07 Wednesday Aug 2019
Posted in Gardening, Our Garden@19, Plantlife
Fig leaf Holly Hocks are my choice, in August, for plant of the month in our garden@19.
I love the delicate colours of this one. The seed was sent to me probably two years ago by Gill Heavens after admiring pictures of them on her blog. This is their first flowering.
Do you have an August favourite?
13 Saturday Jul 2019
Posted in Gardening, Our Garden@19, Plantlife, Wildlife
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.
