Another week has flown by and I’ve not done much in the garden. I had a flying visit from my daughter which was lovely, we had the usual wander round the garden but I tried to steer her away from all the weeds! Autumn flowers are now opening, showing that the seasons are changing even though we aren’t ready for it yet.
I suddenly noticed that my Tritonia rosea, which is a cousin of the Crocosmia, is flowering on the rockery, I can see it from where I sit at my lap top.
At last we have cooler weather and even had a tiny bit of rain the other night, which the garden ceratinly appreciated. We have been warned though that there is more heat on the way! The Olympics are coming to an end so there is no excuse any more for me not getting on with all the jobs that need doing outside, I have managed a little bit most days, concentrating on any weeds that are thinking of going to seed. My six for this week are here….
A Spirea in the front border, but can’t remember which variety it is, sorry!
Sorry, but for me it is just too hot and humid, we wait so long for summer to come and then when it does, I can’t cope! The house is lovely and cool, windows and doors open for any breeze and the curtains closed to shut the poor sunshine out. I have been gardening at 6am each morning in my pjs, thank goodness only the birds can see me! and then one more session after breakfast and by 9.30am I am whacked so that is it for the day. I can then sit down and watch the Olympics with a clear concience! I almost forgot to photograph my flowers yesterday, so busy watching TV and cheering on Team GB!
Lovely lily in a pot, It might be Stargazer, not sure as it was a present, but still surviving, think I must repot it for next year.
What a lovely few days I have had with the family! Most of the time was spent with my daughter and family in Bristol but then we all went to a my son and daughter in law in a village near Maidenhead last Sunday for the christening of grandson No 3! While I was away I noticed that Devon had a fair amount of rain so didn’t need to worry about my garden or pots, everything was looking very lush when I got back! No problem photographing plants for this weeks six, there were so many flowers everywhere, so lets begin………….
Greeting me at the gateway when I got back from my mini break is Crocosmia Paul’s Best Yellow. It is supposed to be by my Agapanthus, but I think something has moved, must do something about that.
After a week of rain, wind and sunshine, mostly rain, my meadow has flopped, C. Lucifer has flopped as the gardener took my supports for something else and didn’t put them back! and the orchid has now finished flowering but I can’t find any seed unfortunately. Today seems to be nice and sunny so hopefully it will stay that way.Even so I managed to find some nice new flowers for you.
Hemerocallis or Day Lilies are starting to flower around the garden, they make a nice splash of colour.
At last we have had some rain! Never thought I would be wanting rain for my garden, but I was finding watering more and more difficult from my water butts. It seems to have rained all Thursday night and all Friday afternoon and evening, and was still raining this morning but now the sun is shining, so no need to water today! It has been a week of two halves, mornings for doing whatever gardening I can and afternoons for watching tennis. Even though I can’t play any more, I did play a lot when I was much younger and enjoy watching it whenever I can. However, lots more flowers to enjoy when I can get out, so lets get on with my six.
Crocosmia Lucifer has decided it is time to strut his stuff and is looking as stunning as ever.
First of all I have to apologise for not getting back to you all last weekend, I did read all your lovely posts, but was so busy with my visitor, the time just flew by and then I was exhausted!
On to this weeks six, after a week of sunshine and strong winds, a bit cooler than we had been hoping.
Rose Liverpool Hope surrounded by Campanula poscharskyana. I think the colours go so well together.
After a week of sunshine with nice warm weather, somedays even hot, it rained yesterday evening and overnight. I’m sure the garden was very happy and it saved me any watering this morning. The sunshine brought lots of bees and butterflies out, it was lovely listening to the bees buzzing and seeing the butterflies fluttering everywhere. This weeks six are a mixed bag.
My favourite Hydrangea, such a beautiful pale blue.
Not much was done this week in the garden as rain stopped play! Mostly it was showers but then Thursday it was raining all day long and yesterday wasn’t much better. However the plants just keep on flowering and I manage to keep on photographing them, in between the showers! Still more roses to show you and one or two others.
Peony Sarah Bernhardt is having her moment of glory but she was bent double with the rain on Thursday, not looking too bad today.
We have had a dry week with just a few odd showers, quite a bit of sunshine and very cold wind. I think I’ve noticed the cold wind more than the plants, they seem to be coping very well indeed. Amongst all the other flowers that are blooming away, the stand out plants at the moment are all the roses, it is roses, roses everywhere, so that is where my six for this week will come from. Most of them are David Austin roses and they are all in the part of the garden which is between the house and the garage, all with hardy geraniums as ground cover.
Rosa Sharifa Asma is my first one, a beautiful rose with a fantastic scent.
