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Winding down. GBBD October 2016.
Colder weather has been coming from the East and shorter days are making it feel really autumnal. Now it’s all change, with the wind from the SW bringing much needed rain. Flowers are now in shorter supply than previously, the … Continue reading
Thank you to the Ants.
I really must learn to be more patient. When I saw the first Cyclamen hederifolium popping up in the woodland a month ago, they were immediately photographed and a post written about them. If only I had waited, there are … Continue reading
What a difference a month makes. GBBD September.
Looking back at last months offering for GBBD, I can’t help but notice the difference between the garden now and a month ago. Now there are leaves falling everywhere, making the garden look very autumnal, they are mainly horse chestnut … Continue reading
Decreasing numbers. GBBD November.
Halfway through November and it is very clear that we don’t have as many flowers this month, I think the flowers have decided that winter will soon be with us. We have had a very mild November so far, with … Continue reading
Looking Good. Friday 13th November.
I was amazed to find that Iris unguicularis Walter Butt had started flowering at the end of October. The first year it was planted here, it flowered in December, last year it flowered in November, but this year it was … Continue reading
Last Garden Visit of the year.
Last Saturday the weather was absolutely wonderful, bright blue sky and lovely sunshine, so we made the most of it and went to The Garden House , Buckland Monachorum on Dartmoor, just 10 miles from Plymouth. The sun was surprisingly … Continue reading
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Tagged Acers, autumn flowers, autumn tints, Buckland Monachorum, colours of autumn, The Garden House
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October Bloom Day.
The flowers keep coming, but I think with our colder weather coming from Russia at the moment, they will now slow down. There is no doubt that it is autumn, the sun is lower in the sky, night time temperatures … Continue reading
Looking good, Friday, 9th October 2015.
What is looking good today, good enough to be linked to “Looking good on Friday” hosted by Gillian at Country Garden UK… Once again it turned out to be something that has been flowering for quite some time now, but … Continue reading
Deja vu.
At this time last year we had decided to visit Picton Garden and Old Court Nurseries in Worcestershire, in the last week of September. Unfortunately fate stepped in, as this was when the undergardener was rushed into hospital. Last week, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asters, autumn flowers, Michaelmas daisies, National Collection of Asters, Old Court Nurseries, Picton Garden
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Star of the Autumn Woodland.
The main flowering period for the woodland is January, February, March and April. Over the years I have planted a few Cyclamen hederifolium corms to have some interest in there in the autumn before the autumn tints come on the … Continue reading