1 post tagged “flowers”
and I'm not really complaining. In fact I'm enjoying the sense of pain! I know I know, but I'm no masochist really, it's just that contented feeling that you have worked hard and have given it your best and hope that things will turn out well, as I'm fairly certain they will, fingers crossed.
I spent the whole of Saturday in the garden, doing this:
This my friends is the new border I have created. If you want to know what it looked like before, then all you have to do is look at the other side... small, narrow and completely uninteresting. What I did is shape it as you see in the picture above, and stuffed it with petunias, probably 80 or so which I bought in four colours: white, red, purple and pink, and laid them out in a design which I hope to show you in a few weeks time. I've even got a white petunia in the jar in the middle, and the reason will (hopefully) be apparent when I post follow-up pictures.
Apart from the petunias, I've got tall grass which I placed at the apexes of the curves to provide backdrop.
Of course, I had to redo the complete drip system as well as move the sprinklers a bit inside. Unfortunately I have had ot cancel one which was right in the centre in front of the jar, but I'm sure it's not necessary as that patch is now serviced by 10 sprinklers so I should still get good coverage.
I've also planted some yellow and orange marigolds in other flower beds, but offset them with the shocking red and purple petunias. I hope the effect will look okay, if not, then I'll yank them out and put a different variety.. it's still very early in the season to do this!
Apart from the petunias, I've got tall grass which I placed at the apexes of the curves to provide backdrop.
Of course, I had to redo the complete drip system as well as move the sprinklers a bit inside. Unfortunately I have had ot cancel one which was right in the centre in front of the jar, but I'm sure it's not necessary as that patch is now serviced by 10 sprinklers so I should still get good coverage.
I've also planted some yellow and orange marigolds in other flower beds, but offset them with the shocking red and purple petunias. I hope the effect will look okay, if not, then I'll yank them out and put a different variety.. it's still very early in the season to do this!
