GRASSES...PLUS....

We have spent today cleaning up the patio area where over the summer things have been left about and rubbish stored to one side.

It's involved a trip to the recycling!! and we are to make another later before they close for the day. But when we were at the garden centre earlier in the week they had some nice grasses on offer. Paul loves the tall grasses and we decided that we'd have a break from the cleaning up and go and buy three of them for the raised garden, which is at the very end and will need weeding and some splitting of plants before the winter sets in.

When we arrived there was not so many left and Paul could not find one of the one's he particularly wanted, so we decided to have a look round then go along to another garden centre.

Well we bought three grasses at the first garden centre then two more at the next so that's five not three!!

In the end we purchased five grasses.
Miscanthus Ferner Osten, Falmingo and Gracillimus plus Panicum Squaw and Hameln.

Yes that's a couple more than we went for but that's not really the plus, this is what else we bought totally unplanned.

Yes SEVEN box! Four Pyramid's and three ball's. And the reason we bought them today was that they have new stock in and this is the old stock and is starting not to look it's best especially up against the new stock, so it was reduced.

The three biggest Pyramid's were down from £60 to just £20 each

The two larger box balls from £25 to £10 each, the forth smaller box Pyramid also only cost £10

and this little one was down from £25 to just £5!!! So  a saving for all these shaped box of over £190!!

A couple of years back we'd put some box balls around the Magnolia on the left hand side of the Rose arch and had always meant to match this on the other side but had not got round to it due to the cost of buying shaped box.

Now if you were paying attention you will see we are one box ball short for the other side, this is because we were not going to necessarily repeat the positioning but of course now we are back home, we have decided to! So we will need to see if they have another ball on their old stock or failing that buy a new one!!

Paul's already planted them in place and it's meant that the rose arches and the trellis have now been removed and Paul is taking them apart.

Here are a couple of quick photo's I will take some more once the area's been completely weeded and edged etc.

We have now added a pyramid each end of the walk way.

The same this side plus the box balls have been put in matching places to those across the way!

I know that the new additions look a little tatty and brown compared to the four lush green existing balls but these will soon green up now they are out of their pots and in the ground, they will have the autumn winter months to settle in and start recovering ready to be lovely and lush next year.

We often wait until garden centres are going into the winter months to buy as this is when they have the best discounts on the bigger or more expensive plants that are no longer looking their best and they do not want to look after until spring!.

So though an unplanned purchase a very happy one because it 's saved a fortune, will have time to settle in and by next summer will be looking good and helping to bring the new design together.


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