Sacha wrote in
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I just have this horrid feeling that gravel only with a few pots is
going to look like a municipal cemetery and that a new gardener might
not have a 'vision' of that as the finished article. To me, it sounds
rather bleak, I suppose, especially in our normally prevailing
weather.

Don't worry Sacha: I promise you it will fill very nicely!

I rented a house once with exactly that as the back garden. Done 3 years I
think when we lived there, and already alive with alyssum & anth anthir
drat, snapdragons, you know what I mean.

Gravel seems to be a great medium for seedlings, as soon as it gets some
dust and a few dead leaves into it...

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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