#washgreen

Deck had all random crap bar mulch bags removed from it. Moved the winter troughs to the coalshed area along with the new buddleja. Most of the polyanthus are actually flowering at the mo!

Moved through Washgreen removed what needed out and then moving things around. So the rhubarb is out and to be dumped. That gave the salvias more room there as the origanium was lifted (it will go in Sunflower Square when stuff died back). The blue hardy geranium lifted from the middle of the bed then went where it had been. That had been lifted itself so that there wasn’t randomly blue in the hottish section. Also meant things could be balanced better with the 3 new hellabores finally being planted up at the front of the bed. A yellow yarrow and the echinacea effectly swopped places to put the orange next to the red (yarrows etc.). The verbenas all came out as annual, giving better space and allowing the pink salvia to be slightly moved. It needs a drastic hackback as far too weedy and floppy. The blue germs around the wigwam were all removed as they were supposed to be armenian cranesbill. They are sat in a trug waiting for a location somewhere! In their place went the pink cranesbill from Mother’s, split into 2 plants. Finally the blue aster went where rhubarb was, leaving more space for the cream/yellow scabious which is HUUUGE! Very pleased with it all.

Basically I potted up what needed potting up - seedlings etc. found along the way. So 1 bergamot that’s probably red from the Herb Bed. Took up the poorly looking hardy germ from the Washgreen (pink cantabrig one) and potted that up in a few pots. Suspect it’s not got enough root, but we’ll see! Then all verbenas lifted from Washgreen got stuck in the baskets. Balcony looking million times better now.

Created a wee “fence” around the top of the Sunflower Square with wire and pea sticks to make the cornfield mixture stop flopping. Took rhubarb leaves out to give more space for other things. Took out the 3 anthemis as they just look out of place and chucked em. Existing 2 Marmalade yarrows moved along and then 2 of the Peggy Sue ones (that are clearly red) went where they were. Pulled up most of the Blackcurrant Fizz as they were looking unsightly and space needed.

Stapled the wire I’d originally taken off the fence, back onto it and then tied in the 2 Canary Creepers. Third that sprouted in Sweet Pea obelisk then followed.

Then worked through garden staking. Starting with wiring up all the Blue & Silver Border. Dug up the Kit Kat (to be potted on tomorrow) so I can get it big again. The teasel there is def. not coming back so must sort a replacement. Tied up the Yorkshire Teasels and some more of the Verbena bonariesis (one day I will know how to spell that word!).

Hacked back virtually all of the anthemis in the Tango Bed. Why?! Well they were flopping all over the place and it’s impossible to see what should go where. So yep, all shorn down, some quite harshly to new growth at bottom. Left the ones by the GMO. Tidied up the coldframes and slug pelleted them. Down to just 2 of the leftover rudbeckias now as another bought it, so chucked it. Chopped down all delphinium old stalks as some new ones coming on some.

Then fixed the thin strip of squared wire over the top of the clematis arch with cable ties and then used wire rings to get clematis stems attached to it. Looks much better. Now of course the small matter of the HUGE Buddleja that need magically pushed back.