Sunday’s my favourite day – nothing unexpectedly shocking will arrive in the post. (Although there is now email, which knows no holiday). Peace will – most probably – reign. (But perhaps that’s tempting fate?) In the summer I’d be out in the garden, in winter it’s a spot of drawing, music or just reading in … Continue reading A week of flowers. Day 5
I’m so glad that I can’t normally move from February to June in 4 days as I’ve done this week with the Week of Flowers! Yesterday it was May 2021, today I’m posting pictures of some of the glorious June roses – they were absolutely and completely perfect at the beginning of the month. And … Continue reading A week of flowers. Day 4
Joining in with Cathy at ‘Words & Herbs’ again to try and spread a little cheer in a tumultuous November. Here we have warm, sunny, late autumn days and quite harsh frosts at night. Time in the garden during the second wave of the coronavirus does the soul good when the world is such a … Continue reading A Week of Flowers, Day 3
About two weeks ago the BV (Bon Viveur, alias my husband) informed me after his morning walk around the garden that rose ‘Ferdinand Pichard’ looked exactly the same as ‘Rosa Mundi’ (also known as Rosa gallica ‘Versicolor’). They are streets apart in looks and history, but it got me thinking. So here’s the Fair Rosamund … Continue reading A tale of two roses
This is a bit belated – I’ve been struggling to find the energy to blog (or to do much else!). But it’s a new week tomorrow! Let’s hope I get my sense of humour back too. 1. My little miniature poppy meadow at the entrance to the Mirror Garden. When I walk up there in … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 23 May 2020
I’ve found that, amongst the shrub roses that I grow, ‘Queen of Sweden’ is the most useful for arranging in a vase because the stems are nice and long. I’ve struggled for a while to get good germination on seed of Sweet William, but I’ve always remembered how well it did in our garden in … Continue reading In a Vase on Monday. 18 May 2020
I can’t quite get my head around this. Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ was flowering in April (as it should) and is still flowering. Normally ‘Blairii No.2’ is the next to flower, but not until mid to end of May. It is already starting to flower – so much so that one bloom is at the ‘over … Continue reading Rāhui Day 46
What’s this all about you say? I thought we were in ‘lockdown’? Yesterday a blogger in New York (Amy Rose) commented that she found the word ‘lockdown’ (widely used in the British press and even on my beloved Channel 4 news) a bit negative, with connotations of prison. Hey Jude! (a blogger in Cornwall) says … Continue reading Rāhui Day 30
It’s been a while since I participated … Happy New Year to all the other ‘Sixers’ (may I call you that?)! Go on and read everyone else’s Six by following the links at The Propagator’s site. Fairly cold at night here, but not below about -4 degrees centigrade. A fine, sunny week, with heavy frost … Continue reading Six on Saturday
I feel sorry for this little rose. It is doing its very best. It was bought for the Bon Viveur, who loves yellow, as I do. We have some tall chimney pots on our supper terrace (4 in all). They used to have Morning Glory in them and I got fed up with it (I … Continue reading It’s ‘Summertime’!
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 