Ferns and Grasses!

Well we have a limited budget and I wanted to get some amazing plants ... how to do this? Well ask the right people and they come in and do you favours for a good cause.

The world famous authority on grasses Neil Lucas at Knoll Gardens in Dorset is sending us his best grasses and Eupatoriums for the Wilderness. I can't wait to see them on site and for the lovely pink umbels to light up and anchor the pond with their soft pink hue. The grasses are going to add texture and height and a haze through which the pond will glisten.

And I had no end of trouble trying to source some Polystichum aculeatums (evergreen native hardy shield fern) as they were all sold out and my tight budget was now non-existant after being fairly invoiced by Knoll. But Mark Straver at Crocus did us a magnificent deal and I have been able to almost buy everything on my list for the wilderness. The ferns were picked up by me and are now having a little holiday in my back garden. WooHOO!!!!

See you next Wednesday!

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