Property News · October 4, 2024

Plant a new flowerbed now and everything will look rosy by spring


Plan your layout, choose hardy perennials and stick to a colour scheme for a cohesive look that will come into its own next yearSomething about this time of year makes me yearn to cut in a new flowerbed and fill it with ambitious little 9cm pots and big dreams. The feeling is heightened this year by my own garden’s state of flux: planted in 2023, it is now in its awkward second-year phase – neither abundant nor beginning. But in any garden, autumn is an excellent time to plot out your borders and plant new hardy perennials, such as grasses, geraniums and Japanese anemones, and helpful fillers such as heucheras.If you’ve ever returned from the garden centre on the first warm day of spring with armfuls of large pots, only to watch those plants flounder over the seasons to come (questioning your gardening skills while they’re at it), taking action now could be a solution. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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