Surrey Homes | SH46 | August 2018 | Wedding supplement inside

Garden
Bespoke design & build treehouses, playhouses
and elevated platforms.
Commercial & International commissions welcomed
Aster + Dahlia
into autumnal shades (and also make great cut flowers),
Hibiscus will provide an exotic boost in shades of pink, blue
or white, and the Buddleias will bring in butterflies and bees.
Smaller shrubs like Caryopteris, with its sky blue
flowers (there is one called ‘Heavenly Blue’) are useful
in the middle of the border, and the low growing
Ceratostigma willmottianum, with its cerulean blue
flowers will also have brilliant autumn foliage.
Container ideas
If your summer pots are starting to look a bit careworn and
straggly, or you want to give the garden an instant colour
boost or focal point, plant up a sumptuous late summer
container. There’s a great range of late summer/early
autumn bedding plants around now, and you can also use
perennials like Heuchera, Dahlias, Crocosmia, grasses such
as Panicum or Pennisetum to bring a vibrant splash of colour
and long-lasting interest on paved areas near the house.
The summer show is definitely not over yet, in
fact it could just getting going again. With a bit of
luck and a few extra plants, the garden borders can
party on until the frosts come. Let’s get out there.
Tel: 01403 262219
www.cheekymonkeytreehouses.co.uk
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