My friend the Frustrated Gardener recently extolled the virtues of the blue hydrangea in his post True Blue. I am totally with him on this one, they are an amazing spectacle at this time of year, to be honest I agree with him on most things. But looking out off of my window this afternoon IContinue reading “Blue is not the only Colour”
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Second Time Lucky
Caught it! Bit blurry but I was balancing on a steep back at the time. Lovely Tibouchina urvilleana!
Scabiosa ‘Plum Pudding’
Just because.
Cunning Combos – Part Three
It appears that I am the owner of a magic coat. The moment you put it on it stops raining, as soon as you take it off and leave it a leg stretch away, the downpour resumes. Amazing. I would prefer it had some other magical property, maybe invisibility, psychic powers or perhaps theContinue reading “Cunning Combos – Part Three”
String
“You need to get some string to tie up the gladdies before they topple over.” These were my parting words to Nancy Nightingale last week. Arriving for my singing lesson today, I could help but smile when I saw her alternative. That’s my gal.
Kindness
We are really going to have to think of another simile. I am racking my brain at this very moment. But I can’t. So it you will have to bear with me. Today was a roller-coaster of a day. Fortunately each low had a high that exceeded it. It started with taking my car toContinue reading “Kindness”
It is all in the Name
To win a competition is great. To win a competition that you didn’t even enter is amazing. A few months ago I received an email from the National Dahlia Collection to say that I had won a prize. Everyone who subscribed to their newsletter was automatically entered and I was one of the lucky ones.Continue reading “It is all in the Name”
Cunning Combo – Part Two
We had a wonderful day at RHS Rosemoor, me and the gals. A full and “no holds barred” report will follow in due course. Unless the extortion money is received. In the meantime here is another Cunning Combo for your delight – the elegant partnership of Veronicastrum virginicum and Nicotiana mutabilis, complimenting in colour and contrasting inContinue reading “Cunning Combo – Part Two”
Missed Again
I have been waiting patiently, well OK not that patiently, for the Tibouchina urvilleana at Max’s to flower. One bud was showing a little colour, it wouldn’t be long before I could bask in its deep indigo light. But it was not to be. I missed again. Never mind, there are other buds coming, aContinue reading “Missed Again”
Half Full
Generally, I am a “cup half full” kind of person. Just like this zantedeschia.
Off The Edge Gardening 