Planting the library beds

The beds by the library were finally filled with soil last week so today we were able to plant them up. We used columnar yew, 2 types of winter-flowering shrub, ferns, grasses, other perennials and daffodils.

It was difficult area to plant because the beds have not much soil, lots of rubble, poor drainage and it is also in shade. But we managed to choose some tough, evergreen plants with foliage in different colours and shapes and flowers at various times of the year. There are some scented plants too. There is a vibrant purple, bronze, orange, yellow and white colour scheme.

Plants used:

trees:
taxus baccata fastigiata (columnar yew)

shrubs:
viburnum tinus
sarcococca confusa

grasses:
carex 'Coppertop'
carex 'Evergold'
luzula nivea

ferns:
polystichum polyblepharum 'Jade'
polystichum munitum
polypodium vulgare

perennials:
dianella 'Tas Red'
geum 'Cooky'
heuchera 'Crimson Curls'
heuchera 'Melting Fire'
heuchera 'Frosted Violet'
digitalis parviflora 'Milk Chocolate'