The back garden is a garden of two halves. On the left, a border of earth with nothing planted; on the right, various containers and a couple of small trees. We had the border cleared a few weeks ago and I'm going to improve the soil before planting anything. There were some trees including leylandii which leeched all the goodness from the soil and left it very dry. I'm mulling over what to plant there. I was thinking a small fruit tree (maybe a medlar) and English cottage flowers, but now I am wondering about another rose bed including some climbers on the fence. J thinks we have far too many roses as it is. Here's a shot of the rose bed at the front.
I tried growing dahlias for the first time this year. My dad was an expert. I kept to the Bishop varieties - I particularly like the red Bishop of Llandaf - but only half of them grew, and just one was red.
I had more luck with a packet of nasturtium seeds. I threw these down and the flowers have climbed all over the hedge.
The salvia Hot Lips was a particular joy this year, as was the pink phlox and the penstemons. Very prolific flowerers.
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