Hiding the straight lines

I once read somewhere that there are no straight lines in nature - well, I like to try my best to keep them out of my garden too. 

It's a bit difficult as it's surrounded by fences rather than hedges - but pick some trees and some climbers, and soon the harsh lines of the fence will disappear, especially in summer.

Right now, the back fence, the old tree house and the bench are covered in clematis montana.

To the side are flowering trees - laburnum, snowball and lilac.

The patio is curved, vaguely circular, but even so I prefer to soften the edges with foliage - heuchera sanguinea in bud with the spiky leaves of montbretia that will flower later

The main path has to be straight - the compost bin is at the far end and a curved path wouldn't be easy to find on a dark winter evening. So through summer, forget-me-nots, welsh poppies, lavender and oregano spill over its harsh lines.

While this smaller path has almost disappeared under flowers!






Even the house walls are softened by flowers growing at the bottom - and of course spilling out of their narrow flower bed and over the paths.

June in the garden - trees

 June is the month when all the flowering trees come into their own - lilac, snowball and laburnum all in blossom at the same time

Sticks

Autumn is tree-pruning time. 

Chopping down the laburnum and lilac lets a little more light into the garden

and provides us with lots of bean poles and pea sticks!

Blossom

Back from a short break to find all the later-flowering trees covered n blossom - rowan, lilacs and laburnum

wood

a sunny day, so it's more obvious how the laburnum tree is blocking light from the garden. unlike everything else, it still has its leaves which means more shadow from it. so, out with pruners and ladder and chop off some height and a lot that overhangs the fence. have saved some of the straighter branches for stakes and pea sticks - none of it very thick, up to a couple of inches at most.