End of month view
September rushed past in a blur and here we are at the end of month view again. Here is the side garden. From this distance it all looks a bit fluffy although from closer to you can tell that the bed at the back of this picture is working quite a bit better than the bed at the side. The side bed has been planted mainly for spring and summer. The back bed works well in spring, is a bit empty and sad in summer and comes into its own later in the summer as the crocosmia Lucifer and the sedum bulk up, the rudbeckia shines and the dahlias and cosmos fill out to take the space earlier occupied by the oriental poppies. It is in this bed that I am intending to put the miscanthus which (having seen and admired Karen's fabulous grassees) I have ordered from Knoll Nurseries. I love this sedum and, wonderfully, it loves our soil and produces enough extra plants every year to allow me to spread it about the garden. I love this dahlia too. When the new grass goe...