13 Saturday Jul 2019
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Choosing a plant of the month at this time of year is a little like choosing your favourite child. Daucus carota, the wild annual carrot, flowering in the blue border mainly from self sown plants is my choice. I grew it two years ago from seed, there was none in the garden last year, now this year…
A simple drought tolerant plant, easy and cheap to grow, used by herbalists, loved by the pollinators and ideal for wildlife friendly gardening.
Do you currently have a favourite flower?
03 Wednesday Jul 2019
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Sweet Pea ‘Green Fingers’
Iris ensata ‘Innocence’.
Lysimachia ‘Beaujolais’.
Lychnis Chalcedonica
Clematis ‘Madame Julia Correvon’ and Rosa ‘Francis E Lester’.
What is bringing you July Garden Joy?
06 Thursday Jun 2019
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Our garden@19, in May, was cloaked in the joy of May flowers, starting with the Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’ …
These pictures were taken just before our NGS May opening, when 77 visitors came on a Tuesday. We are now preparing for our next opening on Monday June 17th.
01 Wednesday May 2019
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Prunus serrula is an all year round favourite tree in Our Garden@19. However at this time of year it is also popular with the bees, especially the honey bees. The flowers are quite small and insignificant compared to the bark. Standing under the canopy when in flower it is a buzz with bees.
You will need full volume to capture some of the sound, because the majority of the bees working in the top of the tree. I guess the nectar flow is greater there early in the morning, before the sun penetrates the canopy.
A friend sent this to me, I thought it was so appropriate I have now added it.
― William Shakespeare.
Is anything creating a buzz in your garden?
