Border
Two of the three birches are behaving
One tree is thriving, one is acceptable, and the third has its own plans.
Notebook no. 47 · late autumn
The garden this month
Half shade, one dry bank and a lower corner that never quite drains. Notes from eleven years of trying to work with all three.
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Gone: two lavender, one apology to the soil
Heavy soil wins again. The replacement is already looking more comfortable.
Visitors
The “wild look” is mostly editing
A garden can be relaxed without being unattended.
Plant ledger
Four current decisions
- Verbascum: newly planted on the lower bank.
- Ferns: recovering after the drainage trench.
- Yew: keep, but clip less severely.
- Lavender: do not buy for this site again.
“The border looked best in its fourth year. I have no photograph of the first three that I want to show you.”
Notebook, September