As the summer comes to an end and the garden takes on its autumnal tints, we begin to change over our seasonal bedding. We reluctantly removed the tender perennials that have provided a colourful display since they were planted in May. Cuttings have been taken of all of these plants, which will be over-wintered on the nursery for planting next year. The first frost came last week which would have killed these plants had we not removed them first.
The recent dry weather has provided us with the ideal opportunity to get on with the spring bedding which will root out while the soil is still warm. We have planted wallflowers, forget-me-nots, polyanthus and a range of spring bulbs – tulips, daffodils and grape hyacinths.
The colours are much brighter than the summer bedding; gold, bronze, orange and blue and the planting peaks at the end of March. We also plant a range of coloured stemmed Cornus to give a little height to the display.
Spring bedding of wallflowers, forget-me-nots, polyanthus and bulbs
Paler colours of summer bedding
Helen Round