My little rose garden

companion planting
The plants below provide natural insect control.

• • Alliums
  • Catmint
  • Catnip

• • Feverfew

• • Thyme

• • Rosemary

• • Alyssum

• • Coriander

• • Fennel

• • Nasturtiums
  • Petunias

• • Mint
    • Geraniums
    

 

UNderplanting notes
Lavender
Shasta daisies
sun flower
Cat mint
Geranium
Clementis
Pinks
chives
Love in a mist
Nasturtium
Phlox
hellebore
Aquilegia
Achillia
Cottoneaster
Pyracantha
Canterbury bells
Red hot poker
Parsley

 

Decided to do some companion / underplanting in the garden using pots a bit like carol klein does at glebe cottage.

 

Gardener came today and finally the last of the roses is planted. And he removed al of the broken edging and shoveled all of the soil back onto the border. What a diffference

 

Finally baught my two climbers for the arch today. Theese will complete my rose purchases for this year i hope. I got kiftsgate and lady hillingdon

 

My daughters fruit bushes and trees have arrived. All part of the companion planting i am trying.
Coxs orange pippn
blackberry asterina
rasberry autum tresure
grape pinot blanc
blueberry bluecrop

 

Using companion planting in pots started on my white/cream border so have put the pieris aqualegia and daffs in. Just space for nasturtiums and one of mypergaloniums which have survived overwintering in my kitchen. Dont know what colour the aqualegias will be yet as they are wild ones. First tiny bloom on yorkminster but i dont know why???

 

COuldnt get lady hillingdon so got glorie de djion instead http://www.bunkershillgardenshop.co...ijon (sim pic) - Tobyotter (CC BY 2.0)_0.jpg

 

29 I think

 

Just trying to hold off pruning and feeding them now its still very chilly

 

You'll have to restrain yourself a bit longer CRG, it looks like we could get more snow. I don't think we're going to see many signs of spring until March unfortunately.

 

THings are looking good in the garden this morn.