Thank you Elliott for another brilliant read. My garden is struggling in this heat, I don't have enough plants to cover all of the soil. I've tried to remedy that this year, only having a limited budget, I'm still woefully short!
I went Hampton Court Palace Flower Festival yesterday, and if course couldn't resist buying half a dozen, including a couple of new hostas. I picked up some ideas, as one always does!
There us one of your grasses on the terrace which I really like, it's a short, but you gave so many, you won't have the foggiest what I am on about!
I'm now off to dig up self seeders and replant in bare soil. Thank you once again Elliott, your posts sre inspiring and informative.
Thank you Helen. That's very kind. So glad you enjoyed it. I think almost everyone's gardens are struggling this year (my veg garden is a dust bowl). The early warmth produced lush growth, that the lack of rain could not sustain. So flowers are fading quickly. Leaves are browning. So don't be hard yourself. I think the grass you mentioned is the Hakonechloa macro - Japanese forest grass. Think I answered in Instagram too. My best recommendation for bare soil is to cover it with a thick mulch. If you can do that after the rains in autumn, it will set your border up for more resilience next season.
Thank you Elliott, it's easy to compare ones own garden with others scrolling on Instagram, mine falls far short of everyone elses. I've decided I'm going to do lots of propagation of my perennials and use them for filling all those gaps next year. If summer's to come are going to be like this year, I shall give up on annuals.
Thank you for the name of the grass, yes, you mentioned it on Instagram too. Thank you, it's on my wanted list!
Oh, Helen please don't compare yours to others on instagram. Insta is mirage and unrealistic. Even mine looks 10 times better through carefully choses angles and vignettes. In fact, I was just preparing a 'reality check' post.
Saying that, propagation is a great way to have more plants, for less cost. It's how I started the flower garden - growing perennials from seeds, cuttings, and divisions. Annuals have their place, if you can grow those that are happy in the heat. It's such a difficult time to prepare for. One year we have a grey, cool, damp summer, the next it's a furnace. Just wanted to you to know that you're not alone.
Thank you Elliott. I realise that what one sees on Insta is not the whole picture, shots are chosen very carefully. I'm going to give up on annuals as fillers, mine are very crispy. I have been very busy saving seeds and shall be taking cuttings if anhything and everything to ensure I have no bare soil next year! Thank you once again Elliott.
Thank you Elliott for another brilliant read. My garden is struggling in this heat, I don't have enough plants to cover all of the soil. I've tried to remedy that this year, only having a limited budget, I'm still woefully short!
I went Hampton Court Palace Flower Festival yesterday, and if course couldn't resist buying half a dozen, including a couple of new hostas. I picked up some ideas, as one always does!
There us one of your grasses on the terrace which I really like, it's a short, but you gave so many, you won't have the foggiest what I am on about!
I'm now off to dig up self seeders and replant in bare soil. Thank you once again Elliott, your posts sre inspiring and informative.
Thank you Helen. That's very kind. So glad you enjoyed it. I think almost everyone's gardens are struggling this year (my veg garden is a dust bowl). The early warmth produced lush growth, that the lack of rain could not sustain. So flowers are fading quickly. Leaves are browning. So don't be hard yourself. I think the grass you mentioned is the Hakonechloa macro - Japanese forest grass. Think I answered in Instagram too. My best recommendation for bare soil is to cover it with a thick mulch. If you can do that after the rains in autumn, it will set your border up for more resilience next season.
Thank you Elliott, it's easy to compare ones own garden with others scrolling on Instagram, mine falls far short of everyone elses. I've decided I'm going to do lots of propagation of my perennials and use them for filling all those gaps next year. If summer's to come are going to be like this year, I shall give up on annuals.
Thank you for the name of the grass, yes, you mentioned it on Instagram too. Thank you, it's on my wanted list!
Oh, Helen please don't compare yours to others on instagram. Insta is mirage and unrealistic. Even mine looks 10 times better through carefully choses angles and vignettes. In fact, I was just preparing a 'reality check' post.
Saying that, propagation is a great way to have more plants, for less cost. It's how I started the flower garden - growing perennials from seeds, cuttings, and divisions. Annuals have their place, if you can grow those that are happy in the heat. It's such a difficult time to prepare for. One year we have a grey, cool, damp summer, the next it's a furnace. Just wanted to you to know that you're not alone.
Thank you Elliott. I realise that what one sees on Insta is not the whole picture, shots are chosen very carefully. I'm going to give up on annuals as fillers, mine are very crispy. I have been very busy saving seeds and shall be taking cuttings if anhything and everything to ensure I have no bare soil next year! Thank you once again Elliott.
Good morning Elliott,
Thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable read with my morning cuppa. The new addition to the garden is wonderful.
Happy gardening.
Thank you so much Tricia. That’s very kind of you.