The troughs have not really been a success. Everything in the new Zealand trough and the biggest one has lost a number of plants though some very unexpected ones, e.g Asperula daphneola and a Sarcocapnos survived for several years. generally it is too shady, but as it's attached to a wall that's not an easy thing to put right. It's a bit shallow too..if it sounds like a disaster it's worth pointing out it is a genuine stone item, not a sink but something else and it's old!
Well, it's been incredibly dry here. The water butt ran out over two weeks ago and yesterday I noticed the trough was really dry, it's quickly recovered and you can see Gentiana verna, a small Androsace sempervoides (I love the way the eye of the flowers go from yellow to red on many of the Androsace's) and one of my favourite willows, Salix reticulata.
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