New Arrivals, a few days in

So, as mentioned in the last post, I was allowed to make a Dobbies trip earlier in the week, and this time I bought mostly sensible plants. Here, are some Alliums which have been dotted about (no regularity of drifts for me, oh no). I think they look particularly pretty underplanting the Gillenium Trifolata which is llooking especially spiffy just now.

Above are the Sweet peas that Laura gave me for my birthday. They are from M&S, so as you'd expect they are doing well. Depending on the colours they will either stay hanging there of move to the hanging basket hook by the front door. The paenolias are running out of steam a little anyway.

Above here is my second attempt at a grass! This is a prarie ornamental grass and I love it's green helathiness and blue-ish tinge. This has replaced a French Lavendar that finally gve up the ghost, and I am hoping for a verdant clump. That position is key for the view from my french windows so he needs to step up and get established.

 Here are the roses that finally made an appearance despite the inclement conditions! Roses cause such pain because they are so beautiful and their scent is exquisite. To the left is my demure Wedding Day rose which is honouring us with her beauty.

And to the right is Compassion, the troubled one. Poor old Compassion is riddled with the Black spot and have uffered in the rain. This bloom is wonderful and encapsulates why I let it bust my colour scheme! There are another 5 blooms, which are mostly balling or bedraggled, but overall this is so much better than last year when we had 2 blackened and dry blooms all year.

Garden design corner here! Under the Eucalyptus tree you can see my bright white stones, and these are also gracing pots with Rosemary, Agapanthus and Bay. I was inspired by a lovely walled garden in York with simple and healthy kitchen based plants and a mulch of white pebbles over some of them. I really like the way it adds light to a dim day.

Here is a new arrival and a mover, in my troubled slug bed!. To the right is a new Lonicera World's Dart which has been trained up the trellis. I felt it was tough enough to cope with the variable conditions of that corner (wet, dry, shade, sun) and clothe the trellis in lovely leaves and flowers. Here's hoping. You may also see the Stipa Tennussima sitting next to it? Well, I was unhappy with it in it;s last location and the wispiness offended me because I could see it from the kitchen doors. So he has been given a second chance in this slug bed (bet he gives them indigestion) and visually I like the change.

And here is the final New arrival, another silvery Hebe. This one placed itself; as I moved the pot about to see where it looked good it inconveniently fitted in right in front of the Fennel. So that's where it went and it should fill out that space nicely. Unless the slugs eat it.