There are still various refugees from summer trying to bloom in my garden. The Campanula persicifolia ‘Blue’ pictured in the collage above is planted in a container by the front door. It has bloomed very happily in its north-facing position all summer, contrasting wonderfully with the wall behind, and it doesn’t seem to want to…
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My acer put out the red carpet for Autumn earlier last week, but since then the weather has been dark, damp, gloomy – and very windy. And then, suddenly, mid afternoon, we got sunshine and clear blue skies. I rushed in from the greenhouse to grab my camera, as I fear it may be the…
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We had been promised 20C (68F) and bright sunshine. We got 17C (63F) and dull grey skies. We went anyway, en masse, 9 adults and two small boys. We all love Westonbirt Arboretum, and the autumn colours are famous world-wide. This trip, however, was more about playing hide-and-seek in the undergrowth, kicking up leaves, and…
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