The Colour Garden  -  Project 1

This Garden is really a plantsman's garden - it is "stuffed" with many plants and the emphasis is on single colour groups flowing from one to another.

History of the plot

When the property was purchased in this area had been a vegetable patch/chicken run/pony paddock! There is a stable in another part of the garden believe it or not!!  The area was cleared of debris and left to grass over  while other projects were seen to.

• avapro dosage
• ritalin wiki
• fastin prescription strength
• sinemet package insert
• sildenafil citrate pharmacy malaysia
• vicodin prescription writing
• crestor wiki
• hydrocodone apap
• purchase tramadol for dogs
• vicodin and alcohol

In May of the same year a trellis fence and archway was erected for climbing roses to create some privacy from the road. The tree was felled as it was on its "last legs" anyway through old age and disease.

• hydrocodone withdrawal
• coreg doses
• iv depakote migraine
• best price of hydrocodone
• hydrodiuril wiki
• obenix reviews
• evista for head lice
• buy vicodin in mexico
• ciprofloxacin lyme
• cheap generic viagra

A design was created on paper for an enclosed garden with a meandering path which had a lush, tropical and colourful feel.  The plants were arranged in single colour groups. 

• boniva price
• alprazolam abuse
• buy torsemide no prescription
• australia generic proscar
• oxycodone er
• oseltamivir phosphate drug generic
• yellow xanax bars vs white
• ketorolac for dogs
• zofran iv
• bontril reviews

In the following spring the beds and path were marked out and turf removal started (the turf was composted).  

As there were no existing plants here, the path width was increased all round to decrease the size of the beds for the first season to save on costs.  Also to save on costs, the path was left grassed at this stage.

A lot of annuals were used in the first summer season to colour up the area quickly whilst perennials were bought throughout the season to spread the cost.  When a perennial needed to be planted the immediate area was cleared of annuals and the plant was positioned in accordance to the plan.

During this time the garden was full of colour and scent.  For instance 3 towers of sweet peas gave a lot of fresh cut flowers for the house. Although due to the mixed colours nature of many packets of seeds the beds were in vague colour groups for the first year.  Seating areas to catch the moving sun (morning - against the house wall and evening sun on the opposite side) were installed on platforms laid into the beds thus giving a feeling of actually being surrounded by flowers and scent.

A temporary low screen/fence was erected to the southwest corner of the plot - mainly to keep out marauding dogs!  The fence was kept low in order not to cut off the back and side areas from one another completely and allow views over the barrier when seated.

The Sunflowers "Big Sun" were a bit of fun, added some height interest and broke up a large expanse of plain house wall.

During the winter of after the first season when the plants had died down and the annuals had been tidied away, the eastern chain link fence was replaced with a lower half of solid weave wood panels (to attempt to keep the neighbouring nettles at bay!) and a top half of scalloped trellis to match in with the existing rose trellis.

In the following spring budgets allowed for a hogging path to be laid so after re-marking the narrower edges to the path and lining with an edging strip the turf was removed and hogging (a mixture of clay and stone) was laid down and rolled.  This is a good material as it gives a "hard under foot" feel of paving or concrete, but with the informality of a gravel path. 

Early spring 2nd season.  The white fleece is protecting
some more tender perennials, ie, some fuchsias.

• klonopin erowid
• tricor coupon
• norco 10 325mg
• proscar reviews
• phentermine uk buy
• hydrocodone no script
• can hydrocodone cause depression
• cipro hc otic
• acomplia 20mg
• paroxetine cr vs paroxetine

By March the temporary barrier had been replaced with matching half panels of scalloped trellis and matching arch.  The clients would have liked a "moongate" at this point, but neither budgets, nor dogs (as needed a complete barrier) could allow this so an arch was installed.

During late April around 100 perennials were planted.  These had been stored in cold frames until severe frosts had passed. Some had been purchased, some were home grown perennials from other parts of the garden and some were gifts or "left overs" from friends and relatives.

• atenolol package insert
• hydrocodone withdrawal symptoms
• metoclopramide side effects
• dosage vibramycin
• darvocet generic name
• fastin with prescription
• inderal migraines
• strattera dosage
• when will generic rabeprazole be available
• buy amiloride-hydrochlorothiazide no prescription

By early June some old thick rope had been found for the clematis to eventually climb and by July everything was a riot of colour.