We’ve just had a patio laid and it means I have space for some troughs. This will be in quite a prominent position so I want them to look good for as long as possible. They are also in a position where the DC are bound to jump over them & where they will get hit by a football from time to time. Yes, I could stop them but balancing seating, plants, a veg patch and play means that there has to be a few compromises and this is one of them!
One of the troughs will have some hebe, another hot lips salvia (which I don’t particularly like but one in a similar position flowered from May to November last year!) and then I have a third that I can’t decide upon. The current front runner is a cistus as I am envying a neighbours’ one at the moment but is there anything that would better meet my criteria? I’m planning on adding some crocus and dwarf tulip bulbs in the autumn too to provide some spring colour.