A Little Soul Food

Even though our garden has been given over to the production of food, there are a few quiet corners where I am starting to sneak some flowers in. After all, it's not just our bodies that need nourishing. So, this weekend I hit the garden centre and finally got some alpines to fill my doulton sink. Minion 5 was my helper on this little project as Charlie was thoroughly uninterested. 

We started off by mixing a good alpine planting mix. They like lots of drainage so we mixed  1 part eco grit with 2 parts of John Innes No. 2 (a potting on mix of compost). Then we planted up the small pots. Minion 5 took charge of this. She was fantastic!

After two lovely Armerias were potted up we turned our attention to that Doulton sink that Charlie was so rude about. Firstly, we covered up the sink hole with some crocks. Then we half filled the sink with our mix. Then we placed the plants in their planting positions:

This is the arrangement we decided on. With the trailing plants at the front and the clump forming ones at the back. Then Minion 5 filled the container nearly to within 2.5 cm from the brim and we topped it off with some white and red decorative gravel. Lovely!

 We were very pleased with the result and the display will only get better when the flowers become established.

From Bottom Left: Phlox subulata 'Marjorie', Achillea 'Huteri', Phlox stolonifera 'Pink Ridge'.
From Top Right: No label (I just liked the colour), Semperivium 'Red Tips', Semperivium 'Lawrenece'.

Armeria Maritima Vestivisus

Lovely...