A couple of months ago Lady Mantle was invited by Max for lunch. This was the first time that one of my clients had visited another. It got me to thinking. When I lived in Bristol, before I saw the horti-light, I used to visit a hardware shop not far from where I worked. ItContinue reading “Double Vision”
Category Archives: Max’s Garden
Vague
Possibly Salvia atropurpurea with some kind of buzzy bee thing. It was that kind of day. Vague in a good way.
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?
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”
Albizia julibrissin f. rosea – Pink Persian Silk Tree
The Pink Persian Silk Tree in Max’s garden is past its best. The snappily named Albizia julibrissin f. rosea is unmistakably in its second, or even third, flush of youth. Last week, before the wind and wet rushed in and ruffled its tassels, it was in full finery. Although many spent blooms litter the driveContinue reading “Albizia julibrissin f. rosea – Pink Persian Silk Tree”
Carpenteria californica – Tree Anemone
Seems to have settled in OK.
Off The Edge Gardening 