This lovely little member of the saxifrage family enticed me with its rosy autumnal foliage. Little did I know quite how delightful the flower spikes of Mukdenia rossii would be, standing tall above the barely emerging bronze/green palmate leaves. If you have a sliver of woodlandesque garden, not too dry, I would recommend this ChineseContinue reading “Mukdenia rossii”
Author Archives: offtheedgegardening
Unfurling
Over the years it has become apparent to me that some plants are more reluctant to awaken in the spring than others. They like to take their own time, pootle along at their own rate, unaffected by what others may be doing around them, namely participating in the Great Spring Re-Clothing. These plants are playersContinue reading “Unfurling”
Proper
Now that is what I call a proper Easter Sunday. The sun shone, the people smiled and the cherry tree bloomed. Happy Easter everyone!
One Love
A Rasta sheep, could there anything better on a mizzly, cold Maundy Thursday? Only perhaps a Rasta lamb. But for those will have to wait a little longer. But not much. As Mr Marley once sang: One Love! One Heart! Let’s get together and feel all right. Thanks for all your good wishes x
Complacency
Complacency – don’t do it! For some inexplicable reason, certainly not involving excitement or adventure of any kind, I have hurt my shoulder/shoulder blade/ribs/back kind of area. After a night without a wink of sleep (well it felt like it anyway) I did not have a happy day. Pretty grumpy on the whole. It hurtContinue reading “Complacency”
Great Expectations
Over the last few months I have been gardening blind, for the most part anyway. My new clients’ gardens were previously unknown to me and as such a mystery. Strangers who I needed to become acquainted with and hopefully will eventually call my friends. In an attempt not to appear a complete dimwit (quietContinue reading “Great Expectations”
Yodel
Last week I met Mr and Mrs G’s son, G Junior, and he was asked if we had been previously introduced. “No” he said “But I think I have heard her yodelling”. I would like to make two comments about this observation: 1. This is very likely to be true. 2. He seemed singularly unsurprisedContinue reading “Yodel”
The Commonly Beautiful
In my previous mono-garden existence I enjoyed growing the unusual species, the less common cultivars, the few and far between. Any plant I hadn’t come across before was irresistible to me, I actively sought out the rare, the hard to come by. If a visiting dignitary either enquired after a cultivar, genus or even speciesContinue reading “The Commonly Beautiful”
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Marmite
This “Barbie on a special night out” azalea is bound to divide opinion, it is a plant that you will either love or you will hate. Personally I rather admire its irreverence, its total lack of subtlety, although I could probably only cope for short periods of time. I would have to avoid any closeContinue reading “Marmite”
Off The Edge Gardening 