The felling of the sycamore in the early part of the year had taken a toll on the barely established grass in that area. So it needed a bit of TLC once the weather warmed up.
I'd scattered grass seed almost up to the boundaries and now it was time to trim the edges back to form borders. These will probably morph in time as I plant new stuff but the initial need was to create a border to plant the bare root hedging plants that had been delivered.
50 baby hedge plants were planted - a british native mix of 50% blackthorn; then 5% each of hazel, hawthorn, wild cherry, dog rose and acer. I moved some daffodils from the "nursery bed" into this border as well.
I created a circular border around the lower apple tree, and planted a climbing rose, which I hope to train up into the tree, before again moving some of the rescued plants from the nursery bed. Time will tell whether these are regarded as valuable plants or weeds!
"Ann's Bed" and "Karene's Bed" were given a bit more shape and space and the plants reorganised to give them more space. I planned to give them a season to see how they grew before deciding on permanent places for them later. In the meantime, they all provided some lovely colour during the year.
I also planted a couple of climbers to scramble up the wall of the shed - a honeysuckle, clematis and passion flower. The passion flower took off immediately but I'm hoping the other two's lack of growth just means that they need to establish for a while and 2026 will be their year!
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