The Wedding Bed

I have loved my garden for many years, its not perfect but loved. I decided to create a new growing area in the secret garden to experiment with growing the flowers for my daughters' wedding. I am greatly influenced by Christopher Lloyd of Great Dixter who sadly has now passed away. He did not follow the masses, he clashed colours so beautifully that he has given me permission to play with colour, form and texture. My good friends Sue and Terry dug the border and incorporated masses of manure to improve fertility. They presented me with two Delphinium one blue and one white. They explaind I might have to do the Chelsea Chop to stop flowering this year, it seemed cruel but I obeyed my orders. I then explored my other options for Autumn colour,I chose Crocosmia Lucifer, Dahlia Chat Noir, Arabian Night and Serano. It seems appropriate to have some flowers dedicated to Brides so together we chose Nigella African bride as she has been to Ghana and Guara The Bride. We need some long stemmed flowers for the chapel and decided on Gladioli Green Star, Purple Flora and Espresso. My greatest influence has come from Sarah Ravens "Grow your own Cut Flowers"but my greatest task now is keeping the slugs at bay. See my next post to see the lengths I will go to, to save my dahlias.