The rest of the troughs planted

The remaining barrier troughs have now been planted up. Drought tolerant plants have been used in these to save money and be more environmentally friendly. We are not going to water these at all.

We have used the following alpines and succulents:

sempervivums (red or green rosettes of leaves, pink flowers)

penstemon pinifolius (bright orange flowers)

silene 'Druetts variegated' (white flowers, white and green leaves)

armeria maritima 'Nifty Thrifty' (bright pink flowers, variegated foliage)

calandrinia umbellata (bright pink flowers)

phlox subulata 'Emerald blue' (purple-blue flowers)

saxifraga 'Southside seedling group' (white flowers with red spots)

sedum hispanicum glaucum (pink leaves and flowers)

sedum spathulifolium purpureum (yellow flowers, purple leaves)

and some mixed sedums

We have used some striking combinations of plants and they are looking good already.