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Yearly Archives: 2018
Star performer.
The flowers on my variegated Yucca are opening nicely now and making quite a statement in the garden. The actual flower spike measures about 3 ft and the individual flowers are about 2 or 3 inches long so the whole … Continue reading
Hanging in there. GBBD October 2018
I didn’t think there would be many flowers this month, but it is surprising what I found when I ventured out between the showers of Storm Callum. Some are bravely flowering away as if the wind and rain we have … Continue reading
Indoor beauties.
I’m thoroughly cheesed off with my garden at the moment, I can’t whip up any enthusiasm for doing all that needs doing, so my attention is turning indoors. One of my kitchen windows faces north east and is proving to … Continue reading
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Tagged African violet, christmas cactus, indoor flowers, Indoor plants, Orchid, Streptocarpus
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The garden is getting into Party Mode.
Trees and shrubs are starting to change into their party clothes before finishing for the year. Colours are emerging so much earlier than they usually do, a good month ahead of the last few years. Some trees and shrubs though … Continue reading
Looking good at the moment.
Some of the garden is still looking stressed after our really hot, dry summer, but in certain areas there are delights to be found, plants that are doing really well, or even doing much better than usual. The first is … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelanchier lamarckii, Colchicum, Cyclamen, Erigeron, fuchsias, grasses, plants that like the heat, Yucca
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Time to mow.
I decided it was time to mow my mini meadow the other day, but because of its small size, it is a strimmer that is used to cut the grass back. I liked the way it looked with its grass … Continue reading
At last, something positive.
Having spent all summer trying to keep my garden alive, at last I have something positive to write about. It has been difficult carrying water round the garden, so eventually I just watered the pots and any recent planting which … Continue reading
Is it still July…….
…….Or can I be forgiven for thinking that it looks like November?
One man went to mow…….
But not yet for a while. Any mowing will be done at the end of August, by which time the grass will be a lot longer and I’ll have had a lot more different flowers in my tiny meadow.
July 2018. Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.
I felt that there wouldn’t be much to photograph for this month’s Bloom Day due to the drought and heat that we have been experiencing for the last few months. Our “green and pleasant land” is only as it is … Continue reading