Favourite Flower Friday
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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A weekly scout around my garden for my favourite flower.
Favourite Flower Friday
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 […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Tree lilies I acquired these lovely oriental lilies from Thompson & Morgan several years ago. The bulbs and their offspring have travelled with me to three different gardens from that time. […]
Favourite Flower Friday
I’m not usually a fan of bedding plants, but I ordered this striking Petunia Surfinia ‘Green Edge Pink’, as a pack of plug plants from Suttons 2015 catalogue in early […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Astrantia major ‘Florence’ – the pink masterwort This is pretty perennial has pincushion flowers that first appeared in late May in my garden. The plants look particularly good in shady borders. […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Aquilegia ‘Tower Light Blue’ This pale blue double aquilegia has just finished flowering in my mum’s garden, so I have carefully collected the seed and will distribute it around her […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Papaver orientale ‘Harlem’ Family and friends witter on about P. orientale ‘Patty’s Plum’ all the time, but I think this poppy is far nicer. Its petals are a dark, burgundy […]
Favourite flower Friday
Geranium phaeum ‘Rose Madder’ Hardy geraniums abound in my garden, providing attractive low-maintenance ground cover and suppressing weeds at the back of the borders. I have my favourites though, whilst […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ Today’s favourite flower is the yellow Banksian rose. Lovely, isn’t it? This was one of the first plants I bought for my garden here. It has only […]
Favourite flower Friday
Under the current circumstances (see last blog), I thought a purple flower most suitable today. Luckily I have a beauty in my garden – it is comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and […]
Snapdragon Jules 