Dividing Water lilies & Pond Cleaning
Having neglected my pond for the past decade, it was in desperate need of a some attention. Here’s how I cleaned it out, and how I divided and replanted the water lilies.
The Pond Garden
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The Pond Garden is a formal design at the far end of my back garden. It consists of several L-shaped raised beds which surround a small rectangular pond with a bridge across the centre. Fruit is trained along the boundary. Prior to their transformation in 2019 these beds were used for vegetable growing.
A Dry Meadow Theme: The planting in the raised beds consists of lowish herbaceous plants, bulbs, herbs, alpines, lavender and roses. The main season is high summer: June – September with an aim to attract insects and butterflies.
Two Herbaceous Clematis
I have added two varieties of herbaceous clematis to my garden this year, each with distinct characteristics. In this post I record their progress through their first season.
The New Pond Garden
Part 2 – Late Summer
In the second part of this photo review I focus on the late-summer planting in my mediterranean-style raised-bed garden; Hopefully, you will find some ideas to inspire your own garden design.
The New Pond Garden Part 1 – Early Summer
A photo showcase of my recently redesigned mediterranean-inspired raised-bed garden; Packed with planting ideas to inspire your own gardening adventures. Part 1 – Early … read more
A Winter Homage to Finlay and Frosts
1 “Formal Gardens are (as it were) statues to Nature.“– Ian Hamilton Finlay 2 ⋮ ⋮ “Weather is a third to place and time” … read more
Myrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites)
throughout the year
Myrtle spurge Some plants have the ability to just keep giving throughout the season with never a dull moment. The Myrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) … read more
Four Artemisia varieties for Silver planting schemes
Artemisia abrotanum (top-left) Artemisia alba ‘Canescens’ (top-right) Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ (bottom-left) Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’ (bottom-right) The Wormwood family (Artemisia species) include some very … read more
Fairy Thimble Bellflower
This pretty little alpine plant is Campanula cochlearifolia ‘Elizabeth Oliver’ also known as Fairy thimble bellflower, which is at its peak right now in … read more
Early pastel colours for the dry garden
#rockgarden #mediterraneangarden #drygarden #gravelgarden #pastelshades Here are four less common perennials currently in flower in my new Pond Garden. They are highly floriferous, easy-care … read more
Architectural Pond Plants
A bud of Water Lily (Nymphaea) Gonnère pushing up through the spiky leaves of Water Soldiers (Stratiotes aloides) Photos taken 22nd June 2019
Creating a Planting Plan — The Design Process
A good coherent planting plan arises out of careful considerations that take into account multiple factors In my last post (The New Pond Garden … read more
the New Pond Garden Planting
This is a new part of my garden which has replaced the vegetable beds that used to be here with something more ornamental. The … read more