A bit of TLC

 

Last weekend I decided to give the garden a bit of love and attention. It's been neglected recently in favour of our new allotment.  But I felt I needed to have some time with it, to enjoy it's beauty before plants went over and  also to do some much needed work.

I pulled up weeds, hoed, cut back hardy geraniums, deadheaded. It was very quiet, I got lost in my own thoughts as I worked and the garden seemed to wrap itself around me.

I also noticed things. I looked at the borders where I have been trying to achieve some colour effects. These haven't all gone to plan but they looked good anyway.

This was a new border last year and has filled out really well. The astilbe have put on a good show this year. The colours in this border are pink, blue and purple with splashes of yellow from foliage like the grasses and heuchera.

This border looks a bit of a jumble of plants.  It's known as 'Phyllis's border' and was newly rearranged this year after we had the big conifer cut down. Things seem to be growing better here now, but I may need to tame it a bit.

This is what I call the 'yellow border'-- you may wonder why. Originally I wanted it to have a yellow theme because most of my garden borders have a lot of pink in them. So I planted yellow plants, then I allowed some orange in. I thought it needed a contrasting colour so I planted some blue which does work quite well. At the moment the dominating colour is the red of the crocosmia lucifer. Pink is not allowed in this border. I think I need to work on the yellow/orange theme a bit more.

I enjoyed my time in the garden, giving it the love it deserved.  I think it gave me a lot of love back.