I've liked a lot about my garden this year, and the wet monsoon season has helped. But I still struggle with getting "the look" I want for the circle around the white bowl. While some things are filling in and I need to be patient, other plants are just too tidy by nature. I want a looser, less structured appearance.
Let's take a tour around the circle ----
- Take out this small clumpy sage (Blue Profusion) and pot it up for somewhere. Replace it with Black Adder agastche, which is larger and loose and spiky (divide the Black Adder agastache in the pot by the deck). Have this
- Add another blue mealycup sage to this little group of 3. Need to buy
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| The red Mexican sage between the two will get large |
- Add one or two more orange agastaches to make a bigger stand with the others in this spot. Need to buy
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| These orange agastaches struggled and may bulk up next year, but add more |
- Divide the tickseed in the terra cotta bowl and put one between the grass and the tiny dwarf purple agastache. Have this
- Bulk up the tiny sulphur buckwheat and the little Electric blue penstemon by adding more of each to form a grouping of each. Need to buy
- Unpot the Widwalker Red sage and put it where the annual gomphrena is (next year grow gromphrena in a pot and put that by the deck.) Have the sage / Need to buy the gomphrena
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| This is the most unresolved part of the circle, needing more plants and the bigger sage |
I like the idea of mixed plants all around the circle, but need a much less restrained composition. As I've complained before, all my plants shrivel and none touch. By planting multiples together I hope to get the look I'd like while waiting for some growth and fullness to emerge. Maybe?