Like a surly teenager the flower border is shooting upwards, outwards, generally misbehaving and looking a touch untidy. After 3 weeks away the growth is surprising and I'm already starting to think about what needs to be moved and changed for next year.
The hebe's almost lost behind the dicentra and the fucsia has exceeded all my expectations and is going to have to be moved - maybe to the front garden or possibly to the redesigned back patio. Next year there should be plenty of plants I can move or divide to fill up the rest of the garden.
The rudbekia "Indiansommer" is almost touching 2 meters now and is showing up the verbena bonariensis which was meant to be filling the gap between the helenium and the rudbekia - but there's only one shoot visible! The helenium ("Herbstonne") would be looking a touch brighter if it hadn't had a couple of weeks of rain on it but I'm very pleased with the contrast between it and the cotinus.
The hebe's almost lost behind the dicentra and the fucsia has exceeded all my expectations and is going to have to be moved - maybe to the front garden or possibly to the redesigned back patio. Next year there should be plenty of plants I can move or divide to fill up the rest of the garden.
The rudbekia "Indiansommer" is almost touching 2 meters now and is showing up the verbena bonariensis which was meant to be filling the gap between the helenium and the rudbekia - but there's only one shoot visible! The helenium ("Herbstonne") would be looking a touch brighter if it hadn't had a couple of weeks of rain on it but I'm very pleased with the contrast between it and the cotinus.
And then there's the plant that got me in to daisy flowers in the first place; our echinacea is thriving following its division this spring.
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