Long Border needs filling!

[4390evans]

Asda has got some canny deals on, i got 3 lavenders for £5 which I think is brilliant!
Or you could get one of those mixed perennials containers that you could scatter till you plant it up with what you want

[Nicos]

Gosh...what a lovely area

Just saying

[spamvindaloo]

I'd be tempted to put something edible in, even if it's only left for the birds. Soft fruit cuttings etc.

[Gillykat]

...so all my seeds/plants are shoved in willy-nilly wherever there's space, I tell people I'm going for the messy look.

Not messy....NATURAL dear Tho' I must admit I'm just as bad Last year's summer bed of flowers was a lovely colourful higgledy-piggledy which the insects loved but silly me didn't think about heights and some things got swamped! This year I'm constantly reminding myself about tall things at back and short 'uns at the front!

I think that is a GORGEOUS border VC - I'd be planting it with lots of insect/wildlife-friendly blooms

[Jungle Jane]

Something like a clematis Montana would cover the fence? Marigold seeds are easy to grow in plastic cups & they flower til oct or maybe November if it's mild. Lovely big space!

[SaraJH]

I'd be tempted to scatter lots of wildflower seeds and see what happens!

A friend of mine has a huge garden, about 1/2 acre of it has been sown with wild flowers and has wide mown paths sweeping though it, it's a stunning place to wander through in the summer, and of course attracts lots of pollinators.

[mothhawk]

When's the next full moon, Ancee? You can come down and chant and strew with me

Actually it's tomorrow, 23rd, so you'd better both get your skates on

[veggiechicken]

Mothhawk - you look divine in that frock!! Fancy coming down with Ancee for a bit of a strew tomorrow

[mothhawk]

Only if I'm allowed to chant as well

[ancee]

That looks a bit more elegant than what I had in mind hahahaha

[veggiechicken]

Gillykat, are you joining us for a strew and chant tomorrow. I'll provide the seeds, just bring yourself and your book of chants

[bramble]

Have you t hought of using wild flower seeds as you said you didnt want to lay out a lot of expense.
You could sow, poppies "different types" Love in a mist, clifornia poppy. Aqualegia
a,nd cosmos, and lupins.Can you imagine the blazexof colour.

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[rary]

i would scatter some nasturtium, pot marigolds and pansy seeds all along the area, and then put in any other plants that took my fancy if I got them cheap (free) or simply scatter any flower seeds that you have avaliable. They may not come up but, nothing ventured nothing gained.

[veggiechicken]

Thank you everyone
I have lots, and I mean LOTS of flower seeds which will be scattered hither and thither. Also, I've sown 96 modules with flower seeds beginning with the letters A-E.
Today, I cleared a path through the widest part of the border to make it easier to manage.
Before and After


All the foxgloves, forgetmenots, periwinkle and feverfew that were on the path have been moved and replanted. I didn't replant the brambles and nettles though