Flax & Berberis Plantings

This photo was taken in late spring, before I ripped out all the forget-me-nots. The red flax sits proudly at the corner of this part of the border, with a seedling berberis behind.

corner red flax and berberis 1999

There is a patch of yellow polyanthus back near the fence, and some variegated Apple Mint by the stone edge. The lovely yellow and white poached egg annuals self-seed in here and flower in Spring.

Below is a more recent picture taken in the summer of 2003. The Berberis has got bigger and bossier, and the small red flax has got smaller and more squashed in - of course this results from the gardener not pruning her shrubs properly!

corner red flax and berberis 2003

The roses on the fence are climbing white Iceberg, Phyllis Bide and Graham Thomas. And so much for the seedling Berberis - you can see the poor little flax struggling underneath!