TAS Diary Archives
June 11, 2007
Courtyard garden
The courtyard garden has been an ongoing project for a couple of years (see entries from March 2005 and May 2006, Dan). It's an area to the west of the house that was slabbed but got a bit overgrown. I decided to turn it into a secluded courtyard garden, with a green and white theme. I lifted three areas of slabs to create flower beds.
The west boundary is hawthorn hedge, the east is the house wall, the north and south boundaries are fences on which white flowered climbers (Russian vine, which is a thug but gives the lush barrier I wanted, honeysuckle and a beautiful white flowered clematis called "Elizabeth".
The other plants are white flowered, mainly, and there is a water feature, although the sound of the pump kind of overwhelms the sound of the water - I think it needs some attention!
I like the courtyard, although I don't have time to sit in it a much as I hoped. Yet!
It will need some attention this year as some of the plants need moved and split, but hopefully I'll have more beds this year to split them into. But that's another story!
Posted by Rosemary at June 11, 2007 8:50 PM
Comments
Rosemary;
I nearly forgot! I have called around everywhere here where I live and I CAN NOT find any Marmite! I only get, " WHAT IS THAT"? questions. Anyway, I will be glad to send some cash and pay postage to send me some. E-mail me and let me know, OK? Thank you so much!!
Hi Rosemary!
Posted by: Wanda at June 22, 2007 12:39 PMThis is such a beautiful spot you have! I love the green and white theme; it is refreshing and peaceful!!