Are you a plonker?

[Nicos]

Just asking!

I'm actually meaning do you shove plants in available gaps in the flower beds ..or do you select a flower by colour, height, scent, season?

do you have a colour scheme?

I'm hoping to create 2 new areas and not quite sure where to start when it comes to selecting the flowers/plants....so thought it'd be interesting to see what other peeps do!

Initially I'm looking for movement of heights, some shade from the wind and midday sun,easy maintanence and of course colour and scent.

I'm more of a red/ orange/ yellow / white kind of lass.

and yep...normally a bit of a plonker

[Lisasbolt]

I sadly do not grow any flowers but would love too, the problem is the shortage of water in my area and i cannot justify giving it to flowers, the locals would hate me as well.
Saying that i do like to grow sunflowers, and i will try and do a few edible ones and squish them in around the veggies.
I am 100% a red girl, any flower in red.

[Thelma Sanders]

I do start with a plan, but then I see flowers I like the look of and some 'plonking' takes over ........ BUT I have stuck to a scheme of softer colours white, pinks, blues and purples etc.
No bright reds, yellows or orange allowed here

IMO the light here just doesn't work with bright colours, although they are wonderful in hotter/brighter climates.

[Guest]

I would go with me being a plonker.

I tend to have a vague idea/ plan but then make things work from there on. I created a border purposely to house all the plants I brought with me when I moved but didn't know where to home in the garden here. It is a strange mix and one or two plants look a bit odd depending on the time of year and at some point they will get moved but on the whole it works.

[noviceveggrower]

I'm not a plonker more of a bunger. I pick plants because I like their colour or smell. I have tried to have tall stuff at the back and shorter stuff at the front but it doesn't always work. I now go on the mother nature theory and just let the plants sort them selves out especially self seeded plants.

[veggiechicken]

I don't have a flower bed started from scratch, so I'm a bungeriner whenever there's a space. Its all a bit of a mishmash of trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs etc with veggies and strawberries amongst them.
Every year, I say I'll start a cutting garden but never do - maybe next year.
If I were to create a flower border, it would have groups of related colours - a hot border and a cool border. Everything planted in odd numbers, 3, 5, 7, fitting together like dragon's teeth. Taller triangles at the back edging forward into short triangles in the front. However, it would still end up like a mishmash, 'cos that's the way I am

[PyreneesPlot]

I have a master plan but easily become overwhelmed by accute plonking. Closely related to oh, pretty pretty syndrome, I guess.

[bramble]

I was more of a "try to have plants in flower for as much of the season as possible".
I always had Delphiniums, Hollyhocks and Lupins at the back, also a couple of climing Roses.
After that I had Salvia's Bleeding Hearts, Carnations Osteopermums, Geum, Michaelmus Daisies, Phlox, Primulas, Lavander, and the rest of the dpaces filledinwith bedding plants.
I also had a good collection of bulbs, Tulips, Daffs and Neirine.
I dug all these up and nowonly grow flowers incontainers due to lack of space.

[Nicos]

Gosh- that must be frustrating bramble??

Te he- I'm glad I'm not the only one with good intentions which then seem to drift away with the fairies!!

[rary]

I always plan out the flower garden where I will put certain plants and where I will put bulbs, and I stick rigidly to that plan......till I step out into the garden, then its oh theres a space I will plonk it in there, and placate my self with where do you see nature sticking to a plan