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Six on Saturday: Still Stretching the Boundaries
Take one half-decent border (above) and take up the path in front of it: Take out the plants in the front part of the border and temporarily pot them up, then dig over the remaining soil: Build a wall round … Continue reading
Posted in garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, projects, Six on Saturday
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Musings From an Unopened Garden
It has been an interesting few months in lockdown, with our garden openings cancelled because of it, but it has given me time to explore, enjoy and tweak the garden without the hindrance of days when it becomes public property … Continue reading
Posted in garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, projects
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS
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Six on Saturday: Ivy has a Habit…
…not of picking its nose or biting its fingernails, but growing! It doesn’t seem very long since I built a wall around the compost heap, with a feature extension utilising two pieces of stained glass from an old front door, … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, garden structure, Gardens, herbaceous perennials
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A Positive ID
Yesterday, the first bloom on one of my mystery clematis opened fully, telling me I was wrong in thinking it was C florida ‘Sieboldiana’ because, with the attractive pinky purple bar to the petals, it is clearly C florida ‘Best … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, projects
Tagged clematis, frost damage, installing a water supply in the garden
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End of Month View: a Warm and Fuzzy Feeling
We are all conscious of February being a shorter month, albeit only two or three days shorter, but I am in no particular hurry to see the back of it and welcome March and the increasing promise of spring. How … Continue reading
Posted in End of Month View, garden structure, Gardening, Gardens
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End of Month View: Greening Up
It wasn’t a sunny day today although temperatures, at around 12°C, were the mildest they have been for a few weeks, but somehow everything looked greener and brighter. I imagine it was something to do with the quality of light … Continue reading
Posted in End of Month View, garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, Winter
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In a Vase on Monday: Twiggy Trio
Good morning and welcome to a mid-January In a Vase on Monday, for which I had already earmarked a damaged twig of witch hazel Hamamelis vernalis ‘Amethyst’, retrieving it from where it was hanging on by a mere thread of … Continue reading
Posted in garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Winter
Tagged flowers in a vase, winter flowering plants, witch hazels
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Six on Saturday: Heaps to Do
Yes, I know most of us are busy at this time of year and have heaps to do – that’s nothing new – but I can happily say, not in the least smugly, that any Christmas arrangements are complete, pending … Continue reading
Posted in garden structure, projects, Six on Saturday
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