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Foliage for July GBFD.
Thanks to Christina, we are now focusing on the foliage in our gardens. Flowers are everywhere and it is hard to focus on the leaves, but some of them are so beautiful, it is a shame they get overlooked in … Continue reading
July is the month for …..Day lilies.
More and more day lilies or Hemerocallis, open their flowers during the month of July. They bring such colour to the borders while the roses are having a rest before flowering again. They are so easy to grow and don’t … Continue reading
Red, White and Blue. G.B.B.D July
When taking photographs for July’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, it dawned on me how many flowers there were in the garden, in the British patriotic colours of red, white and blue. Crocosmia Lucifer has just started flowering up by the … Continue reading
It can’t be 48 years!
It can though. Forty eight years ago today, there we were, young and innocent, getting married! We have just had a lovely day out visiting a garden in the Dartmoor area and then having a fantastic lunch in a nearby … Continue reading
A wander round the garden. EOMV June.
When we used to open our garden for the National Garden Scheme, it was always in June that we opened it, as all the borders were putting on a display of flowers. Some areas peak at different times, like the … Continue reading
Time to look up.
Usually looking at flowers involves looking down or even bending over to examine our treasures, but lately I have doing the opposite, looking high up into the tops of trees. First of all, up the dead oak in the middle … Continue reading
The Foliage in June is Hiding! GBFD.
Normally the foliage in the garden is so easy to see, so there is no problem when it comes to photographing leaves for GBFD hosted by Christina. This time though, it is flowers, flowers and even more flowers, I have … Continue reading
June’s bounty ! GBBD.
It’s difficult to know where to start, there are so many flowers all vying for attention this Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. I think I’ll start in the front with some oriental poppies in the Bee and Butterfly border. This one … Continue reading
Celebrating!
Twelve months pass by far too quickly these days and another birthday has been and gone! Thursday last week dawned bright and sunny and the weather forecast promised us a dry and windy day. Having looked at the National Garden … Continue reading