I've been doing a bit of pottering today in the garden as well as reading through some beautiful gardens and I've come up with 3 resolutions for things I will do in the garden this year:
1) Keep the palette simple
I have a relatively large range of plants already so this year I'm going to add more things that I have already. Another Astilbe, another Gillenia Trifolata and more Zebra Grass - these plants have grown well for me and look great at several seasons of the year. I would like to introduce some newcomers but will do so sparingly - Garlic Chives and Dahlias are two that I'm trying in 2013.
2) Cut my losses
Sweet peas are wondrous but don't have the longevity in the Scottish climate to be the centre of 2 displays. I'll grow a white set in a pot at the back. I'm also not trying Bluebells again (2 years of failure) or Cosmos (I assume my thank you letter from the slugs is in the post).
3) New approach to the front garden.
Another fairly unmitigated disaster. Looks horrific and is currently the repository for all the crap plants I inherited and needed to plant somewhere. Some nice research in January and February and acceptance that for next year we won't get much light as the builders across the way still have a year to go.
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