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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