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Seed exchanging
I've sent some meconopsis grandis 'Lingholm' seeds to 'Dee' from the BBC Gardening MB and have a lucky dip to come by way of exchange. I like this idea - never done it before. I'm going to start keeping a list of
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Mood change...
The garden feels like it's at a turning point. In the borders, everything that is going to flower this year has now done so, though some will repeat for a few weeks yet. All that remains to come anew are seeds, leaf colour and berries, and there'
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Colour combinations
As the summer matures so stronger colours and more contrasty combinations seem to work ever better. In May, purple and orange together in a display of primulas looks unpleasantly artificial. In August it's different. The clear light and shortening days somehow make it right. Below are some combinations
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Sunday August 07, 2005
My reliable agapanthus and the Tatton pelargonium above the pond The crosmia arrived by itself. I cut the cotinus back hard every year to keep it shrub sized. Verbena bonariensis and the crocosmia that was here when we moved in.
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More cuttings
Flush with my success at rooting Ann Folkard and my acer palmatum atropurpureum (joy!), I've taken another batch of cuttings from various plants around the garden. What I should really do is take proper records of cutting type, compost used etc. But I can't really be
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more pics...
The white scabious was bought from Tatton. I thought it looked more like my centaura than a scabious, but the Polish standholder assured me it's a true scabious. I don't know the name of the verbascum, but it looks great against the purple phormium.
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After the Lord Mayor's show...
Eldest sapling's 18th went like a dream - even the weather held for us as it tipped it down 5 miles to either side. The garden did its quiet thing and framed the day beautifully. So now I've gone from a houseful to just three of
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Anthemis EC Buxton
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Geranium 'Ann Folkard'
I love the way this weaves through other plants and 'borrows' their leaves for itself. I also have two successful cuttings which I'm very pleased with.
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Summer colour
Summer colour has never been my strong point, but my plant sale trip to Tatton show in the pouring rain gave me the opportunity for a top-up. The great thing about show garden plants is that they are mature and cheap. My haul was: 2 x Anthemis 'EC Buxton&
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Catching up
After almost two weeks away, this weekend is the big catch up. Also it's daughter No 1's 18th birthday party next week - in the garden if the weather holds - so this is one big gardening weekend. Am very tempted to go back to Tatton
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Sunday July 24, 2005
The healthy meconopsis that I didn't allow to flower