The weather last week was glorious and very mild, especially after what has seemed a long cold winter. Temperatures even reached 17C on Thursday. So it was time to start planting the new beds. I had about 15 perennials that I had bought in the Wyvale sale in the autumn, a couple from the Tatton Park flower show and some other pots of cuttings taken from the garden. The old borders at the back had to weeded and the existing shrubs fed and mulched. Finally my edging tool came out to trim the edges to the new beds. The Alium bulbs I planted in the autumn are sprouting nicely, but it will some time before the perennials start to grow. And there is still room for a lot more plants, so it does look a little bare at the moment. We shall see what it looks like in the summer.
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