Belated

Would you believe it? We've been doing stuff in the garden...

There was a Phormium in this spot that, although majestic, was out of scale and using up a lot of planting space. We dug it up and replaced it with a smaller variety. It's refreshed the border when looking from the patio and given space for more colour. Current thinking is that a Cistus will go in the remaining vacant area.


The Euonymus Alatus is colouring up nicely for winter. Hopefully it will get a full flush of colour and i'll remember to photograph it.


From the utility room window. It was getting to dusk so the colours have a bit of a sunset glow to them. The removal of the Phormium gives a better view of the exotic border from here too.


The exotic border has been stripped of the Dahlias and one or two other plants, such as Crocosmias, that we'd got bored with. They've been replaced by gingers (Hedychiums) which we hope will give a more tropical / exotic feel to the border.


Close up, you can see one of the gingers flowering.