Another view of the topiary train in progress, and the long border.
Monday, 13 October 2008
Sunday, 14 September 2008
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Out this week
Just beginning to come into bloom, Tithonia rotundifolia 'Torch' (Mexican Sunflower), grown from seed sowed on 1st April 2008
Monday, 21 July 2008
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Sunday, 6 July 2008
Saturday, 28 June 2008
Out this week
The overwintered Verbena bonariensis, Onopordon in flower, Hollyhocks grown from seed last year, the Knifophia caulescens against the Berberis and behind the Stipa tennuissima
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Out this week
All from seed, Stipa tennuissima (with a lovely geranium), Onopordum acanthium and Kniphofia caulescens from seed planted three years ago, finally flowering!
Monday, 5 May 2008
Island Bed
A little underwheming. A bit too subtle - will go for something more "in your face" next year!
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Out this week
Orange marigolds in amongst the Onopordum acanthium, tulipa 'Princess Irene', pretty, but stumpy!, Geum, from seed last year, and a view of the long border.
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Sunday, 13 April 2008
Out this week
From the Canary Islands, Echium pininana, making it's way skywards and proving to be a popular feeding post for bees and other insects.
Monday, 24 March 2008
Out this week
Daffodils in the corner bed adjacent to Burgos Grove, Cytisus sp. on the mound, Narcissus "Minnow", Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii "Lambrook Gold" and Erysimum "Bowles Mauve" in the long border, all braving the elements this Easter 
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Monday, 18 February 2008
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Early Start
Making an early appearance in 2008, the Japanese Quince, Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' Narcissus 'Tete a Tete', Mahonia aquifolium and the first of the croci
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