My “reward” for going to the Malvern Spring Show last week was the virus Gardening SIL was going down with as we wandered around lusting after plants and planting schemes. So I’ve spent most of the past few days in bed feeling sorry for myself. Even then I couldn’t quite bear to delegate the task…
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At this time of year, although bulbs and spring growth speckle the ground with colour, my garden is at its most bare. This is particularly true of the pond bed, as I finally cut back all the dead grass growth to allow the new growth to spring up unhindered. More to the point, it avoids…
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I first grew this beautiful plant from seed in 2010. Iit flowered prolifically from late Spring until the first frosts, and was a favoruite for the hoverflies. It looks particularly good with Stipa tenuissima and Allium sphaerocephelon.
Having had “One of those days”, I am so grateful that it began with beauty. The frost turned everything into works of art, from leaves lingering on table tops to compost not swept up. The hellebore leaves, harbingers of flowers to come, looked as if someone had taken a tipex pen to them and outlined…
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