AN OPEN GARDENS PREVIEW
It's going to be a quick one this week. I've been busy primping and preening ready for the village open gardens on Sunday and I've not left myself much time to write this post. After weeks of trying to squeeze extra things into my allotted six, I'm now going to have to be brief. Ironic, no? Numbers one to four are the Long Border. I've written about it before, and how I based it on Gertrude Jekyll's design for her garden at Munstead Wood. She trained as an artist before she turned to gardening and was au fait with the latest colour theories. She designed these borders to start with white and blue.......... Snapdragon, Delphiniums, Rue and Aruncus moving from pale to deeper yellow... Coreopsis, Achillea and Monarda Then it's on to the reds and oranges... Lychnis, Nasturtiums, Lilies before returning to yellow and then blue. Agapanthus, Clematis, Anthemis My number five spot goes to these tomatoes. I may have found the answer to our Six on Saturday comp
My muscari are not yet there, but I have already noticed that the first daffodil leaves appear from the ground… Some signs of precocity!
ReplyDeleteIt seems a bit early to me, but mine have the excuse that they are in the greenhouse not outside.
DeleteIsn't it lovely when the first bulbs start to emerge?! Good old Nellie, she is a trouper, and the birch is a beautiful. Have a great week :)
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to know that the bulbs are on their way, even if it is still a few months until they flower.
DeleteI must get myself a Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' or two next year. The Silver Birch leaves look a show.
ReplyDeleteThey are easy to get going from cuttings, so you only need one to get started.
DeleteBowles Mauve is a good doer for most of the year as long as you take cuttings before it gets too woody. I'm after the orange coloured one now.
ReplyDeleteI've seen a lovely pale one which has a mixture of colours in each flower. Might have to treat myself one day!
DeleteTrees like the silver birch give so much pleasure all year round. Whoever came up with the name 'Cupido' desrves a prize. The person who selected that cultivar an even greater one. I miss our bonfires, the smell can be lovely too.
ReplyDeleteIt was lovely to have one in the evening, lighting up the night sky, and it kept us very warm.
DeleteMy muscari put out their leaves in November every year. I think thats just how they roll...
ReplyDeleteI've not had much experience with them. I did plant some many years ago, but they never came back, so I'm having another go.
DeleteBirches are so beautiful. There a lot of them near me. I plan on getting their photos, then the leaves all drop at once before I get back!
ReplyDeleteThey don't stick around long.
DeleteThat's a fine specimen of birch! And, it has excellent autumn colour, something lacking in many birches. I grow one, bred in Ireland, called 'White Light', a cross between B. utilis 'Jacquemontii' and B. costata and it has both good colour on the bark and good autumn colour.
ReplyDeleteThe colour seems particularly good this year. The trees have obviously been here for years and years (they are huge) so I've no idea as to variety.
DeleteTwo plants bringing back memories. As I wrote in my comment to Mr Propagator, Nelly Moser was the first clematis I ever bought and I grew the "perennial wallflower" for years. More to add to next year's list. 🤔🤨
ReplyDeleteNice to see the Erysimum and it just so happens that I popped to the garden centre yesterday and bought a dwarf one for my rockery. I hope it flowers for as long as yours has - we all need garden troopers like that.
ReplyDeleteAnother year when I neglected to buy some muscari bulbs. What a roaring fire, that looks so warming and it does make a dent in the pruning pile! (N20 gardener here!)
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