I mentioned at the end of my post on Plas Cadnant that I wanted to re-work what I call my Problem Corner in the front garden, paying particular attention to the foliage. It is a mostly shady corner of well drained good quality soil – apart from one area where it is still full of…
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Ho hum. So much for keeping up with my blog post reading and remembering to post a little myself. I’ve been crazily busy, but in the garden things have just been quietly getting on with the business of springing up with new growth. With lots of newly planted areas having their first Spring, I have…
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It was a tad windy here yesterday. The tail end of Hurricane Gonzalo swept through, bringing impressively wild weather. I was very happy that we didn’t have a boat in the harbour – or on the beach – and delighted that I had taken photos of some of the autumn leaves in the front garden….
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Congratulations, it’s a twofer! Two memes in a single post, celebrating both flowers and foliage. Can’t be bad… Leaves first. I’m joining Christina’s Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day meme. No real surprise, given how hot the weather has been, that the silver foliage plants are really coming in to their own and stealing the show somewhat….
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I am celebrating foliage along with Christina, and many others. There is a lot of foliage that is making me smile at the moment. There is a little corner in the back garden, next to the two greenhouses, that makes me smile every time I walk past it. Some of this is due to the…
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