I've added a light coloured, iron, trellis to the very end of the left-hand bed. I'd have liked a statue of some sort, but I'm not that grand and nor is my pocket, so an iron trellis which was on offer suited my needs and my pocket very well. The reason for the trellis was so that your eye has something to finish on once you've followed the plants up the bed, all from the comfort of the sofa in the lounge. It was far better than looking at a blank piece of fencing.
In this same bed I've added a Euphorbia 'Ascott Rainbow' which gives a cloud of yellow flowers and looks great with all the greenery.
I've also moved a Berberis, 'Rosy Rocket', to be it's next door neighbour. This was to clear a patch in the right-hand bed that will become my cut flower patch (more about this in a later post).
Mum and Dad came over and we built and installed a wooden, pergola style, arch together. The hardest job was thumping in the steel 'cups' (for the legs to stand in) into the ground and then leveling the whole thing up. We had completed the task by lunch time, so I rewarded my workers with tea and bacon butties.
I'm really pleased with the result. The arch frames the bird bath, tree stump and gives height just where I needed it, to stop your eyes from travelling over the back fence and into the garden behind. My next job will be to find some suitable plants to grow up and over it.
Other Notes:
One of the Digitalis has started to flower. a lovely purple/magenta colour, although its label said it was going to have primrose yellow flowers!
And, the climbing rose has some lovely buds on it just ready to start opening up with a bit of sunshine.
Till next time...
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