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Member since: Jul 10 | Last seen: Apr 13 | Years gardening: 17 | Organic gardener
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01 Mar 2012
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Spring begins - said the blackbird and the bee
Although we had several mild 11-12C sunny days last week yesterday felt different. It felt like Spring had truly arrived. It was partly the sound and partly a feeling. It really felt like a change in season. So much birdsong, hoverflies feeding in the Snowdrops and even a passing bee, all of whic...Cloudy 13°C / 55°F -
20 Jan 2012Houseplants garden
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Rainy 10°C / 50°F
Oxalis ‘Sunset Velvet’ is a great annual, but I wanted more, I wanted it to be perennial as I hate spending money in the garden. I can report great success, cuttings seem to root easily in any season and they have overwintered really well in a cold bright room in the house. So much so...
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17 Jan 2012Aster 'Tonga' (Island Series) , Helichrysum 'Ruby Cluster' (Straw flower 'Ruby Cluster') Budding, Rose 'Cla...
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Overcast 4°C / 39°F
I love how the frost can either accentuate or hide the foliage of plants giving them a different character on chilly mornings. I went out and took photo’s of as many plants as I could before my hands went numb and have uploaded several here. The wind dropped so I managed to get some clearer...
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11 Jan 2012
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Evergreen foliage in winter (updated)
Heather - Erica carnea 'Aurea' Growing, Lonicera henryi (Evergreen Honeysuckle) Growing, Choisya 'Aztec Pea...Windy 10°C / 50°FEvery year the Winter interest aspect of the garden fills out a little more to the point where there is now something looking good in every bed, border or large tub. I love the way their colours and shapes become so noticeable when all else is dormant. I think I finally have the balance right so ...
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10 Jan 2012
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Large Raised Bed in Winter Silver Greys
Stipa tenuissima (Mexican feather grass) , Santolina , Lavender 'Silver Edge' , Senecio cineraria (Silver r...Cloudy 8°C / 46°F
The mild Winter, thus far, has meant that the large raised bed (there are two) is looking quite full and I’m surprised how ell it has stood up to the continuing gales.
In the main photo Stipa Tenuissima sways in the wind. A cutting of Helicrysum ‘Ruby Cluster’ grows directly bel...
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07 Jan 2012Houseplants garden , Enkianthus campanulatus Changing Colour, Cotoneaster horizontalis (Wall cotoneaster) H...
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Sunny 4°C / 39°F
Well it’s been the windiest start to a New Year that I’ve ever known, following the windiest year I’ve ever known. The gales were 100mph+and did a lot of damage in the area over the last 2 weeks but somehow my gardens and plants are surviving much better than I expected. I think...
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05 Dec 2011
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I awoke to white, thankfully a manageable amount this year. the attached photo is from the 1st 2 days worth of snow this time last year, a very different sight, altogether more beautiful but with lots of problems that I’m happy not to have to worry about with today’s thin covering. Ye...Cloudy 1°C / 34°F -
15 Nov 2011Osteospermum zanzibar white with ring - (Annual, bring in) Flowering, Viola odorata (Sweet violet) - purple...
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Cloudy 12°C / 54°FDarker nights mean less time for gardening, but they also offer an opportunity to get shots of certain flowers that show up well with a black background, like Verbena Bonariensis and Sedum. 1. Sedum 2. Verbena Bonariensis 3. Orange Hawkweed growing through Silver Ragwort 4. Veronica ‘Red F...
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02 Nov 2011
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Halloween was so mild, but then...
Blueberry 'Spartan' , Cosmos 'Gazebo Mixed' Seeding, Weigela 'Bristol Ruby' Flowering, Hypericum (androsae...Cloudy 13°C / 55°F
Halloween was so mild we could have happily been out having a BBQ as we used to but instead had friends inside (in fancy dress), but then today, as we went from October to November, I went to check on a few plants that need to come inside and as soon as I opened the door I got the first distincti...
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20 Oct 2011Lamium maculatum 'Roseum' (Spotted dead nettle 'Roseum' ) , Hydrangea - Blue-Pink , Aster chinensis Matsumo...
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Windy 11°C / 52°FWell no surprises, it’s been yet another month of gales and rain. I’ve just come to accept that this is what our weather is like now and have given up trying to sow many things outside. It’s been a good test of which plants can survive constant soaking and battering, and this mo...
