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
11 replies on “New additions for 2012”
Beautiful flowers and combinations! I love gaura and have had no success with it. I think I may try growing it in a pot like you, so that I can better control the soil and drainage. It’s great to see your beautiful summer garden, as everything here is pretty drab!
It is so nice to see bright flowers at the moment as its all a little grey here in the Uk. I do like your buckets – very stylish
Oh thank you Helen. I know that England can be gloomy this time of year! Add some colourful buckets! 🙂
I love gerbera daisy, they are so happy and cute. I wish they would come back every year. I like the Festuca too, they return and add the spiky blues. Great selections.
Thanks Donna – Christine is so much better at this, but I like the playing around with the colours and textures!
I do like the look of the gaura in the pots even more than the lavender, which I really liked. It will be fun to keep adding color to your garden – it’s hard to stop when you’ve started! Your grass feature looks fantastic!
Thanks a mill! I don’t have the eye for combining complimenting flowers and plants like Christine, but I’m experimenting anyway! It’s fun!
I started seeing all of the white flowers and thought I was reading a Christine post… 😉
Grasses looking fantastic!
Haaha!! 🙂 I know that she has played a big role in getting me to add flowers to my veggie garden, but all white is not my thang!
THanks – the grasses do look good!
Hey!! What lovely new purchases, I see you went shopping without me!! Hehe! WHERE did you find the Gaura???
LOVE the combinations and all the colour. The grass feature is looking fabulous!
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Oh no….we did go shopping together for these. I still need to add the photos of our last nursery shop at Stodels! heehee … I just can’t keep up! 🙂