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Yearly Archives: 2012
Maybe one day…..
Maybe one day my bog garden will look as good, although on a much smaller scale, as the one we visited the other day at Marwood Hill Garden. The garden covers 20 acres altogether and contains 3 lakes with streamside … Continue reading
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Tagged astilbe, bog garden, candelabra primulas, hostas, primula viallii, rodgersias, stream planting
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Review of June’s rainbow
Looking back to the post reviewing March, where I was describing the work being done making a rainbow in the bog garden, click here, I thought I had better tell you how the planting was getting on in this review … Continue reading
Fresh June Foliage. G.B.F.D.
Once again it is time to look at the foliage in the garden for Garden Bloggers Foliage Day and see how it is adding to the overall picture in the month of June when the borders are overflowing with flowers. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, foliage, grasses, heucheras, hostas, rodgersias, sempervivum
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Poppies, Iris and Peonies.
Poppies, Iris and Peonies are the star attractions filling the gap between the spring bulbs and the summer perennials. Some of them are so OTT, others, more shy and retiring. The Iris come in all colours, some frilly and flouncy, … Continue reading
June abundance.
In spite of the awful weather we have been having for a while now, the flowers are bursting open all over the place. Thank goodness, the night we had dreadful gales, there wasn’t much damage done. Lots of branches and … Continue reading
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Tagged Azalea, clematis, foxgloves, Hosta, June flowers, meconopsis, primula, roses, Viburnum
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Walking on the Wildside with Hostas.
Yesterday we went to Dartmoor to visit a hosta nursery, Bowden Hostas, in Sticklepath, Devon, then after lunch we went to visit the garden Wildside, the garden of Keith and Ros Wiley. Bowden Hostas have won 24 gold medals from … Continue reading
Celebration time !
Our Queen had said that she wanted Sunday, 3rd June, to be the day when we all had “the big lunch” to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. For some reason our village is holding its Jubilee party on June 5th (nice … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronation Chicken, Diamond Jubilee, Pavlova, Queen Elizabeth, River Pageant
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Bijou residence for sale.
We have a few sitting areas in the garden but don’t get much time to sit. Last year we didn’t sit once on our swinging seat under the dead oak, so this year I thought we must have some sitting … Continue reading
Disappointment turns into Delight
At the beginning of May I was full of hope for my Meconopsis, lovely fat buds swelling nicely. Quite a few plants performing well so far, gorgeous flowers in that magical shade of turquoise, then suddenly, gale force winds from … Continue reading
Foliage for May. GBFD.
Foliage is bursting forth everywhere in the garden, you can almost see the leaves growing, getting larger and larger every day. This first photo though is of a road I drive along most days and the leaves on the beech … Continue reading
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Tagged Acanthus mollis, Actinidia kolomikta, epimedium, euphorbia, Hosta, Lemon balm, Linaria, lysimachia, Lythrum, Melissa, Rogersia, Rose, Sambucus
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