garden
The observant among you will have take note that it is in fact March today , not February . Business traveling this week has interfered with my posting schedule . Never mind .
In this monthly series I am attempting to look at the borders as a whole , rather than at individual plants . This is all very well but over the wintertime not a lot is pop off on . Still , there are signs of life . I also have big plans tochange the layoutof the garden , at which detail I may need to reconsider my border numbering scheme . Rear Garden
Border 1 – I take a quick twirl polish the garden to take these photos , as might be evident from the general quality , and by the fact that I ’ve leave my post - hole digger embedded in the border . It might actually be the most interesting thing in this molding just now . There are some daffodils , not yet blossom , on the left , and some of the repeated planting is commence to show its cheek , but generally a short spare still . There is a general want of wintertime interest in the garden , never mind this boundary line , which I will take whole tone to address during the year .
Border 2 – I still have n’t pruned the shrub , I will do that during March . The most notable affair is the daffodils anthesis , a prissy preindication of spring . The tulip and alliums are emerging but not so as you ’d detect from these photos . I have pruned the clematis , they are position out new growth which I hope has not been clobbered by the Siberian conditions recently , same for the climbing roses , of which there are now four along the fencing business line . Last month I put in a honeysuckle direction over on the correct bridge player side , it is still minuscule and does not have a peck of new increment yet . Hopefully that will make it ’s presence felt later in the leaping .
This slideshow require JavaScript .
Border 3 – quite a little of bulb action in this perimeter but all dark-green growth , no blossom as yet . There is a mix of tulip , Narcissus pseudonarcissus and Allium so it should all be quite colorful as spring progresses . I will be interplanting with perennials and annuals in May once the seedling have grow on and hardened off appropriately .
Border 4 – Last month I swore I would have got disembarrass of the scrappy looking lavender . I have n’t . Bad Propagator . Mostly still dormant in this border , although I observe that the lilac is budding up nicely .
Border 5 – Shrub pruning is on my to - do list for the make out month . I have it in mind to stress to raise the canopy of these shrubs a little , to make more room for shade - tolerant underplanting .
Border 6 – If I follow through on my plans to change the garden layout , this border will be getting a significant upgrade in size , perhaps double or trebling in area . For now , it is the weeny edge with not a rich lot run on right now . I want to cut down the penstemon and gaura , that ’s a job for subsequently in March when it feels more natural spring - similar .
Front Garden
Border 7 , 8 and 9 – I am sorely tempted to dig up the remaining fight of lawn which does n’t really serve much of a purpose . More industrial plant ! Anyhow , for right now , the bulbs are coming . The daffs are in flower , the tulip and alliums are coming through . The perennial are also begin to put on new ontogenesis . there is quite a bit of un - used real the three estates in these boundary line , so I ought to have space for some of my distribute plants afterwards in the spring .
Border 10 – My commandeered borderline , this is actually in the verge on the street - side of my front garden wall . Again , the incandescent lamp are in charge , although there are some pansies . I planted a dozen or so nerines in here a couple of week ago , I am hopeful they will flower this autumn , although they may sulk , disliking being move as they do .
So that ’s the tour for the death of February . I ’ll be back in a month for the next Border Patrol .
If you like this post, please share!
Related
