Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Wall Plants

We've planted some new plants in the stone wall at the front of the house:
  • Calamintha nepeta (lesser calamint): loads of small pink flowers through the summer.
  • Artemesia 'Powys Castle': finely divided silver foliage.
  • Sedum 'Autumn Joy': typical sedum leaves, slightly glaucous, with pink flowers in mid summer/mid autumn, which should turn salmon-pink then copper-red.
  • Lamium roseum: low-growing, green leaves with silver stripe, and pink flowers in summer.
We also moved a white phlox, that was in a pot, into the wall. The wall's a nice feature, but relied too much on what I think is a spurge, and had quite a few primulas too. (There's also a very pretty violet.) The new plants should extend the flowering season, and add some needed height.

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