Some plants are very late coming into bloom in our garden. As we live in a blame-blame culture I am going to point the finger at a hard winter, a late spring, followed by a sweltering summer. It could be one, the other, a combination of any, whatever, they are tardy. This reluctance to flowerContinue reading “Blame”
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Six on Saturday – Happy Holidays
After a week or more away, I have come home to builders, scaffolding, inaccessible plants and a really vicious cold. For this reason (and I will continue to blame everything on the builders including my poor health, who in reality are rather nice chaps, until further notice) my Six on Saturday will dwell on holidayContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Happy Holidays”
Second Time Around
A day of mizzle and murk, that is until the moment I clocked off when the sun came out in all its glory. Life is like that sometimes. I arrived home to find the scaffolding complete and a quartet of builders in deep debate. I am not absolutely certain, but I am pretty certain IContinue reading “Second Time Around”
Six on Saturday – Disrupted
It has been a disruptive week. I am disrupted. Bits all over the place. Betwixt and between I have half an hour to spare. What better use of this time than attempting a Six on Saturday. I mean if Mr K can fell and dispose of a 15m length of leylandii and still contribute toContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Disrupted”
Vague
Possibly Salvia atropurpurea with some kind of buzzy bee thing. It was that kind of day. Vague in a good way.
Demarcation
After very enjoyable, but rather hectic, weekend it was a treat to spend the day on Button Moon. Even better I was joined by my friend Pickle. First we surveyed the garden. I was looking for progression and regression in order to make an accurate assessment of horticultural jobs and their relative urgency. Pickle wasContinue reading “Demarcation”
Trending
Bees on heleniums are so last season, darling! This year it is all about the baby snail.
Brain Plant
This is one of Nancy Nightingale’s purchases. I like to call it the brain plant. That is because I have no idea of the true name. I am not sure that I want to know. However the more I look at its bizarre folds of scarlet, and in spite of myself, I am beginning toContinue reading “Brain Plant”
Six on Saturday – The Builders Are Coming …….
September, how did that happen? This “time passing” malarkey is quite disturbing sometimes. It is Six on Saturday time once more. What Andrew Lloyd Webber is to musical theatre, The Prop is to the Meme. But much more handsome. Take a look at his blog and marvel at some of his greatest hits, the divasContinue reading “Six on Saturday – The Builders Are Coming …….”
Rudbeckia laciniata ‘Goldquelle’
A new rudbeckia for me this year is Rudbeckia laciniata ‘Goldquelle’, purchased by Max’s Dad during one of his on-line splurges. Good choice, don’t you think?
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