You may remember that a while ago we visited a local garden centre and came away with some plants to supplement the planting in our pebble garden.
Martyn chose a couple of plants that we couldn't really plant in this area as they have more specific requirements. The delosperma isn't fully hardy and so will need to be given the protection of our greenhouse in winter and so this was planted in its own terracotta pot.
Then there was the lonely lewisia which needs to be planted so that water doesn't gather in the rosette. We found a broken terracotta container that would sit on its side and provide perfect conditions but when planted in it the lewisia looked very lonely so - you've guessed it - we headed back to the garden centre to buy some friends. The problem was that they had sold out but we did find some garden mint which Martyn posted about here.
We moved on to another garden centre where we found three lovely lewisias - we really only needed two.
Back at home two were planted alongside the earlier purchase and the third was planted in another terracotta pot that has been tipped at an angle.
And did we buy anything else? - You'll have to wait and see.
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Sue, there's no point in pretending - we KNOW that you bought some other things too!
ReplyDeleteDid I or rather we? - Martyn is as bad!
DeleteOf course you bought something else, we gardeners are hopeless at leaving a garden centre only having made a couple of purchases. The pots look fabulous on their sides like that, such a lovely display.
ReplyDeleteDo you think I have so little willpower Jo? :)
DeleteLol, I echo what Mark and Jo said, of course you made other purchases ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour alpines look lovely. I hope the sun returns to shine on them.
So do I Paula.
DeleteSo pretty. I like the colours that you pick very lovely.
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely colours, Diana but to be honest I just bought one of each colour that they had!
DeleteThey all look sooooooo pretty nestling in their lovely terracotta pots and do look so pretty on their sides. xxxx
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty, Snowbird makes good use on a broken pot too
DeleteThe Lewisia look lovely planted up
ReplyDeleteThey do don't they Elaine
DeleteI'd just like to add that we visited a nursery today and we bought nothing - well no plants - we did buy some seeds and some fungicide and some stuff to zap red spider mite! ;)
ReplyDeleteLovely! Glad you found it some friends...
ReplyDeleteSo am I Janet - where one looks a bit nondescript a cluster makes a statement :)
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