Raised Beds

Beyond the trees in the Dappled Shade bed is an area which was intended to be used for growing vegetables. There are two raised beds each measuring 2.7m x 1.10 m. There is a smaller bed in which bamboo grows as a protective shield, but the bamboo is proving to be a nuisance as the runners are popping up elsewhere.

HERB / BEE BED:

AQUILEGIA caerulea ‘Spring Magic White’ x 2
Borage
Calendula officinalis (marigold)
EUPHORBIA x martinii
Garlic Chives
Geranium phaeum ‘Samobor‘.
Golden Feverfew
Golden Marjoram
Hyssop
Lemon Verbena
Lupins
Nasturtiums that self-seed
PHYSOSTEGIA virginiana ‘Rose Bouquet’
Rosemary
Sage common
Sweet Ciceley
Thyme Jekka
Thyme common
Tulbaghia violacea / Society Garlic

Raised bed with sage, thyme, marjoram, calendula and borage

There are also herbs being grown in large hexagonal terracotta pots which include various types of mint, lemon balm, French tarragon and several thymes.

Perennial Bed:

Allium Chives ‘Cha cha’
Echinops ‘Blue Globe’
Eryngium
Euphorbia oblongata
Foxgloves (self-seeded)
Japanese Anemones – ‘Pamina’ with lovely dark pink double flowers and ‘Wild Swan’.
Lythrum salicaria ‘Blush’
Kniphofia / red-hot pokers
Lupin
Nepeta JUNIOR WALKER ‘Novanepjun’
Rosa ‘Graham Thomas’
Rosa ‘Fighting Temeraire’
Salvia Caradonna
Scabiosa – ‘Butterfly Blue’