Revamp on part of my back garden

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I wanted a more natural look to this part of my back garden,so the last few days me and my bf have been working on it,first thing my bf did was to take out the washing pole which was very unsightly, along with doing this my poor bf had quite a lot of cement to be shifted as youl see from my 1st pic !

These next pictures show what this bed used to look like

Next thing we did was to sieve the soil and mix in some good topsoil and john ins,then the fun part the planting,here are some pics of my new revamp

Here is a list of the plants i have in my new bed,gaura rosyjane,gaura whirling butterfly,bowles mauve,gaura whirling butterfly,astrantia roma,phorium,sidalrea party girl,scabiosa fama blue,gauara,astilbe avalanche white,heuchera obsidion,geranium bill wallis,vncinia uncinata rubra, think iv got them all ! looking forwards to this bed becoming established should hopefully look pretty good,thanks for looking :)

30 Jul, 2011
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Cinderella

Looks very nice, be great when it matures a bit won't it.

30 Jul, 2011

Whdebor

Thanks cinderella,yea defo should i hope look pretty good when it matures

31 Jul, 2011

Whistonlass

You've both worked hard and the results are really good. It won't take long for it all to fill out...a big improvement (although you'll have to find another place to hang your washing...lol).

31 Jul, 2011

Shirley_tulip

Well done on transforming this area ... sieving soil ishard work ... lovely choice of plants. ... :o)

31 Jul, 2011

Libet

That's another bit of beautiful planting W! Poor OH, his back must be absolutely aching! That was a lot of concrete for a whirly clothesline! I got a clothesline that pulls out from the wall when you need it, and hook on a wall or post opposite, and then just retracts back in so you don't notice it. The plants are all lovely, your Gaura looks lovely, I have gaura 'The Bride' but it's very tall and it's getting a bit overwhelmed! Poor thing! The heucher Obsidian is a gorgeous thing, so shiny and black! Yum! Just like your whole new flower bed! Well done pet!

31 Jul, 2011

Drc726

That's a great revamp I love it, I hope you rewarded your little helper?

31 Jul, 2011

Whdebor

Why of course Drc :)

31 Jul, 2011

Drc726

:))

31 Jul, 2011

Whdebor

Thanks Whist,thinking of getting a retractable line or an airer lol.By the way have you started on that gorgous summer house of yours if so hows it going,looking forwards to seeing the end result,i would soooo love one of those ! :)

31 Jul, 2011

Whdebor

Thanks Shirley,we have had to do sifting for all our borders the soil is so poor here,but we are getting there ! :)

31 Jul, 2011

Whdebor

Thanks shirley it sure is but we have to as the soil here is so bad !

31 Jul, 2011

Whdebor

Hi Libet,there had been 2 clothes lines here so 2 lots of cement ! thanks for your kind comments i had such fun choosing the plants and of course placing them and planting them,i wanted to ask you if you was gonna do a new blog soon or new photos as your garden is to die for ! :) I am thinking of getting a retractable washing line or perhaps just an airer does look nicer now that horrid pole is out ! :)

31 Jul, 2011

Libet

Hiya! Retractable is def the way to go W, that's what I have! I've done as you have commanded! I put a blog on a couple of days ago...but there have been so many, I think it's moved on to the third page now! All these blogs! It's hectic to keep up! And I can't look at the pic page at the minute at all...no time!! I need about another 5 hours in the day! So if you don't see me, don't fret, I haven't forgotten you, just time starved!! Your garden's turning out to be a real cracker! You have a lovely eye for colour! Lol! Take care pet! (Garden is to die for! My goodness, Keith...W such a wee sweetie! Oops! do you think she heard me?? was I still typing?!) ;0)x

2 Aug, 2011

Whistonlass

No start (except to clean it out from dust, spider webs etc.) on the summer house. I will start it as soon as I've made a good start on the shade-come-rockery area as we have finally picked up the rockery stones and stumps our daughter has been saving for us now for many weeks. I hope I can make a good start on that area tomorrow....as long as the rain stays away!

Like Libet, I don't seem to get a chance to view photos these days and even reading blogs and comments seems a task that eludes me. So many to catch up on....

3 Aug, 2011