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Monthly Archives: July 2015
EOMV July. The field border.
Two areas that I have replanted recently are now starting to look like I envisaged. There is still a long way to go with both of them, but already they are an improvement on what was there before. The border … Continue reading
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Tagged climbers for July, corms for July, foliage for July, perennials for July, re-vamping a border
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Lackadaisical Lucifer!
Crocosmia Lucifer is playing his usual game in the month of July. In the spring, his foliage bursts through the soil and makes quite a statement with its sword shaped spears. But this doesn’t give you any indication of what … Continue reading
July GBFD. We need rain!
Rain keeps getting forecast, but it seems to miss us most of the time, we can see the rain clouds over Dartmoor, but they hardly ever reach our village! The garden is looking a bit dry in places, but we … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer, autumn tints, bog garden, contrasting foliage, hostas, july foliage, Verbascum, Yucca
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Great Weston Ride.
Today was the day that the family has been working towards for some time now. The Great Weston Ride is from Bristol to Weston Super Mare, 57 miles, raising funds for Prostate Cancer UK. Our daughter and family between them … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, cycling, Great Western Ride, Prostate Cancer UK, Weston Super Mare
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July is busting out all over! GBBD .
With all the hot weather that we have been having, everything seems to be flowering at once, but in the heat, plants are going over faster than normal and I seem to spend most of my time deadheading to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged Flowering shrubs in July, July bulbs, July climbers, July flowers, July perennials
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Lilies for a Day.
Or if you prefer, daylilies aka Hemerocallis. They do only flower for a day, but there are so many buds on each clump now, that we can now say that they flower for a month. I find that they look … Continue reading
Reaching for the sky.
The large ash tree in the back garden is host to a white Clematis montana and also Rosa Wedding Day. The clematis was planted to mark our son’s wedding 10 yrs ago and the rose to mark our daughter’s wedding … Continue reading
Guests, invited or otherwise.
Campanula is a lovely family of plants. Some are bought by me, some are passed along by friends, some arrive on the breeze, some are well behaved, some misbehave and some are so good they are really welcome to stay … Continue reading
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Tagged C.garganica Dickson's Gold, Campanula family, glomerata, lactiflora, latifolia, latiloba, poscharskyana
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