 Michelle from Knoxfield sent us a photo of a lovely round
flower bed approximately 6ft in diameter. Although we were going to do a
rose bed this week, when we received Michelle's email, Marie was touched by
the simplicity of the request, saying here’s my bed all it needs is a
Weeping Cherry.
The bed looked particularly nice because Michelle had put a brick border
around it with some old bricks from her back yard
I had a beautiful Snow Fuzan which is the same as the one marketed by
Flemings that they call the Snow Fountain. This looked beautiful in the
centre of the circle.
The bed was a bit empty so we mixed in 10 bags of our
planting mix, this
bulked up the soil and made the bed nicely mounded.
We planted the Snow Fuzan in the centre and then planted 40
Daisy Spray
which is a dwarf clumping form of the Seaside Daisy that flowers profusely
all year round. I thought the Daisy Spray was a good choice as it will
complement the Snow Fuzan when it is in full flower and not detract from it
by being too showy. I felt in needed to be something that looked good all
year and also something that is low to show off the shape of the Cherry.
It only took an hour or so to
completed this garden makeover
It only took an hour or so for Marie, Michelle and myself to dig in the
extra planting mix, planted the Weeping Cherry and the Daisy Spray.
As we finished the job Michelle's’ young Grandsons woke up from their
afternoon nap and one of them very surprised said “That’s Chris and Marie!”
They helped us plant the last few plants and tidy up the mess.
Michelle seemed very excited at the look of her new garden centre piece. She
is now thinking of doing another round bed with a Cherry on the other side
of the front path. |
