Selena, our Goddess of the Sea statue, was put in place last summer. So this summer we needed to do the bed around her. I wanted to try a more formal bed, so this will be a circle, edged in boxwoods, with colourful annuals inside.
There was another bed close by that first had to be cleared of all the plants and bulbs.
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A rather large clematis was growing around the wagon wheel, so the plant and wheel had to be removed together, and plunked in a pot until later.
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When the circle shape was laid out, and the other bed emptied, we were ready to till.
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Then we used a string and stick, and marked out the real planting circle around Selena. The 24 small boxwoods were set in place, and they were planted in.
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Around then, I decided that the curly willow tree was now going to be too lonely. The other three corners have bigger shrub beds. So I found a dogwood and a white weigela elsewhere in the garden. They were dug up and moved to keep the willow company.
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A small bed was marked out for the shrubs, the soil was smoothed, and grass seed planted.
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Inside the circle, I planted 48 dark purple cleome, so I’m hoping that becomes a beautiful mass of colour later this summer.
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It all actually turned out really well, and quite lovely. And it was all done on the May long weekend, Friday, Saturday and Monday. I had the vision but Doug did most of the work. Good job Doug!