Showing posts with label Agastache. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agastache. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 October 2015

New bloomers!

At the beginning of the year I started a 'new bloomers' strand to the blog. Nothing to do with my underwear drawer, the plan was to increase the flowers in my garden throughout the yearly planting something new in bloom every month.
 The last time I posted a new bloomer was in April/May, which doesn't mean that I haven't bought anything since, obviously not, that would be ridiculous!!!!

My August purchase was a Buddleia, and no it isn't planted out yet. The spot I wanted it for has been over-run by lovely Linaria Canon Went so the new bloomer is waiting patiently for some clearing and a spot of redesigning to happen, and blooming nicely all the while.


Buddleia davidii 'Petite Tutti Frutti', a dwarf version but just as popular with the bees!

Septembers new bloomers are a lovely bunch:


Japanese Anemone 'Prince Henry'


Agastache (could be Blue Boa but the label fell out in the purchase frenzy)...


and another Rudbeckia, which strictly doesn't count as I already have one so it isn't a new bloomer, but this is a shorter variety and I just can't get enough of it's sunny faces!

So far half the new bloomers are planted, just two to go, oh, and the seedlings from the spring to pot up, the perennials to cut back, bulbs to buy/plant, hundreds of things to prune/clear/control/tie in/remove... STOP! and breathe... cup of tea first I think!


Thursday, 24 September 2015

Autumn inspiration

Yesterday was spent shopping for a client at the lovely Bodmin Nursery and their displays were inspirational. At a time of year when everyone is preparing for the end of the growing year they were stuffed full of colour, interest and fantastic combinations.

I can't name all the plants in these pictures (we were meant to be working!) but I'll try and identify the key heroes.


Lovely fiery Rudbeckia and cool Verbena Bonariensis (a short cultivar!) with spires of white. I couldn't get to these to identify them, if you can help I'd be very grateful.


Daisy-like Asters and spires of Agastache with an amazing variety of greenery, from tall and waving, upright and strappy, to soft and creeping.


A patchwork of dark Ajuga, silvery Stachys, starry blue Seratostigma and Echinacea seedlings.


Tall Agastache, Erysimum Bowles Mauve and Verbena Bonariensis mixed with Alchemilla Mollis, Cineraria, Euphorbia and arching grasses.


A lovely example of 'Prairie style' planting mixing herbaceous perennials with tall grasses. A glorious mix of colour and texture and informal, or even untidy, in the best possible way!


Drifts of Verbena Bonariensis, covered in bees.

Needless to say the double trolley system was in practice, one for the client, one for us!