Unfortunately now the box is established the Roses were having to fight the box roots for goodness from the soil and the box was winning!
The roses were looking a sorry sight! So changes needed to be made! So we have removed all the roses except the centre standard Rose.
Then after levelling the ground we have now potted up twelve pots containing Dahlia's.Which we have placed three pots in each bay between the box.
Here you can see them placed in amongst the box bays.
A view from the Lych gate into the Formal garden.
The view from the bench back towards the Lych Gate..
A view from the Cloisters, side on.
Six of the Dahlia's are called Classic Giselle and are pink, you can see one that's started to flower here.These grow quite tall.
The other six are called Dracula and are single red of course! These are much smaller. We had trouble finding Dahlia's that were not too tall, due to the wind that can hit the garden in that spot.So landed up with six of two colours but a big difference in height .
So the pink which are the biggest have been place on the right hand bays when you look form the bench, because the garden is on a hill the garden slopes away on that side and the much smaller red have been placed closer to the Cloisters.
So hopefully these will flower and fill this part of the garden for the summer. In the autumn we will replace these Dahlia's with Tulips for spring colour and over winter the Dahlias in the dry.
We have moved one of each of the four roses from the formal garden into the new bed formed by having to replace the fencing and take out a couple of overgrown trees and bushes.The extra roses have been cut back and potted ready to give away to family and friends.
The roses we moved were Sceptred Isle a lovely pink, Grace a lovely apricot, Young Lycidas a deep red, we did have three Charlotte a deep yellow but only one of these had survived which we have potted up.All are David Austin roses.
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Pots within the box beds looks so nice, and I think it's a good idea to exchange pots of flowers with the seasons.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid that those pots looks so heavy and they may hurt your backs.
Yes the pots are heavy, so two need to move them, so team work! :)
DeleteThey will hopefully look good once the Dahlia's get going!
What a super idea! The pots with the Dahlias in them look just perfect in this box setting and will be easier to remove and store away from the wet and frosts during the Winter months.
ReplyDeleteWill you be planting the tulips straight into the ground or using these pots so that they can be lifted and stored when not in flower?
Thank you Kendal. We will remove the Dahlia's and store them in cool dry place and plant the tulips into the pots ready for the spring.
DeleteVery pretty! Your garden is a feast for the eyes Dee!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sharon, we do try to keep some colour going!
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