Cambria Bridge Bed Planting

 Last weekend some of the Growing South Swindon Community group met at the Cambria Bridge bed to plant a few more perennials bought by South Swindon Parish Council who maintain the overall area. We did our first major planting at the bed in May last year, there are some photos here. We knew we would need to add a few more plants to make more of an impact, this year. We hope that by planting in February when the plants are in a dormant state that they will establish well before the summer heat and drought conditions; however it hasn't rained since they were planted and the soil is getting increasingly dry.

Here are photos of the planting:

We were very grateful that Becky, Richard and Rafe turned up to help Jess and I with the planting

It's quite a low maintenance bed, and won't need much weeding, or attention really.

As you can see, it's quite weed free, and below still looks quite restrained because the plants aren't doing very much in February

Here are the plants in the car:

We have bought plants which performed well last year, including these:

Agastache Blue Fortune

Astrantia Star of Love

Campanula

Catanche

Echinops Blue Globe

Euphorbia robbiae

Gaura

Geranium Rozanne

Geum Totally Tangerine

Heuchera Rain of Fire

Kniphofia Bees Lemon

Leucanthemum Banana Cream

Miscanthus sinesis malepartus

Pennisetum Hamelyn

Scabious butterfly blue