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Monthly Archives: June 2013
End of month review -June.
Where has the month of June gone, time is just flying by and I’m still playing catch up! We are gradually catching up with all the weeding, having neglected the garden somewhat for 2 yrs, while the medics were trying … Continue reading
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Tagged alliums, astilbes, autumn flowers, Ferns, heucheras, hostas, June flowers, late flowers, Lilies, Shade plants
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Rainbow for June and July
The bog garden, which is formed by an underground stream, certainly comes into it’s own at the beginning of June when flowers start bursting out along the length of the border. There are all the colours of the rainbow, red, … Continue reading
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Tagged alpicola, aurantiaca, bog garden, bulleesiana, candelabra primulas, Ferns, hostas, Inverewe, iris, meconopsisa, plants for damp soil, Postford White, primulas, rheum palmatum, Zantedeschia aethiopica
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June Foliage for GBFD.
As well as all the beautiful flowers that are out at the moment, the foliage just gets better and better . Not just evergreens, golds and silvers, but there are purples, bronze, peach and lots of shades in between. Texture … Continue reading
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Tagged bronze foliage, contrasting foliage, evergreens, foliage, gold foliage, june foliage, silver foliage
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GBBD. June abundance.
Once the lovely sunny weather arrived in June, everything started to explode into flower and we felt that summer had arrived at last. It lasted for about 10 days, now it is back to rain, which we did need, and … Continue reading
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Tagged early climbers, early perennials, flowering shrubs, June flowers, summer bulbs, summer flowers
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Meconopsis time.
It’s the time of year when I go looking for that delicious shade of blue in the garden. To start with, in February, looking to see how many plants of Meconopsis Lingholm have survived the winter, then when I can … Continue reading
Chiffchaffs.
Following on from my last post, after a quick snack at the Blue Vinney pub near to the Sculpture by the Lakes, we crossed to the north of Dorset to visit the garden, Chiffchaffs. We had visited this garden a … Continue reading
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Tagged Chiffchaffs, garden visiting, gardens in Dorset, meconopsis, shady planting, woodland planting
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Three score years and ten!
Where have all the years gone, time has whizzed by so quickly, so now I have to admit that yesterday was the day for the big Seven O! When I was twenty, I thought people of 70 were ancient, now … Continue reading
Don’t forget to look up.
While walking round the garden, we all too often are looking down at our plants in the borders. Sometimes it pays to look up to see what is happening above eye level as happened to me the other day. Having … Continue reading