Flowers from the Garden
A grey and blustery day today
Followed by high winds and wet rain this evening.
Feels like November – but the flowers remind me that it is still summer.
Monarda
Last year I grew Monarda from seed.
This year it has started to flower
I love it!
And so do the bees
(But my neighbour says it is a silly looking flower!)
Summer Colour
Long absence – lack of computer and lack of time.
Now have new computer – but still a lack of time!
Although I will make time to get back into the habit of a photograph every day.
(Well …. nearly every day)
Especially as the garden is looking very summery just now.
WordPress have introduced this new template, which I think suits a “photo-blog” very well.
(Although I still need to sort out the header image)
What do you think?
Thumbs up or Thumbs down?
February, thank goodness
Daphne bholua “Jacqueling Postill”
Today was a lovely day, cold but bright and clear
Spent the afternoon weeding the empty cutting garden
And marvelled, that at last the beautifully scented Daphne is blooming.
Question
If all the freezing weather we have had this winter kills my baby plants,
Why doesn’t it kill my baby slugs?
Out in the Garden To-day
To-day was dull, but comparatively mild
It was good to get out in the garden for a couple of hours
And clear some of the soggy mess of stems and old foliage.
Actually it was great to be in the garden again
Another lovely day and …
The insects in the garden were making the most of the warmth.
Every year I consider taking out these pink Japanese anemone
Then, like to-day I notice them back-lit by the late afternoon sun
And I know they will stay another year.
Sunshine! … All day
We have had such a poor July and August,
That we have not had three consecutive dry days
Which made to-day even more special
As it was warm and sunny
And the garden was full of bees and butterflies.
Seed Head
I think that the seed heads of allium ‘Mount Everest’ are as lovely as the flowers.
I only bought one bulb last year “to try”
So this Autumn I am going to order some more.
September all-ready!
September all-ready – where did August go to?
I think … as I have been under par for about a month, it just went and I didn’t notice.
I bought this Malva “Park Rondell” at the end of last summer in the sale.
So I didn’t know what shade of pink it was going to be
But I am quite pleased with it.
Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea which I grew from seed.
This plant is just so photogenic, and I love it.
Salvia ‘Hot Lips’
I bought Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ earlier in the year, and so far I am delighted.
The proof of the pudding will be if it survives our wet winters.
Currently it is residing in a pot, so I might take it into the greenhouse this year.
Dark Calla Lily
Dobby gave me this beautiful dark calla lily at the weekend
So at the moment, it is travelling around the garden, in its pot –
Until it finds its new home.
And yes, after the lovely day yesterday
The rain returned to-day.
(Sigh)
Echinacea – again!
Another Echinacea without a label!
This is the first time this one has flowered, as I bought it as a plug plant at the end of last year.
I am so enamoured with Echinacea, that I have ordered some more plug plants for next year.
Who can resist names like “Hot Papaya”, “Tiki Torch” and “Tomato Soup”
I certainly can’t!
Out of the Habit
Visitors, a bug, and then filling up my hard drive,
Suddenly I realized that I had gotten out of the habit of a daily shot.
Time to get back into it again.
The wind blew the sunflowers over last night,
But this means they are at ground level …
And I could photograph them.
Focus
The focus of my life and my camera is all garden related just now.
Both at home and at work.
Must get out more!
Delightful Dill
I love the colour of dill – it has an acid tone that zings
Dill looks good in the kitchen garden or amongst the perennials.
And you get to eat it to!
A spot of rain
Another very hot and muggy day
But we did have a spot of rain this evening –
Well, perhaps 40 spots
Enough to freshen the air so that the scent of the lily
Graces the garden.
Grrr …
The Internet is a wonderful thing …
Until it doesn’t work as you expected.
This should have been yesterdays picture
A snapshot of the garden in the early morning
But I have only just now been able to get back into my site.
I must point out – that the problem was nothing to do with word-press, but my Internet provider.
Miss Willmott’s ghost
I have always enjoyed the story that when Ellen Willmott
Visited her friends gardens,
She scattered the seeds of Erygium giganteum without them knowing.
Some of my Erygium are E.”stuntedeum”
As I forgot to pot them on and plant them out.
Fingers crossed they will still self seed
🙂
au revoir
Very sad to say goodbye to my lovely peony until next year.
Each morning for the past three weeks
She has given me such delight.
Clematis montana ‘alba’
So lovely now that the evenings are drawing out.
And I can photograph the clematis in the garden
At 8 o’clock at night, without flash or tripod!
The Turning Year 