September has been a busy month! I finally finished digging all the new flowerbeds and been dutifully filling them up with various shrubs, perennials and bulbs as well as doing the usual autumn jobs. New plants added included dahlias, chrysanthemums, crocosmia, salvias, rudbeckias and after much deliberation, a Red Falstaff dwarf apple tree. Some autumn plants are coming out including crocuses and colchicums, though no cyclamens sadly.
A significant amount of digging over the last couple of months has left my right knee feeling a bit sore but for now most of the heavy earth moving activities have come to an end. I have ordered more plum slate paddlestones to finish the borders.
I have fully dug over my shaded woodland bed, raising all the bulbs that were already there and redistributed them into the enlarged space plus adding more. Room has been left at the back for me to move an ivy into for fence cover.
Trellises have been put up on most fence panels in preparation for other climbing plants. I plan to move the pictured hydrangea, honeysuckle and star jasmine during their dormant season to the other side of the garden. In their place I will build a raised vegetable patch, with space at the rear to grow raspberries up the fence.
First though I will need to cut down at least one of the three conifers to make space. I plan to leave the middle one, giving both space for the patch and more room for the cherry tree.
I had an inspired moment and have decided to turn the area where the fig tree and lavender are into a full Mediterranean flower bed. But this will be for next year.
Overall I'm really pleased with it, and even though it's a bit tidier than I'd like for this time of year, it's in preparation for being much more mature and overgrown next year.
Three more months to go!
by nottherealslash
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