Category Archives: Garden Bloggers Blooms Day

August Blooms: Some In, Some Out

Posted on August 15, 2017 by

The last few days have seen me comprehensively overhauling two of the bold borders, removing crocosmia and hemerocallis, thinning out inula and moving taller plants to the back. Some of the hemerocallis and crocosmia will be potted up to sit … Continue reading →

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Bounteous Blooms in July

Posted on July 15, 2017 by

I featured the cutting beds a little while ago and indeed they just keep getting better and better – but they are not the only blooms in the garden, although undoubtedly they host the highest concentration of floriferousness. Admittedly there … Continue reading →

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Choice June Blooms

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

I took a little time out of my to-do lists (three cakes made, pricing signs printed and laminated, garden photo board completed, tomatoes potted on, wayward stems tied in, etc, etc) to choose some pleasing June blooms to feature for … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers’ Blooms Day: Permission to Cast a Clout

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

I have been casting clouts around the garden for a number of weeks but, whether or not there is any credence in the old saying, the more common white hawthorn has been in bloom for some time too. Our pink … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers Blooms Day: an April Feast

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

April continues to bring floral surprises on an almost daily basis, so this month’s GBBD is inevitably a veritable feast. I often search my GBBD posts to remind myself when something was blooming as the meme is useful record keeping … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: March Flypast

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

We are all but half way through March already, and as the days fly past they drag the garden (willingly, I trust) towards a full-blown spring. Every day there are new blooms to discover, or new shoots of green appearing, … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers Blooms Day: Let’s Hear it for the Bulbs!

Posted on February 16, 2017 by

Carol of May Dreams Gardens hosts GBBD on the 15th of every month so I am a day ‘late’ in showcasing what is blooming in my garden around the middle of the month. Although there is still colour and fragrance … Continue reading →

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