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Monthly Archives: August 2015

Raising the Stakes

August 30, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

This time of year I spend a lot of time supporting perennials and shrubs, especially necessary when they have been weighted down with rain as last week. I have a […]

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Practical Gardening

Favourite Flower Friday

August 28, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Angelica gigas purple angelica I’ve wanted to grow this lovely umbellifer for years, and have had this particular plant in my garden for 18 months before it has finally produced […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Sunday Snap

August 23, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Sweet Pea Support I grow sweet peas from seed every year, sowing them on Mum’s birthday (16th October) and overwintering them in my unheated greenhouse. I usually end up with so many […]

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Sunday Snaps

Favourite Flower Friday

August 21, 2015by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

Goat’s Rue This Galega officinalis, commonly known goat’s rue, thrives in my sandy soil. I bought it as a small plant from West Dean Gardens in their autumn sale last […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Way Out West

August 16, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

This week I am visiting my sister in Cornwall along with my other sister. Cornish sis has a huge garden and is mad about wildlife. So much so, that at […]

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Sunday Snaps

Mini meadows

August 16, 2015by snapdragon jules 1 Comment

When we lived on the Lizard peninsula, our garden was huge by comparison to those we’ve had before and since. Previous owners had kept most of it as a large […]

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Sunday Story

Favourite Flower Friday

August 14, 2015by snapdragon jules 3 Comments

Hydrangea This wonderful shrub was one of the few established plants in our garden when we moved here. After a drastic prune in our first year it has repaid us […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Buddleja Madness

August 9, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

I have just done a quick inventory of all the buddlejas growing in my garden – shockingly I counted a total of 51 in a plot just 80x30ft and a […]

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Sunday Story

Favourite Flower Friday

August 7, 2015by snapdragon jules 3 Comments

Hardy Geranium ‘Havana Blues’ This beautiful geranium is sprawling all over my borders at the moment. Courtesy of Hayloft Plants, the flowers are a luminous blue with striking deep purple […]

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Favourite Flower Friday

Sunday snaps

August 2, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

This is a picture of my veg garden yesterday. The raised beds are crammed with sweet corn, borage, chard, perpetual spinach, elephant garlic and sweet peas, with round courgettes, Florence fennel […]

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