Autumn is a a good time to take stock of what has worked in your garden. I have posted about successes and failures before but never have I posted about a feature in the garden that qualifies as both a success and a failure. Hopefully the two photographs will illustrate my point.
The top picture, shows the upper pond looking suitably autumnal. However, the pot of grasses just behind appears a little on the "tatty" side. It resembles an unkempt pot of stray weeds. In fact, it is a pot of squirrel tail grass, which I thought I would try for the first time this year. I have grown them from seed and they were easy to germinate and prick out . But I have been less impressed with the end product which only really shows its particular beauty with close inspection. The seed heads, as seen in the photo below, are really quite attractive in an ethereal sort of fashion.
