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Category Archives: Summer
A Week of Flowers, Day 3
Joining Cathy of Words and Herbs for the third day day oh her Week of Flowers meme
Posted in A week of flowers, Gardens, Summer
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A Week of Flowers, Day 1
Linking with Cathy of Words and Herbs, for her annual Week of Flowers meme, brightening up the first week in December
Posted in A week of flowers, Summer
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Six on Saturday: Latecomers and Whims
Some plants, of course, are naturally late bloomers, like asters, helenium and chrysanthemum, but what about those that ‘should’ flower from early summer, but don’t? I am rather disappointed with the annual Chinese aster, callistephus (above), this year, as it … Continue reading
Posted in annuals, clematis, Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials, Six on Saturday, Summer
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In a Vase on Monday: Geoffrey
I had hoped to have several long stems of Dahlia ‘Geoffrey Kent’ to place into one of my taller slimmer vases, but it wasn’t to be and instead there are a few stems of varying length with blooms of variable … Continue reading
Posted in dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Summer
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six on Saturday: Bees and Blooms
…well, one bee, although there were several on the echinops above, E Arctic Glow’, when I was trying to take a photograph, but they wouldn’t stand still or long enough! The garden, is, however, currently swarming with bees and butterflies, … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, houseplants, plants in pots, Six on Saturday, Summer
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In a Vase on Monday: a Thousand Splendid Suns
I nearly shared a photograph of monstrous Rudbeckia ‘Irish Eyes’ on Six on Saturday, but had too many images for it to make the cut. It is a variety I have grown from seed for six or seven years or … Continue reading
Posted in annuals, cutting beds, Gardening, In a Vase on Monday, Summer
Tagged flowers in a vase, rudbeckia
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Six on Saturday: Butterfly Fest
The last week or two has seen an influx of butterflies in the garden, which may or may not be the norm at this time of year; some have even paused long enough for me to photograph them, which is … Continue reading
Posted in clematis, cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, herbaceous perennials, Six on Saturday, Summer
Tagged butterflies
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Wordless Wednesday: Not a Full Stop
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials, Summer, Wildlife, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Comma butterfly
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In a Vase on Monday: There’s an Art…
…to displaying flowers and foliage in a vase, but that art could be anything from utilising learned floristry techniques to basically plonking them in a receptacle. Perhaps after plonking we might then rearrange them slightly to achieve something we see … Continue reading
Posted in dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, Summer
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six on Saturday: Small Successes
Having successfully got five streptocarpus through the winter and into bloom I am a little more hopeful of my prowess with them, but will feel more confident once I have got them through a second winter too – and may … Continue reading
Rambling in the Garden 