CARMEL’S COTTAGE GARDENS- Stitching the garden together with small flowers and ground covers.
Now it is time to knit the garden together with ground covers and smaller plants.
Can you imagine what this path at Biddlestone Garden would look like without the blue bloom of the campanula poscharskyana?
Mixed with white bacopa, ferns
and baby tears.
Over
and over
Linda Floyd uses these tiny plants to weave her beautiful garden together. It is a “tour de force” of ground covers for a shady garden.
In the Monastery Garden of the Sisters of the Sea, the Sisters mix
Antirrhinum-Snapdragon
And petunia in their sunny spots. How cheerful.
Armeria is yet another versatile plant
with great foliage after the flower have gone.
Baby Tears blanket the garden floor.
Bacopa holds the soil nicely
Santa Barbara Daisy is a hardworking native.
I have come to love it’s determination
Carmel Creeper
Catmint
Spilling over a path
Cranesbill
This creative gardener uses Helichrysum petiolare in masses. How effective.
Ice Plant
Lobelia
Oxalis
Pansy
Primula
Succulents
and Sweet Alyssum
These plants can transform a dull space into a rich tapestry of leaf shapes, textures, and colors. They can spruce up challenging areas under trees, accent transitional locations along paths and foundations, and add visual interest.
Add turf at your own risk and in small amounts. This gardener
has better luck with her turf than I do.
Next week we add some fun final touches.
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Once upon a time..Tales from Carmel by the Sea 
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[Sigh]
Each time after reading these garden posts, I feel like I’ve just come back from a quickie vacation in Cap Ferrat or Ravello.
Is it too early to put our names down on a pre-order for your book at Amazon?
‘Cuz I’m thinking the price might even be declared as a tax deductible medical expense. A whole book of these photos of the secret gardens of Carmel would probably be just as effective as any medication for lowering blood pressure.
linda, what a wonderful,feel good site this is. i’m absolutely in love with the romance of the cottages and gardens.
HELP PLEASE? i’ve studied the photos but i’m having a tough time borrowing from the masters when it comes to making changes to my own home. it’s time to add mega charm to the exterior with paint, trim, windows. the lot is 3/4 acre and despite much planting over the years, there is still too much grass and concrete drive.
at the risk of sounding like the ugly old fat gal expecting her stylist make her look like a gorgeous star, i have to ask whether you’d look at my home and gardens photos and make a few suggestions.
keep in mind the budget is fairly tight. paint and new windows will be done in april. not sure of colors and need an overall plan. i’ve been unable to find anyone in this area(n. atlanta suburb) who understands me saying i want a fairy tale cottage.
thanks,
MH
Linda…how lovely to see Biddlestone Cottage’s garden on your post again. With Spring finally here, you can feel the pulse of the plants as they are getting ready to burst forth with all their stored up energy! Time to plant some more delphiniums and foxgloves to tower over those baby tears!
Can’t wait to see your garden when it’s complete! Keep me posted!
Linda Floyd
Biddlestone Cottage
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Loved seeing all the Baby tears and I have a lot of fond memories of succulents exactly like this that I planted, but got destroyed one year by accident.