The local garden centre has one of it's regular 10% off days next week. I missed the one in February so must make sure I make this one to get all the seeds I need for the year at a reduced price. So a pleasurable task for an evening over the weekend is to work out what I will be planting in the vegetable plot for the year so I have my list ready for a lunchtime outing!
Corkscrew rush - 'Juncus effusus spiralis'
This evergreen rush is meant to be grown in a boggy area. In my garden it is happy at the bottom of the pond wall even though it gets semi baked by the paving during the summer. There are 3 of these plants in this planting pocket. They are on their own in the winter when their quirky form is admired from the kitchen window. This spring I have dwarf wallflowers planted amongst them (you can just see them in the photo) and I will probably repeat the summer planting of trailing Bidens from last year. Normally a plant for hanging baskets, Bidens is a delicate yellow flowering plant that scrambled through the stems of the Juncus to great effect, flowering well into autumn.
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