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Six on Saturday 5.8.2023
Another week of sunshine and rain, sometimes a lot more rain than sunshine! However I feel I must stop moaning about the rain as I have noticed that all my surviving rhododendrons are literally covered with luscious, fat, juicy flower … Continue reading
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Tagged Anemone japonica, Conkers, Epimedium Amber Queen, hydrangea paniculata, lily, Rhododendron buds
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Six on Saturday. 29.07.2023
Another week of sun and rain, the plants are certainly happy and the gardener is when she can get out and do some work! Inside the house is looking much cleaner and tidier now too, just in time for more … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeonium, Crocosmia solfaterre, Fuchsia, Honeysuckle, lily, Rosa The Prince
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GBBD. September flowers.
We were warned by the weathermen that our summer was coming to an end and the first Autumn storm was approaching. Some of the flowers are looking pretty wet, but in a rare splash of sunlight when the rain stopped … Continue reading
August Flowers. GBBD.
So far, August has been a bit mixed, weatherwise. We have had lots of hot sunshine but just a small amount of gentle rain which really hasn’t been enough to keep the garden looking happy or the water butts filled. … Continue reading
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Tagged acanthus, agapanthus, Anthemis, astibe, August flowers, buddleia, cardoon, clematis, Cyclamen, Erigeron, Fennel, filipendula, Honeysuckle, hydrangea, hypericum, kniphofia, lily, perovskia, roses, trachelospermum, verbena bonariensis
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Review of the month of July.
The month of July was unusual in that it was so hot and humid. Having to watch the garden suffer through the lack of rain and only being able to water the essentials that were obviously struggling did not make … Continue reading
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Tagged acanthus, Clematis viticella, Crepis incana, crocosmia, dahlias, day lilies, Fruit, iris, July flowers, lily, Primula florindae
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Super Summer in September
With summer only really arriving in September this year, flowers seem to have gone into overdrive, almost as if they want to make up for lost time. If we start with the Clematis Alba Luxuriens on the pergola, this is … Continue reading
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Tagged anemone, Angelica, autumn flowers, clematis, Fennel, Fuchsia, grasses, Hosta, Inula, lily, Lythrum, Miscanthus, physostegia, Rose, Rudbeckia, September flowers, Tulbaghia, watsonia
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Flowers for July, part 1.
Another month where the sun has been in very short supply, non stop rain most days, all thanks apparently to the jet stream in the upper atmosphere sitting over the south of England. Floods in the nearest town are very … Continue reading
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Tagged Allium, alstroemeria, astilbes, campanula, Digitalis, Erigeron, Fuchsia, hemerocallis, heuchera, iris, July flowers, lily, Linaria, poppy, prunella, rodgersia, roses, saxifrage, sempervivum, trachelospermum
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