AN OPEN GARDENS PREVIEW
It's going to be a quick one this week. I've been busy primping and preening ready for the village open gardens on Sunday and I've not left myself much time to write this post. After weeks of trying to squeeze extra things into my allotted six, I'm now going to have to be brief. Ironic, no? Numbers one to four are the Long Border. I've written about it before, and how I based it on Gertrude Jekyll's design for her garden at Munstead Wood. She trained as an artist before she turned to gardening and was au fait with the latest colour theories. She designed these borders to start with white and blue.......... Snapdragon, Delphiniums, Rue and Aruncus moving from pale to deeper yellow... Coreopsis, Achillea and Monarda Then it's on to the reds and oranges... Lychnis, Nasturtiums, Lilies before returning to yellow and then blue. Agapanthus, Clematis, Anthemis My number five spot goes to these tomatoes. I may have found the answer to our Six on Saturday comp
That eryngium is outstanding and 'David Howard' needs no recommendation from me as it has stood the test of time and still matches the best.
ReplyDeleteI grow quite a few different dahlias but I agree it's one of the best. I ought to have mentioned in the post that it's sturdy and repeat flowers well too.
DeleteJust lovely. The border must look stunning.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I want to get some photos of the border as a whole, but I find it difficult to capture it.
DeleteThese tiger lilies are really stunning ! I love them.
ReplyDeleteMe too. I'd given up on them, but now I'm going to buy more so they make a good sized group.
DeleteYour David Howard is stellar. How excellent is the pairing of blue eryngium with that orange? Nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks March
DeleteI love tiger lilies. Not so much other lilies, except daylilies, which aren't the same thing. Most lilies are so showy, but not tigers. We had them in the yard when I was growing up.
ReplyDeleteI did by a few of the trumpet lilies, but I agree with you that they are not as nice, and they might be removed next year.
DeleteLovely planting combinations particularly the Eryngium alpinum and Marigold.
ReplyDeleteThanks, but it's mostly Gertrude Jeykll who came up with the best ones, as the border is based on her design, so I mustn't take all the credit.
DeleteI adore the colour combination of the Eryngium and the Marigold, they were made for each other. You can’t help but love Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' it’s such a bright and cheerful plant - perfect for the final weeks of summer and the combination of red, orange and yellow planting is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThanks Catherine.
Deletethe heat and humidity was draining wasn't it! i'm normally an all-weather gardener but the lightest of garden tasks was causing me to melt. i must get some more helenium that colours better than my plain h. autumnale. it is a very good plant but the flowers are almost always a plain yellow. sometimes they have orange and red streaks, but no idea what causes that.
ReplyDeleteI don't either. I bought some Sahin's Early (I think it's called) and it's flowering yellow when I was expecting orange and rust.
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