Monday 14 May 2018

Monochrome Design

 The sun terrace with its black and white planting scheme looks particularly well at this time of year. This is primarily because of the tulips which are perhaps the easiest way to get the monochrome look. The trellis, furniture  and planters do of course help the effect.

Although the roses have not got going yet, they have been fed and are already showing promising signs of new and vigorous growth. I just hope that they produce a few more blooms than last year. The lower trellis panel has been changed this year with a white clematis instead of the sweet peas which did work well in 2017 but were a multi coloured variety.

I am anticipating that the mouse eared chickweed will start trailing down the walls in the coming weeks but I am also aware that this plant can be something of a thug so it will also have to be kept within bounds.

Top tip: be vigilant for the red lily beetle especially when the sun comes out; I caught my first one this afternoon on the near black lilium "Queen of the Night"



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