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Wordless Wednesday: a Winter Container
Posted in container & basket plants, Gardening, Gardens, grasses, plants in pots, Winter, winter interest, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged ferns, grasses
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Six on Saturday: Like a Thief in the Night
After a few days of clear sunny days and blue skies, even with a hint of warmth in the sun on Thursday, it was almost inevitable that we would soon be seeing our first frost of the season – and … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Not Just a Gift Horse
Our nearby town always puts a lot of effort into its floral displays, on approaches into the town and in the main park at the foot of the castle, and is regularly the winner in its regional category of Britain … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Keeping Busy
Busy Lizzies continue to amaze me every year with their flower power – those above have been flowering since the beginning of June and show no sign of stopping, despite a large degree of neglect by the gardener; however, a … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: All White on the Night!
Succumbing to the urge to move unusually lanky aster Symphyotrichum‘Little Carlow’ today instead of waiting till it was dormant, I also moved the sanguisorba I featured in a vase a few weeks ago, and again today, a little nearer the … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, container & basket plants, cutting beds, foliage, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six on Saturday: Flitting About
It has been a mixed week weatherwise, but although windy at times it has not been too bad and certainly not bad enough to prevent gardening; nevertheless, I seem to have flitted about and not done a lot outside, probably … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: Still Busy
Posted in annuals, container & basket plants, Gardening, Gardens, Wordless Wednesday
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Six on Saturday: Snip Snip Snip
There has been a lot of snipping going on around here recently, with cutting back, down or out beginning in the borders during the week but, more excitingly, our neighbours on the hedge side had workers in the garden today … Continue reading
A Pot Review
Following on from a review of the borders, I thought it would be helpful for me to review this season’s pots, starting with the front of the house, where the summer content of this pair of baskets has remained largely … Continue reading
Posted in annuals, container & basket plants, Gardening, Gardens, plants in pots
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In a Vase on Monday: Countrystyle
Yet another vase idea has been hijacked before it could be carried out, kicked into touch by the bedding fuchsias lifted from a trough yesterday as part of a mammoth effort to get all my tulips planted regardless of the … Continue reading
Rambling in the Garden 