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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Time for a Makeover. End of Month View.
The Rhododendron bed, or the Sunset Bed, is in urgent need of a makeover, so I’m making this the subject of my End of Month Review. Plants have been seeding around and the end result has become rather a jumble. … 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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Andrew’s Corner.
Normally we stay at home when it’s a Bank Holiday, as the roads can get so busy down here in Devon at holiday time and driving isn’t a pleasure any more. However, today we found that a garden was open … Continue reading
Lovely new foliage everywhere.GBFD May
It’s not just that we have wonderfully coloured flowers everywhere in May, the foliage isn’t bad either! Everywhere is still looking so fresh and the leaves are every bit as good as the flowers in some cases. Quite a few … Continue reading
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Tagged contrasting foliage, deciduous foliage, evergreenfoliage, May foliage
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At last, we can stay at home!
Or, we can go out whenever we like! For the last eight weeks the undergardener and I, have been going to the hospital in Exeter every day for radio therapy treatment for his prostate cancer. Last Friday was his last … Continue reading
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Tagged Exeter R.D.&E Hospital., Oncology Dept, Prostate Cancer, treatment
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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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A slow, slow, worms eye view.
It was the under gardener’s birthday last week and we went to Cornwall for the day looking for steam trains. After having a ride behind one we made our way to the Plume of Feathers Inn where we had a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anguis fragilis, Azalea, Cornwall, Duchy of Cornwall, rhododendron, Slow worm
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Scaling the heights.
My pink Clematis montana is quietly scrambling up one of the ancient oaks at the side of the garden, at the back of the rhododendron bed. For years I thought it had died because the first year after planting I … Continue reading
P.I.P.s in May.
May is the month for ebullient flowering, the garden will be overflowing with flowers that are definitely OTT! The Pips in question are the flamboyant Peonies, Iris and Poppies and they are joined by Rhododendrons and Azaleas, but they will … Continue reading
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Tagged Dwarf Iris, iris, May flowers, Molly the Witch, paeony Mlokosewitschii, peonies, poppies, tree peonies, Welsh poppy
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