I guess my New Year’s resolution is to have more colour in my garden. I have so enjoyed the nursery outings that Christine and I take on regular intervals and the temptation to buy more and more flowering plants has taken hold of me. I will share these new additions with you and how I have added them to the garden.
Here is Gerbera Garvinea (the daisy-like orange flower) and white cosmos and red Dianthus with my favourite Gaura Belleza in the background.
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Gaura Belleza ready for planting[/one_half]
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Dianthus, Cosmos and Gaura looking pretty[/one_half_last]
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The Gaura now in my buckets[/one_half]
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I think this is a perfect spot![/one_half_last]
I had the lavender in the buckets, if you can remember, and I found that I needed to replant those in a more suitable environment (I haven’t done this yet!). The gaura are just perfect here – they play in the wind and seem to love this sunny spot! They are light and pretty, so I have improved this area. I’m chuffed!
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Here, I have combined the Cosmos and Dianthus[/one_half]
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Festuca Glauca and Calibrachoa ready for planting[/one_half_last]
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Calibrachoa and alyssum in the grass feature[/one_half]
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I have added the Festuca Glauca here[/one_half_last]
I had a few gaps in my grass feature and really wanted to add Festuca Glauca. I found some so – yeay! You can see it here next to the bird bath. The calibrachoa and the alyssum found a home next to my Miscanthus.
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Gerbera Garvinea Orangia – very cute![/one_half]
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Gerbera in my barrel combo[/one_half_last]
I am very pleased that the Gerbera Garvinea looks fabulous in my barrel bucket with my Artemesia and spring bulbs as a threesome. The alyssum just finishes the pretty picture.
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Grass feature looking just great[/one_half]
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Another view from the deck[/one_half_last]
I had to add the last two photos of the grass feature. It is really coming on beautifully and I’ll keep you updated on this because I see that it is really starting to grow!
I wish all of our garden blogger friends a GREAT 2012 and Happy Gardening  xxxxxxx