Everything in this garden is above the original ground level!
One week later and the patio and potting shed were in place. The camellias were still in pots at this stage waiting for a bed. There was no point in trying to plant them in the blue mud, so I had to make a raised bed. Back to the builders' yard, and a load of bricks arrived, The were carefully built in a curve down the shaded side of the back garden 18" high, and ending in a semi-circle, in which I later built an another small patio with red pavers. This raised bed was filled with pure moss peat and the camellias and rhododendrons planted. They are now 8 to 10 ft high and look very happy, smothered with flowers each year.
The area between the large and small patio was filled with pea shingle and is now part of my Bonsai display. Four more raised beds were built round the large patio to accommodate alpine plants, and to make plunge beds. The alpine house was added one year later as my interest in Allionii and other primulas increased, and I now have over 140 varieties and species. And I have embarked on my own breeding program.
Early summer usually sees a collection of hanging baskets, tubs and patio planters filled with all kinds of everything, to add a little colour. This is when my wife comments on the garden, telling me that the colours do not match.
Michael J Campbell.
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