So we have spent the morning in the garden. JoesDad was put to work with a spade and has moved some Red Hot Poker to a better location, dug up a fig “tree” that hasn’t grown in about 10 years, and dug up another large shrub that was largely dead (rotten right in the core)
I spent this afternoon planning my purchases for the replant. We took some other elderly shrubs out last year) They’re all chosen to be beneficial to bees and butterflies
Ribes Sanguinem King Edward VII - a flowering currant - to replace the fig
Lonacera Fragrantissima - a winter honeysuckle (shrub rather than climber) - to replace the dead shrub.
3 English Lavender bushes
3 Sedum Spectibile in memory of Joe - I said I would plant some. I love this plant and was very cross when he ate mine completely to the ground!
And Creeping Thyme (Thymus Serpyllum) as ground cover.
Once it’s all in place, I’ll take some photos
Nice job... I particularly love those Red Hot Poker plants. They really can be the focal point of well planted gardens!
