Favourite flower friday
Rosa Viridiflora I first came upon this unusual and fascinating rose on a Cottage Garden Society trip several years ago. Its strange flowers are made up entirely of sepals rather […]
Tag Archives: autumn
Mopping Up
At this time of year my garden is full of big mop-heads of flowering shrubs, and on the lower storey, flat-headed sedums in shades of cerise-pink and crimson. I like […]
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 […]
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 […]
Very Betty
Our guest speaker at The Cottage Garden Society AGM this year was Neil Lucas, of Knoll Gardens fame. I funded the lecture on the condition that we would call it […]
Pumpkins, gourds and squashes
In Autumn my kitchen and greenhouse shelves are packed with a variety of cucurbits. Some are grown in my own garden, others purchased in October at the annual pumpkin festival […]
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 […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Sedums At this time of year, sedums are a wonderful addition to my cottage garden. Their clumps of fleshy grey-green or dark red-brown leaves look good all year round, and in […]
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 – […]
Snapdragon Jules 