Blank Canvass Garden - Design Inspiration Needed

Farway

twopenny said:

I bought a crowbar to deal with rocks, stubborn plants and lumps of metal I had in my garden.
Easier to store too.
Something to think about 🤔

Must go to Specsavers, I read that as ROOKs,  which I thought was a bit drastic

Working_Mum

Humboldt said:

In terms of easy to grow, value for money plants, I would recommend erigeron (Mexican fleabane). It is a low growing, ground cover plant, that has small daisy type flowers.  It has a long flowering season and pollinator's love it.  I grow it along the edge of my boarders. It spreads freely, a little too freely for some, but I just pull out what I don't need and cut it back at the end of autumn.  

I love Erigeron too Humboldt - my next door neighbour gave me a little pot last year - I also mixed some seeds in compost and dotted it around my garden - I was hoping I'd have drifts of gorgeous little daisies gracing my borders.....alas not:-

 

This ^^^^is the sum total of Erigeron in my garden!! It seems it's easy for some of us (you and 2P ) but less so for other others (me, Farway, -taff and YBE ). I remain hopeful for next year though!

I did a bit of work in my garden at the weekend - I finally managed to dig a hole and installed the Magnolia Stellata my friend gave me. I didn't buy a new tool in the end - I just kept filling the hole up with washing up water and then dug a little bit more, slowly chipping away until it was deep enough.


I feel motivated to keep on chipping away and carry this border down the length of my garden - I am just having a think about what to put in it - it's on  the sunniest side and gets the sun all day. It's a nice problem to have given the rest of my garden is quite shady I'm having to think out of the box a bit! I'm heading off to a couple of Open Garden events in July so feel sure inspiration will strike.

As a little side project, and to aid my meno brain, I have been writing up name tags on copper/ metal spikes and putting them in the soil. Should help me NOT dig up things that are dormant over winter and also remind me of what I've got growing everywhere! Bought from T3mu for not a lot of money, (don't judge me!), but I wanted something robust and that wouldn't fade.



Right I'm going to have a catch up around here - my work is less busy this week so I've got a bit of headspace today!


((WM))

-taff

The tags are a good idea, you could do similar with smashed flat copper pipe and a dremel type tool, that's guaranteed not to disappear from the label if it's etched in! 

Also well done for digging the hole eventually Maybe find a new method if you hve to do the rest or wait until it's rained a lot first. How about a fig tree? 

LessImpecunious

Farway said:

twopenny said:

I bought a crowbar to deal with rocks, stubborn plants and lumps of metal I had in my garden.
Easier to store too.
Something to think about 🤔

Must go to Specsavers, I read that as ROOKs,  which I thought was a bit drastic

Well, it makes sense that you'd use a crowbar to deal with rooks... 

FreeBear

LessImpecunious said:

Farway said:

twopenny said:

I bought a crowbar to deal with rocks, stubborn plants and lumps of metal I had in my garden.
Easier to store too.
Something to think about 🤔

Must go to Specsavers, I read that as ROOKs,  which I thought was a bit drastic

Well, it makes sense that you'd use a crowbar to deal with rooks... 

When they start carrying knifes, you need to be prepared....

Humboldt

'This ^^^^is the sum total of Erigeron in my garden!! It seems it's easy for some of us (you and 2P  ) but less so for other others (me, Farway, -taff and YBE  ). I remain hopeful for next year though!'

Hi @Working_Mum I was somewhat confused with the responses re: Erigeron, so thank you for your explanation above.  Having recently planted a couple of lupins, I have had to resort to protecting them from snail damage with a barrier made from an empty 4 pint milk carton! Not the prettiest deterrent, but it appears to be working...so far...

moneysaver1978

Working_Mum said:

My cut flower border is thriving and I am cutting flowers and have them dotted around my house almost daily. Exactly what I hoped for.




((WM))

Just came back here and where did the time go.. and wow what are a transformation, well done to you! Are you sure you are sharing the same garden and not somewhere RHS-sponsored?

For a second, I thought the purple-ish shrub in the photo above was a smoke tree but is a Japanese maple tree (love them!).