I've been noodling awhile on what might work best with the roses under the Perfect Pergola at Struan Farm. Yes, there are wisteria and a climbing rose overhead, along with sweet peas during summer, but the rose garden hasn't looked quite finished to me. I'm not shooting for a formal garden here, we're definitely after the cottage garden look, but something, je ne sais quoi, has been missing.
Given the hedging mania John and I have going on at the moment, I did give some thought to a small buxus or corokia hedge. But that would be high maintenance, and we're trying to head in the opposite direction.
So Anna (sister-in-law and gardening guru) and I had a consult. She shot down the hedge idea and queried whether an herb of some sort might work. We were about to discount that when it came to me: PARSLEY would make the perfect border! Easy to replace if it doesn't work, inexpensive, edible (even self seeding) PARSLEY.
Right now I'm thinking this is the perfect solution. But if we don't like it when it grows in, I'll just chop it out and make several large batches of pistou.
And p.s., yes, I'm onto dealing with that moss on the bricks next!
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