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Boggy Update.
With the alternate rain and sunshine that we have been having during May, the plants in the bog garden have shot up and I have been working hard to keep up with them. Back on 3.5.22 this is how it … Continue reading
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Tagged astilbe, bog plants, Hosta, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Primula aurantiaca, primula chungensis, primula japonica, rodgersia
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Battling the Bog
Not a battle really, more a minor skirmish. I have just finished getting the rockery sorted and then went on to weed the back border between the garden and the woodland. I then thought that the next area to flower … Continue reading
Where have all the weeds gone?
Slowly but surely the weeds in the bog garden have gradually been pulled out. I’ve been so busy weeding in the garden that time for blogging has had to take a back seat. These days I can only manage short … Continue reading
GBBD August. Welcome rain.
I can’t believe that August is half way through. We have had quite a bit of rain followed by sunshine, on and off all month, which has meant that flowers are blooming everywhere. Quite often August is a dry month … Continue reading
A mixed bag.
In just a few days since G.B.Foliage Day, the Rogersia which was just showing a couple of tiny leaves, has grown so much already. And it has put out so many new leaves. I think the colouring and the texture … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby birds, bog plants, first clematis and first rose, red lily beetle, Rhododendron ponticum, woodland
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Blooming Maytime. GBBD.
May is the time when the garden goes into overdrive, everything seems to want to bloom at the same time, I just wish I could press a pause button and slow everything down a bit. Rhododendrons and Azaleas are now … Continue reading
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Tagged azaleas, bog plants, candelabra primulas, choisya, Clematis montana, flowering shrubs, May flowers, rhododendrons, Viburnum, Weigela
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May has flown by. EOMV.
The woodland is much the same as last month, I’ve not got any more new planting done as I’ve been concentrating on trying to get the borders weeded in the main garden. With all the rain we have had, at … Continue reading
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Tagged astilbes, bog garden, bog plants, Ferns, hostas, iris, plants for wet, primulas, rodgersia, Zantedeschia aethiopica
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Flowers for July GBBD
My garden and I are feeling the same, hot, tired and wilting in all this heat, hoping that we can have some rain soon, just at night time of course! It’s well over 4 weeks now since we had any … Continue reading
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Tagged bog plants, clematis, day lilies, iris, July flowers, Lilies, perennials, poppies, primula, roses, Shade plants
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Review of June’s rainbow
Looking back to the post reviewing March, where I was describing the work being done making a rainbow in the bog garden, click here, I thought I had better tell you how the planting was getting on in this review … Continue reading