It is more or less the middle of the year, and I shall probably be shouted down, in saying that I have loved the cooler weather we have been enjoying, as well as all the rain. The garden is lush and green, and I am delighting in how many of the plants have responded without the harsher higher temperatures. I'm joining in with others over at Jim's.
Six things from the garden this Saturday.
1. One of the plants on the shelf is this delightful little Campanula pulla. I bought this last year from Graham and set it up in a bonsai pot in the Kusamono style. I have loved the bud stage with the arching stems over the last couple of weeks and now the inky blue buds are opening to reveal the deep blue blooms.
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| Campanula pulla |
2. This Filipendula vulgaris multiplex is looking particularly nice this Saturday, it has just started to open with lots of buds waiting to open. It might well make another appearance in a couple of weeks time. I enjoy every stage of a plant, and often appreciate it before it reaches its peak, and afterwards the seed heads, though I cannot remember these ones, as I probably cut these down too soon.
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| Filipendula vulgaris multiplex |
3. Last week I showed the 2026 plug plant from Henton and District gardening club. Last year there was a choice and I opted for the Pelargonium 'New Century White'. It had flowered all winter in the conservatory, and a few weeks back, I decided to cut it back and repot it. As usual my fingers itched to create a few cuttings. Now one of the cuttings is flowering! Here they are alongside with the repotted Pelargonium, which is a real 'cracker'.
4. A few weeks back I showed the Rhodohypoxis which had been left all winter in the gravel garden. It flowered first and now the ones which I had not divided, ie they are still in the same soil and the same pot as they were last week, and absolutely full of flower and I have one each for the tables.
5. When it comes to promises about pots in the garden, Mr S pointed out that I had not kept to my plan on reducing them. Well maybe not, but I am now planting up several plants together. The golden leaves of Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' where already growing in a smaller pot, so I can safely say no extra pot was used. When I saw this Actaea Brunette at my friends little shop, I was beguiled by its deep purple leaves, so much so that I did not even read its label where it describes it as reaching 1.2 metres. It will of course have to be liberated into the garden. But where, and until I have decided it makes for a nice little grouping 'in a pot'! I added a few of the self seeded self hybridised violas.
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| Actaea Brunette in a pot |
Now that my lunch has gone down, I am out into the garden to play.
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