post what it is when I retrieve the label; while shopping for a Clerodendrom. A Clerodendrom now also resides in the font garden. More photo's to follow when I get a moment to take them and load them up.
This photo, taken at the start of May, gives an idea what the area looked like and shows that the planting wasn't adding anything to the garden's display. So we're in the process of making room for something else to go in there: we're not sure what, though. Current thinking is a Camelia or a Rhodedendron at the back in the semi-shade, with some open light and airy planing in front, using the dark foliage as a backdrop or foil. Of course, there is the problem that whatever we put in there is going to be relatively small ... We're going to have to be patient, I guess
The dark-leaved Weigela was moved into the front garden when we made the new border next to the drive where it is more prominently placed, being in the corner of the border next to the grass path near the front door. This weekend we removed the Forsythia. The Ceonothus we moved also to the front garden, but into the border to the left of the Yucca looking at the front of the house. where we hope it will contrast with the Yellow Lonicera shrub (Sometimes I do wish I'd taken more note of plant names). You can just see them popping their heads into the bottom of this photo.
Which leads onto the space we've made in the front garden. The path to the front of the large Hydrangea and round the Yucca has been reshaped to form an inverted figure 6 when viewed from above (yes, I climbed onto the porch roof to prune the Honeysuckle and spotted it then). This has increased the planting space in the borders next to the neighbour's drive and in front of the house. As well as that, we removed the ancient and past-its-best Hebe, and a tatty Hypericum shrub that were competing for space under the lounge window in front of the house. The Choisya that was also competing for space having already been moved to the new border next to the drive. Once the Cotoneaster Horizontalis was tidied with a little light pruning, the space just needed something to go in there.
We stumbled on just the thing in the garden centre; i'll post what it is when I retrieve the label; while shopping for a Clerodendrom. A Clerodendrom now also resides in the font garden. More photo's to follow when I get a moment to take them and load them up.
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