Mass planting
For the first time in my life I have had an abundance of plants. Here is my new little garden; which I have creatively (not) called the step garden. It’s in front of the terrace steps. Ergo.
I have decided to restrict the planting palette here to just three things. Eragrostis curvula grasses, verbena bonariensis and gaura.
It might mean that it’s a bit uninteresting in winter, but I’m hoping the grasses will mask the paucity of plants then. And in summer it ought to be a perfect drought tolerant bed. Full of delicate colour.
It won’t suit this old stone house to have garish plants out in front. So I have gone for thin tall whispy flowers.
But boy did I plant and plant and plant. I have nine grasses and a shocking 118 gaura and verbena babies. Everything in this bed was grown from seed (such a boasting show off).
And now that it has a small border making use of all the stones that I unearthed while digging, it looks quite neat and tidy. For now.
Sarah
3rd July 2012 @ 4:36 pm
Very nice. Everything gets used. I love it.
Lindy
6th July 2012 @ 5:05 pm
I am so pleased the huge pile of baby seedlings is going down too. And it should look a lush garden bed in a few months time.