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Yearly Archives: 2011
Foliage Day.
Christina @ Creating my own garden of the Hesperides, is hosting this Foliage Day meme so that we can appreciate the beauty of foliage and see which foliage is still looking good after the summer. When planting a new border … Continue reading
A good year for Butterflies.
Even though we haven’t had a wonderfully hot, sunny summer, we certainly have had plenty of butterflies and other insects flying around the garden and adding extra colour. Early in the spring we had plenty of Orange Tips but they … Continue reading
Planning a Rainbow.
I’m sure all gardeners have had moments when garden visiting, that have so inspired them, that they can’t wait to get home and start changing part of their own garden. This is how it was for me when on holiday … Continue reading
August roundup.
Just thought I would do a quick whizz around the garden to record what is still in flower, found there was more than I had anticipated.
Posted in News
Tagged Aeonium, agapanthus, Allium, Angelica, Anthemis, Arum, astilbe, Buddleja, clematis, Colchicum, Crepis incana, crocosmia, Cyclamen, Dahlia, Echinacae, Erigeron, Eupatorum, Evening primrose, Feverfew, Fuchsia, hydrangea, Inula, Japanese Anemone, Limonium, Liriope muscari, Penstemon, Rosa, Rudbeckia, Stipa, Tulbaghia, Verbascum, Verbena
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Feline invasion.
This post is for all the cat lovers that I know are out there. I think the word has gone round our village that any cats that come to the garden will appear on my blog ! Our latest visitor … Continue reading
Misty, moisty morning.
Autumn arrived here yesterday. When I looked out ,it was thick fog, couldn’t see to the end of the garden.
Temperamental Lilies !
Usually due to our wet, mild winters, lilies don’t do very well for me on our heavy clay. Because our soil is very sticky during the winter months, the bulbs usually just rot away, never to be seen again, in … Continue reading
Who’s this in my garden?
Each time I go into the garden, I seem to feel that I am not alone. Have you ever felt that someone is watching you, but you can’t manage to see them ?
Disaster strikes the Horse Chestnuts.
Horse Chestnut trees, Aesculus hippocastanum , are very large deciduous trees, 36m tall, found in the countryside, parks and gardens.They have bold divided leaves with white spires of flowers in the spring which later, in the autumn, turn into the … Continue reading
Posted in Hints and Tips, News
Tagged Aesculus, Cameraria ohridella, Horse Chestnut, Leaf Miner Moth
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