It seems I have a growing collection of Agapanthus in the garden more by luck than design. It probably is because I have a weakness for all bulbs and at this time of year its seems to be either Agapanthus or Crocosmia. Over recent years they have been moved to the big border which is…
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End of Month View – July 2018
2018 2009 I write this end of month post with a sense of relief as July seems to have been a very long and dry month. We finally had rain on Friday after something like 6-8 weeks with only a small downpour one day. The rain started on Friday and has been off and on…
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – July 2018
When I started taking photos in the garden this morning it didn’t feel as though there was a lot in flower. My garden feels like it is in a bit of a lull between early summer and late summer which I am sure the lack of rain for the last month hasn’t helped. The roses…
End of Month View June 2018
What a change a month brings. Last month I was bemoaning my inability to get sunny photos of the garden; this month it has been a challenge to take photos without the bright sun bleeding out the light. We have had no rain for two weeks now, possibly longer. There are some plants which are…
Foliage Follow Up – June 2018
A day late but am joining in with Pam’s Foliage Follow Up meme. I thought I would share some photos of my front garden which is in transition from its spring bulbs to late summer perennials. However, I am thrilled at how much texture and interest there is at the moment just from the foliage….
GBBD June 2018 – Its all about the roses
Having wandered around the garden taking photos of what is in flower for the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post I realised that the roses were stealing the show this month so I have focussed entirely on them. I think this is a good year for roses. We saw so many bushes smothered in flowers on…
End of Month View: May 2018
A somewhat bedraggled garden for this month’s End of Month View post. I stupidly thought at the weekend, when it was sunny, I’ll take the photos nearer the end of the month as the poppies may have opened. Foolish me! So these photos were taken this morning in drizzle with mist hanging over the hills…
The front garden two years on
Its been two years, and a couple of weeks, since I, well my youngest son, dug up our front lawn. It was decision I laboured over for more than a year – what would I put in its place? Well plants obviously, but what? What theme would I have? Did I need a focal point?…
GBBD May 2018
Whilst I was away having a jolly time in Austin the garden was busy getting on with life and a new cast was waiting to surprise me. The first Aquilegia flowers definitely signify the imminent arrival of summer. Sadly over the years the number of long spurred Aquilegias seem to have diminished, something I must…
End of Month View – April 2018
I’m choosing to resist the temptation to bemoan the weather over the last month and instead celebrate the abundance in my borders. The tipsy pots are a clear indicator of the absence of the gardener for most of this past month. Life has been busy with little time to garden but I had a wonderful…
