Nosy corner: Bergenias on a busy road
Bergenia magic I’ve been thinking about bergenias (above) a lot lately because certain people have been debating them on twitter (Helen Johnstone and Anne Wareham in particular). They’ve never been a...
View ArticleBasil smugness
basil (not faulty) The Hunk decided we had to christen his new barbecue tonight. Please note that I had no part in the barbecue buying bonanza…it just arrived at the door one day, in a huge hulking...
View ArticlePug and poshness
If in doubt, use a picture of the pug Sorry, no photos of where I went today, but I’m telling you, the Queen’s garden at Buckingham Palace is one vast sward on top of which (if one is lucky enough)...
View ArticleLook what I found!
I’ve been wanting to do a post on found objects since I got here, but today was the day it felt right to do so, because today (oh joy of joys!) I found this: Hi! Who did you belong to, un-loved...
View ArticleSweet Lilacs
I’ve been totally inspired by all the lilacs bursting open this week - Gorgeous lilac loveliness …like so many silky pompoms opening up to scent my never-ending ‘pram outings’… My own recently planted...
View ArticleNosy Corner: Projects begun…and not quite completed
I always love seeing things like this, because I AM this person - …someone who starts something and then looses her oomph… My life used to be littered with the remnants of...
View ArticleIn my garden this week:
Tulips bursting open A few goings-on…..There’s no text here (but nobody ever reads the words anyway do they?)…just click on the first picture and keep clicking on the arrows….enjoy x Christmas hanging...
View ArticleThe story so far….
A quick round-up of progress (because I so easily forget) At the end of February we had this: Then after lots of digging with the help of my friend James at Indigo Gardens, my dad and The Hunk, this:...
View ArticleFoxy
I spent a couple of hours last week tidying up the front of the house, which hadn’t been touched since we arrived. It’s a funny, triangular-shaped bed, enclosed with very new, very orange brick. I...
View ArticlePlant gorgeosity:
Epimedium x youngianum ‘Niveum’ …a little darling and a complete impulse buy the other day, when I was only supposed to be window shopping….makes my heart sing: Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum'...
View ArticleThings to do in the garden in May…….
…should you be so inclined: 1. For goodness sake don’t work too hard…your garden will always look lovely as long as you are having a lovely time IN it. 2. Mow the lawn (yawn) 2. Plant summer-flowering...
View ArticleA little bit spikey, a little bit soft, and a little bit Alys…
…My May One-Pot-Wonder is inspired by some utterly beautiful little Salvias I saw yesterday at my local garden centre. I bought three of these little lovelies (always buy three of everything, unless...
View ArticleA May Birthday for a Baby
If you’re prone to lurking on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll probably know it was the Babety’s first birthday the other day, and we celebrated today with a May picnic which would have been TOO perfect if...
View ArticleWisteria reveries
It’s hard not to notice those tumbling racemes all over the place right now. Of course I MUST have one instantly, and it must be like this one above which happens to be at Hermannshof in Germany....
View ArticleSweet Cicely for Custard
beautiful lovely custardy-wustardy Shhhh! – The Hunk absolutely hates custard so I’ve had to do this in secret – It won’t be difficult to keep it a secret because I think it’ll all be gone soon (this...
View ArticleMy first posies
Dianthus barbatus and Cosmos sonata One of the most exciting things about having more space to garden is the prospect of more picking opportunities. I designed the space with four raised beds for a...
View ArticleEverything suddenly happens at once…
What richness! – Today, in this heatwave, all this lovely stuff has happened: Kolkwizia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' Kolkwizia amabilis ‘Pink Cloud’…MUCH treasured and something I’ve been SO excited about...
View Article…Get ready for your close-up
How to describe? Heartstopping, papery loveliness Ipomoea deeply, darkly twirling to glory Euphorbia mellifera yumminess Delphinium (with real live proper 'bee') Nepeta, the gift that just keeps on...
View ArticleHey!, it’s the end of May!
When I started this garden I had this mantra going round in my head…it said: I will have this garden up and blooming by May …and (squeal!) I think I’ve done it!… Like, I’ve had a picnic on the lawn and...
View ArticleTree from Heaven
Everybody! – how beautiful is this tree? I know the roses sort of don’t look real but I promise you it’s a genuWINE photo. Someone has let this gorgeous bright scarlet rambler rose romp up their tree,...
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