This is the first year the front borders have finally started to come together, although there are lots of gaps & room for growing. It’s a tapestry of delicate foliage and colours woven together. 

There’s lots of topiary for year round structure and to anchor it all together. Apple green lonicera nitida and forest green yew. A lilac phlomis ‘tuberosa Amazone’, with burgundy stems. Lavender and cream foxgloves grown from seed (currently growing these from seed again, plus Pam’s Choice for next year). Paired with a yellow David Austin rose, ‘The Country Parson’ & under planted with midnight purple salvia nachtvlinder. There are purple and burgundy aquilegias. Pearl-grey Geraniums, ‘Mrs Kendall Clark’. The pale blue flowers of the speedwell ‘Veronica gentianoides are still glittering, but are being super seeded by Lavender toadflax. There is Achemilla mollis with her frothy chartreuse flowers & pale lemon giant scabious is up next. Plus coral poppies. We also have ‘Digitalis lutea’ which is a perennial foxglove with delicate primrose bellflowers. Then to follow, glowing white spires and bottlebrush flowers of agastche, veronicastrum and baneberry. There’s a whole array of contrasting fern foliage, harts tongue, shuttlecock, hard shield, maidenhair, spleenwort, plus more. 
This summer we’re planning on painting the front door & windows a pale yellow primrose colour, which will offset the planting scheme.