Some things in life take time, and the sooner you make peace with waiting, ironically the quicker the time seems to go by. This definitely applies to gardening, especially when you have to start a garden from scratch!
I do not have quite the level of green fingers which my mother has, but I do appreciate a beautiful garden – simple if it may be – and all the effects of it; children playing, birds galavanting, butterflies, lady bugs, and of course cherished moments with friends and family surrounded by a luscious green backdrop!
We do not have a very large plot for my garden, I guess thats why I really appreciate Stuart Robinson’s view on smaller gardens on his blog Gardening Tips and Ideas. According to him smaller beds are easier to manage, they are cosy and personal – just perfect for me. I am determined to make my small garden a haven for birdlife and a lovely and relaxing place to be – and I will be so proud of it!
For now I am focussing on my border walls. The idea for them is to create interesting compilations with creepers so that even though my yard is surrounded by white walls, the walls will rather look like entrances into mysterious Secret gardens.
On the one side, my house is very close the neighbour’s house, so I have had steel arches made and installed over my DIY/improvised tiles of leftover paving bricks. Here I have bought Star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasmenoides) as well as the lovely pink jasmine (Jasminum Plyanthum) to alternatively plant at the base of each arch. Every house should have pink jasmine somewhere, jasmine makes a house a home with its lovely sweet smelling flowers in Spring! One morning (after exercising great patience) I will wake up and the arches will be beautifully covered in scented jasmine and when I look out of my windows, I will not see the neighbour’s house, but a lush, sweet smelling green, pink and white walkway!
On the opposite border wall where the next house is not as close by, for decoration I have decided to plant the Carolina yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) – which is not related to jasmine at all incidently! What lies ahead this weekend is to install/mount wires in diamond shapes for these joyous yellow flowers to grow on.
Another lovely flower that grows and spreads quickly whwich I have gotten for flower beds, is the spanish daisy (Erigeron Karvinskianus) – also a dainty, yet festive flower.
I am quite good at the planning and executing game – now I have to practice my waiting game!
About a week ago my mother came over for a visit while my father was out of town. She brought along a gardening magazine (
