This amazing tree peony was named for Austrian-American botanist Joseph Rock. I acquired my plant in 2020 and it is flowering for the first time. It comes from the mountains of Gansu in north-west China. When I look at it I am reminded that I never took advantage of a time when my Chinese sister-in-law … Continue reading Peonia rockii
My goodness, it’s been too long since I participated in Cathy’s nice meme at Rambling in the Garden! My cut flowers this year got off to the very best start ever – all growing so beautifully in the greenhouse during late April and first part of May. I put it down to using different compost … Continue reading In a vase on Monday. 29 August 2022
‘The frost is all over, thank god.’ It definitely isn’t true (we have to wait until the Saints de Glace, May 11th to 13th to be sure), but that’s the way it feels this weekend. Have a listen to The Chieftans playing a great Irish jig by that name, which I’m feeling in my bones … Continue reading Six on Saturday, 20 February 2021
Garden bloggers from around the globe are still dishing up delights each day this week to remind us what an incredibly beautiful place our planet is. It seems to be us that’s the problem … I’m joining in with Cathy at ‘Words & Herbs’ again and this time it’s a little more seasonal. However I’m … Continue reading A Week of Flowers, Day 5
I’m calling this vase my ‘late summer harvest’, because it sums up what’s been happening here for the last month. There are three types of harvest in the pictures. The first is obviously the flowers. I used zinnias ‘Purple Prince’, ‘Benary’s Giant Lime’, ‘Queeny Red Lime’ and ‘Deep Zinnia Mix’, all from Sarah Raven. Sadly … Continue reading In a vase on Monday. 28.09.20
These are pictures from the second, most recently created, part of the garden. I call it the ‘Hornbeam Gardens’, because I planted hornbeam hedges in 2015 to make two garden ‘rooms’. The top is a cut flower garden, the bottom is a spring shrub garden and ‘meadow’ later on. The pictures are from the ‘meadow’ … Continue reading Rāhui Day 51
This is kind of an ‘hello’, ‘I’m still here’ vase, rather than a proper post! The Bon Viveur is home at the moment (until Wednesday), and so there’s little time, but a desire nonetheless to pick flowers. These were for our dinner table on Friday night. Still looking lovely on a misty, first day of … Continue reading In a vase on Monday
I have a bit of a secret passion for Hybrid Tea roses – this isn’t very trendy at the moment, but I’ve never been ‘cool’; I just can’t help it! I love their perfectly shaped flowers when in bud and half open. I grow so many old-fashioned roses, but they never quite do that bud-perfection … Continue reading In a vase on Monday
If you happened to drop by and you enjoy looking at pictures of my garden – welcome! But be aware that this post is mostly for the benefit of my absent husband who likes to keep up with what’s happening – it may be too long for you! Also – although I love garden memes, … Continue reading September garden musings
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 