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Yearly Archives: 2023
Six on Saturday 5.8.2023
Another week of sunshine and rain, sometimes a lot more rain than sunshine! However I feel I must stop moaning about the rain as I have noticed that all my surviving rhododendrons are literally covered with luscious, fat, juicy flower … Continue reading
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Tagged Anemone japonica, Conkers, Epimedium Amber Queen, hydrangea paniculata, lily, Rhododendron buds
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Six on Saturday. 29.07.2023
Another week of sun and rain, the plants are certainly happy and the gardener is when she can get out and do some work! Inside the house is looking much cleaner and tidier now too, just in time for more … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeonium, Crocosmia solfaterre, Fuchsia, Honeysuckle, lily, Rosa The Prince
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Hardly any Holes in the Hostas.
While wandering round the garden looking for flowers for Six on Saturday posts, I noticed how well the hostas were doing, so thought they could have a different post all to themselves. Despite the drought last summer when they retreated … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 21.7.2023
Another week of tidying, weeding, watering and cutting back, the plants are growing so quickly having had rain and sunshine recently. We have only had a little bit of rain this week. but are expecting quite a lot today, whereas … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 15.7.2023
Well, we can’t complain any more that we need more rain, we had a deluge all day yesterday with more promised today. We have had rain and sunshine in equal quantities all week, but now the rain has eventually won. … Continue reading
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Tagged Clematis Prince Charles, crocosmia, hydrangeas, Hypericum prolificum, Myrtus communis, Rosa Brother Cadfael
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Six on Saturday. 8.7.2023
We have been told by our local weather forecaster that our day of rain last week only brought us 1.5 cms, nowhere near enough unfortunately, maybe this weekends rain will add to that. Yesterday was so hot, back to scorching … Continue reading
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Tagged Eucalyptus, Gt. Spotted Woodpeckers, hemerocallis, hydrangea, Stipa giganteum
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June frothing with Abundance.
June is the most wonderful month, with flowers definitely in abundance and self seeders frothing everywhere. This is the time of year when we used to open our garden under the National Garden Scheme, when we felt it was the … Continue reading
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Six on Saturday 1.7.2023
Half the year gone already, how time flies! Yesterday we had some lovely gentle rain nearly all day, I just hope it got through all the tree canopies and they didn’t act as umbrellas over the plants beneath. I have … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 24.6.2023
We have had lots more hot sunshine during the week with just the odd little shower, I think it has rained a couple of times during the night, but nowhere near enough, we need more, lots more rain! I think … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 17.6.2023
We have had rain! At last we had a decent amount overnight with the promise of more to come this weekend, thank goodness. So many plants are now flowering, it was this weekend that we used to open for the … Continue reading
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