2019-07-13_Amateur_Gardening

13 JULY 2019AMATEUR GARDENING 51

Create small, enclosed areas using box hedging. This

colourful beehive-style box is one of several around

the garden used for compost making or storage

The arching stems

of Solomon’s seal

(Polygonatum x

hybridum) are suited

to anything from full

sun to full shade

with three espaliers already planted on

the top terrace, although several years

of careful pruning were needed to bring

them under control. Since then, their

number has been augmented by some

step-over apples to widen the choice

of fruit available.

Elsewhere, a set of eight triangular

raised beds, arranged in groups of four

either side of a pathway, provides

The beautiful eye-catching flowers
of bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos
spectabilis) – a herbaceous perennial
that thrives in partial shade

Capitalise on a sunny spot by using it to

grow fruit and flowers for cutting. The

pond was previously a header tank

for a 1960s waterfall