This autumn we’ve potted up some bulbs in pots. This is an experiment – they will eventually
be planted out in the cutting patch, which is at this moment full of dahlias
and chrysanthemums still flowering in
all their glory. We want a ‘cutting
patch’ of bulbs to flower continuously from January to April, or farther. With that in mind, we have winter-flowering
red carnations, winter aconites, snowdrops, narcissi, and the tenby daffodil. We’ll add some tulips and hellebores.
In August
The cutting patch has been a revelation this
year. Previously, it was covered in
decking, but that had to go. In March I
dug it over and added lots of home-made compost, then planted it with pinks,
dahlias, zinnias, evening primrose, chrysanthemums, and sowed seed of
cornflowers, cosmos and stocks. In mid June it was a riot of colour, not to
mention fragrance. We never used the ‘cutting patch’ as a cutting patch – we just
enjoyed the jewel-like colours. We’ll
see what happens through the winter.
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