Winter welcome.

I am hoping that the forty pounds I've just spent for the 45 X 120 cm space by the front door will see us through the long winter months I've bought five ornamental kale (cabbage), two white, two light purple and one deep purple. To intersperse with these I have two leggy, pink flowered thrifts, one fine stemmed ornamental grass and three elegant cyclamen in white and pink. I wanted to throw a little colour in for contrast but try as I might I couldn't find anything I was happy with apart from some lovely plum blushed wallflowers and at seven pounds a pot I couldn't justify them.
This is a current theme with me. I want the complete picture but I can't justify the expense so always compromise with almost there. To be fair, there's enough there to create a cheerful space but I know it would have had more impact with a taller backdrop of either bushy wallflowers or more bronze or dark green ornamental germs and grasses. Still, I'm happy enough and today's purchases will provide me with an hour or two of gardening pleasure so I'll factor that into the cost. Luke's father is visiting so he bought all the sale plants (he's cheaper than i am) but yet again we have almost filled the boot of the car.