The Return Of The Evergreens

22nd May 2018

The summer display in the Besse Courtyard was planted up five months ago, for the list of plants used see blog entry for the 21st June 'Changing The Border And Container Displays For Summer 2018'. The plants have grown well, filling out the containers and putting on a colourful display throughout the summer but now it is time to change the planting for the winter-spring display meaning it's the return of the evergreens.

5th July 2018 (Front View)

5th July 2018 (Side View)

5th July 2018 (Back View)

17th August 2018 (View From Above)

31st August 2018 (3 months later)

Through the archway

Towering above the rest

Saccharum officinarum var. purpureum (Black Sugar Cane)

Plectranthus coleoides variegata,
Petunia ‘Purple Velvet’ F1 Hybrid.

Pelargonium Ivy Leaf 'Supreme Burgandy',
Pelargonium surcouf,

Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Pied Piper Red’

Lobelia ‘Rainbow Cascade Mixed’

Albizia julibrissin ‘Chocolate Summer’, Anisodontea capensis ‘El Rayo’

Removing the summer display

Yesterday the team worked their way through each container digging out the plants and splitting them in to two groups, those to be kept and those not, their final destination, the greenhouse and compost heap respectively.  

Back into the greenhouse

Whilst the containers were being prepared for replanting with the removal of the old roots and the addition of fresh compost, the plants that had been taken over to the greenhouse were being repotted.  

Empty containers

Heeling in bed

With the containers ready for planting the evergreen shrubs returned from the heeling in bed today. These shrubs have been in this bed since they were removed from the pots in May following their use in last year's winter-spring display.

Transporting the evergreens

After a number of trips to and from the heeling in bed, wheeling the evergreens over to the containers in a wheelbarrow, the planting began.
The plants used to create the new display are: 
3 x Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' (1/2 Standard, Silver Margined Holly), 2 x Ilex aquifolium ( 1/4 Standard Common Holly),  4 x Laurus nobilis (Bay), 3 x Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Webb', Wallflower 'Sunset Primrose' and tulips, Tulipa 'Green Triumphator', Tulipa 'Mount Tacoma' and Tulipa 'White Triumphator'.

Through the archway

Evergreens

Containers planted for the winter-spring display