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Six on Saturday. 27.4.2024
A quick one this week as I’m not at home, will catch up with you all hopefully tomorrow. We are back to cold and rain, today at midday it was only +5C but I have managed to do a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Camassia, clematis, epimedium, rhododendron, Viburnum
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Six on Saturday 02. 04. 22
From T shirts back to winter jumpers and a gardening coat and I’m still cold when I go outside! I managed a bit of gardening yesterday, cutting back and weeding in the back gravel area so that I was sheltered … Continue reading
Three beauties.
In amongst all the plants that are flowering at the moment, there are three that stand out. One because it is so fleeting, one because it is appreciated as the last of its kind to flower for this year and … Continue reading
My new Plant of the Moment.
The plant that I am visiting each day at the moment is Epimedium Amber Queen. This plant was new last year and I’m so impressed at the way it has taken off in the woodland here and the number of … Continue reading
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Tagged epimedium, Epimedium Amber Queen, flowers for shade, spring flowers
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A gradual change of colour for GBFD.
Taking photographs for this month’s Foliage Day was a question of dodging the showers, sometimes they were quite light but at others it was torrential rain. A gradual change is coming over the garden, a more golden tint to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer, autumn leaves, Azalea, Betula, Cherry, Cornus, Cotoneaster, epimedium, evergreens, Ferns, foliage, Horse Chestnut, Viburnum
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Garden abundance.
I thought I would catch up with the garden before showing the photos of the wild flowers in the Scillies. When we got back, the difference in the garden was amazing, blossom and an explosion of flowers everywhere. New growth … Continue reading
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Tagged bog planting, camellia blossom, cowslips, epimedium, erythronium, hostas, snowflakes, Spring bulbs, spring perennials, Tulip sylvestris, wood anemones
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Major cut backs.
No, I’m not talking about the financial situation in the country at the moment, or talking about not buying so many plants in future! It’s the time of year to get the secateurs out and cut back lots of shrubs … Continue reading
Foliage for May. GBFD.
Foliage is bursting forth everywhere in the garden, you can almost see the leaves growing, getting larger and larger every day. This first photo though is of a road I drive along most days and the leaves on the beech … Continue reading
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Tagged Acanthus mollis, Actinidia kolomikta, epimedium, euphorbia, Hosta, Lemon balm, Linaria, lysimachia, Lythrum, Melissa, Rogersia, Rose, Sambucus
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Braving the Rain in May.
Having almost non stop rain for a month, with a gale or two thrown in, the flowers are still managing to put on a colourful display. The garden is absolutely sodden so there isn’t much that can be done at … Continue reading
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Tagged apple blossom, bluebells, Camassia, Centranthus, Chaenomeles, Darmera, epimedium, erythronium, forget me not, iris, meconopsis, narcissus, pulsatilla, tree peony
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Confused
The weather we have been having during October has our poor plants so confused that they think spring has arrived already. It has been so warm, for the time of year, with the wind coming up from Africa, the few … Continue reading