Saving Seeds
Like many fellow members of The Cottage Garden Society, at this time of year I’m busy sorting, packing and labelling seeds collected from my garden. I will send them to […]
Tag Archives: annual
Late Summer Colour Theme
At this time of year many plants have finished flowering, but thanks to a few packets of seed (courtesy of the Cottage Garden Society seed exchange) and a couple of […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Zinnias When I was younger I used to buy small bunches of zinnias from flower stalls on the last day of my working trips to Europe, to bring home as […]
Autumn display
Around this time of year I gather up whatever plants I have in containers and, along with any new additions, I make an arrangement that looks good from the living […]
Eat your greens
Chard ‘Bright Lights’ I have grown chard for the first time this year. This variety looks so lovely in my veg bed, I can hardly bear to harvest it – […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Diascia Diascias are popular as colourful, floriferous and trouble-free bedding – I can see why. These ones in mum’s garden were bought from her local market in early spring and […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Helianthus annus – Sunflower ‘Teddy Bear’. I grew these little beauties (just 18” tall) from Thompson & Morgan seeds in one of my veg beds last year. They looked lovely […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Echinacea Purpurea i long to have this beautiful plant all over my garden, but it just doesn’t want to be here. I bought the one below last year and after […]
Favourite flower friday
Sweet pea ‘Beaujolais’ I grow a different variety of sweet pea from seed every year. For this year I chose ‘Beaujolais’ from Kings Seeds, and rate them amongst the nicest […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Opium poppy Papaver somniferum These handsome poppies have just about finished flowering for the year in my garden. I scatter their seeds all over the place, but they are fickle and […]
Snapdragon Jules 