First glimpse of the new garden
As you can imagine, a combination of moving from Sheffield to Penarth, along with managing my health, has meant blogging has been low down on the list of things to do. I’m going to focus on short and sweet blogs …
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Postcards from the front garden: Summer 2021
My goodness, it’s now Autumn and I’ve not posted anything about the front garden for some time. I thought I’d share photo’s of the front garden I took over summer so you can see how it’s growing. June: not long …
Hedging my bets
Hedges are great. I mean, the right kind of hedges a great. A nice beech hedge, that’s a great hedge. But not all hedges are planted equal. Like, when someone, for reasons only known to themselves, decides to plant six …
Acer griseum: playing the long game
With some plants, you really have to play the long game. No instant gratification, just planning, and years of waiting. Acer griseum (Japanese maple, also known as the paperbark maple) is probably my favourite autumn-winter tree, for it’s leaf colour, …
Cracking Crocosmia
Late summer and the Crocosmia is cracking hot in my front garden. Crocosmia are one our favourite summer plants and we have several cultivars. First up is everybody’s favourite, Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’. This always flowers before any other Crocosmia in my …
Front garden: Spring 2020 overview, in pictures
The front garden, May 2020 The front garden has really come a long way since we first moved in. So this is an overview in pictures (I am too exhausted to write much at the moment), particularly as so …
Autumn: Salvia ‘Amistad’
I thought it was time to show some flowering plants in my Autumn series. This is Salvia ‘Amistad’, which yes, does start flowering in late Spring, but continues on through Summer and into Autumn. I’m enjoying it so much in …
I got sunshine, on a cloudy day: Rudbeckia fulgida var sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’
Rudbeckia fulgida var sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ Truly, if there was ever a flower to give you sunshine on a cloudy day, Rudbeckia fulgida var sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ must be it. This flower glows even through the night; I can see it through …
#Florespondence: Tulipa ‘Ballerina’ and ‘Havran’
When I first got interested in gardening, about 18 years ago, I was lucky enough to come across the Christopher Lloyd book, Colour for Adventurous Gardeners. It brought together colours that you might not consider go together, and showed you …
Front garden – 3 months in
New front garden The front garden seems to have come a long way since the landscaping was done in June. Before the landscaping: After the landscaping (view from above as I seem to have not taken a photo from the …