’Twilight’ Hosta is an improved variety that claims to have better slug resistance.
I get quite a lot of slugs in the garden and it seems to hold up well. My hosta is into season two and so far it’s had just a few tiny holes.
This plant does best in partial shade to shade.
The garden center got new, stunning succulents in and I just couldn’t help myself.
Agastache ’Blue Fortune’ (Hummingbird Mint) has begun to bloom. It gets lavender blue, bottle-brush like flowers mid July and goes on blooming all the way though September.
The foliage is deep-green with a touch of silver. It looks wonderful together with the foliage of brunnera or other silver-colored perennials like lamb’s ear or lavender.
Agastache ’Blue Fortune’ prefers full sun, although it’s doing well in my garden where it only gets 5-6 h of sun. It’s drought tolerant, has a minty liquorice scent and gets about 2-3 feet (70cm) tall.
It’s the most popular perennial in my garden for bees and butterflies!
It’s been raining most of the day so I kept busy with organizing and repotting my succulents. This is what came out of it. Not too bad =)
Sammels lantgård är väl värt ett besök för den trädgårdsintresserade. Senast i helgen gjorde vi ett besök till denna mysiga lantgård, trädgård, café, plantskola och gårdsbutik. Eftersom vi bor i närheten är det enkelt att ta sig hit. Lantgården ligger 20 minuter utanför Göteborg, mot Boråshållet.
Förutom god mat (jag rekommenderar baguett med sill och ägg samt något av de hemmagjorda bakverken), trevliga ägare, klappvänliga djur finns som sagt en mysig trädgård full av otroligt vackra växtkombinationer.
Trädgården på Sammels Lantgård defineras av upphöjda planteringsbäddarna som ramas in av murar i natursten. Sedan har man planterat vackra perenner i överflöd. Framförallt är det kombinationen av växter som är inspirerande – färger, strukturer och former blandas i en härlig mix. Det blommar om varannat men det är snarare kontrasterna i bladverken som sticker ut. Gröna, gula, röda och blå blad i olika kombinationer blir intressant att följa.
The longest line in your garden is on the diagonal. Take advantage of it by placing you main garden path on the diagonal, making it as long as possible. A long path will make the whole garden appear bigger.
To trick the eye even more we’ve made the end of the path slightly narrower. Point A is only 65 cm (25 inch) wide while point B is 70cm (27 inch) wide. This adds to the perception of perspective making point A seem further away than it actually is when viewed from point B.
The main path in my garden is a wooden boardwalk but the idea of a diagonal path works with any any material.
’Ruby Beauty’ is dwarf raspberry shrub that grows just 90cm (3ft) tall, has no thorns and usually needs no support. In spite of its dwarf height, it produces about 1.5kg (3lb 6oz) of raspberries, all with traditional raspberry size and flavor.
I grow it in a 40 cm (16in) container in vegetable soil and fertilize once a week. It get sun from morning until 5 PM and is doing amazing!
The small size makes it easy to tuck into my vegetable garden.