Sunday 30 September 2012

Friends of Borage

Sunday morning; figured [correctly] that not many people would be about Camberwell Green... So I had a thought that the difficult-due-to volume-of-litter patch next to the Job Centre could be the place for the plant I call Friend of Borage. Its a very tough, not to say chronically invasive, perennial that looks fairly like Borage but with white flowers that bees love. Every little bit of any root will grow. Our garden was about 50% FoB when we moved in [now down to about 15%]. On clearing up the bottles, cigarette packets and coffee cups up popped a Southwark council cleaner with brilliant timing. We moaned about people's inability to use bins as I used his trash cart. I also planted a couple of Hollyhocks from the Dog Kennel Hill forest and added some compost [recycled from my aubergine pots]. In this spot one of the hardy geraniums and one of the michaelmas daisies that I previously risked here are also alive - now with a bit of non-dusty soil around them. This side is also less litter heavy so maybe, with the autumn rain it will start looking good. I plan to add to the FoB.
This is the one spot where my guerrilla nasturtiums both grew and flowered - yay. They will self seed...


2 comments:

chefsolaire said...

Leg mending and can get around on one crutch. Have replanted Sedum in Stores Mews and sees to go well. I thought it be good to plant lots of different varieties in SM - is this a good idea? Have weeded and delittered Stories Road patch - thistles doing well and one of the two sunflowers. Hollyhocks doing well in the other bed.

Lake said...

glad to hear you're on the mend. Sedum's are great (e.g Autumn Joy) for late nectar supplies, and looking good too. Thanks for the weeding/cleaning! The Vinca should really pick up now with the rain.