In this extract from AG 15 October 1960, Christopher Lloyd, of Great Dixter fame, looks at revamping borders
“WHERE did my border go wrong this year?” is a question we should all ask ourselves in October, as we approach the annual upheaval and make up our minds that next year it will be a whole lot better. But we must be self-critical, and not just blame the weather for what was amiss.
When we think back most of us will, I fancy, have to admit that by early August our borders already wore an irreparably scruffy look. It was not just a matter of having omitted to do the deadheading that was
