It rained last night – a proper, stormy downpour, with thunder and lightning – and, though it was all over by the morning, the garden was full of tiny raindrop lenses on every surface…
Read moreDay 252: a sedum worth consideration
was having a conversation earlier in the week about sedums with someone who loves the leaves, but not the flowers…
Read moreDay 251: Rose ‘Gentle Hermione’
A hot day – proper, sunny summer stuff – and the garden is starting to flag a little…
Read moreDay 250: Anemone x hybrida ‘Königin Charlotte’
‘Queen Charlotte’ sounds like a grand name for a windflower, but since the Japanese anemone attains a loftier height than most of its immediate relatives, I think it’s appropriate in this case…
Read moreDay 249: Pelargonium sidoides
Pelargoniums have a reputation for being a bit showy – and deservedly so. There are the zonals, what most of us grew up calling ‘geraniums’…
Read moreDay 248: hazel
The hazel shells are plumping, fresh and pale green on the branch, evidence of a few having been munched lying on the ground…
Read moreDay 247: elderberry memories
To me, nothing quite says ‘Back to School’ like elderberries…
Read moreDay 246: ivy in flower
There’s been a buzz and a fugginess about my wanderings today, in the garden, the streets and the fields…
Read moreDay 245: biscuits for autumn
One day into autumn, and three weeks off by another reckoning, and shades of biscuit are beginning to creep into the borders…
Read moreDay 244: Geranium whatsisface
Every garden should have a mystery geranium. If I can build this into an article of horticultural faith, one of those guiding principles by which we populate our beds and borders, I tell myself I’ll feel better…
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