Possibly Salvia atropurpurea with some kind of buzzy bee thing. It was that kind of day. Vague in a good way.
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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?
Phew!
This is Nancy Nightingale’s garden. After a whole month of total neglect. Yes four full weeks of being ignored. Our very own NN has been abroad on a secret mission and her home in the meantime been home to wannabe surfers and possibly hipsters. Not a gardener in sight. When I visited yesterday I wasContinue reading “Phew!”
Six on Saturday – Eye of the Storm
As we have been spared, well I have anyway, Six on Saturday will go ahead as planned. Please do us all a favour and take a look at the The Prop’s site, he gets in a terrible sulk if you don’t. And a Propogator sulk is a magnificently terrifying event. We begin with SalviaContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Eye of the Storm”
Reading
A couple of weeks ago I was in my doctor’s waiting room, quite happily making imaginary diagnoses of my fellow patients with one eye whilst reading a magazine with the other. Do not try this at home, it is a skill I have taken years to perfect. Just as I was about to findContinue reading “Reading”
Bright Side
There are some advantages to persistent mizzle, even when you are out in it all day, stewing like an old turnip in head to toe waterproofs, the only ventilation provided by a leaking boot. They are as follows: Good company, both human and canine, although a degree of encouragement was dispensed from the dry sideContinue reading “Bright Side”
Off The Edge Gardening 