The beds are still looking good even thought it is late October. We will go back and dead head a few plants later, however, we will leave some of the seedheads on to look decorative through the winter and feed the birds.
The rudbeckias are still covered in flowers and the grasses have grown really well. All the grasses (and several of the other perennials) are evergreen so will provide lots of interest during the winter. The stipa arundinacea (the orange-ish one) looks especially good and the stipa giganteas have lots of impressive flower spikes on at the moment.
These beds contained rose bushes before, which would have just been bare twigs during the winter, so I think we have definitely greatly improved this area. There are still lots of parts of Pudsey still containing dated rose beds (Pudsey Park, Sparrow Park, etc) so we will be able to compare the Lowtown area we planted to these.
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I forgot to mention at the meeting that I had driven past and there wer a couple of young people with babies in prams sat in the area, it is good to see it being used and no doubt appreciated, It is now becoming a very pleasant place to sit and relax! We just need to work on getting the bench replaced.
I think it is a very popular place for eating fish and chips.
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