Tuesday view: 23 August 2016

23 Tuesday Aug 2016

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Anemanthele lessoniana, Borage, Borago officinalis, eupatorium, Joe pye weed, Pheasant's tail grass, sanguisorba candensis, Tuesday View

Today is a beautiful hot Summers day. The weather man appeared to have got it right as I nipped out with my camera at around 7.30am. A clear blue sky with the sillouette of the Thalictrum Elin.

The trouble with high sun is that it somehow bleaches the colours of the plants and makes them tricky to photograph. Earlier in the morning however I was able to capture the view before the sun moved onto them.

Grasses look wonderful in the sunlight but are rather difficult to picture clearly. This is Pheasant Tail grass and its shadow this morning.

Anemanthele Lessoniana

The colours of Verbena bonariensis and Joe pye weed are blending well and drifting throughout each of the four beds.

Closer up the Joe pye weed is most attractive

Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum group

Sanguisorba candensis

Sanguisorba is finally beginning to flower.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks view. Be sure to take a look at Cathy’s blog https://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com

Finally I want to share the beautiful blue in the weed bed. More about that another time. Borago officinalis.

End of month view: November

01 Tuesday Dec 2015

Posted by digwithdorris in End of month view

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Ajuga reptans, Anemanthele lessoniana, Bugle weed, End of month view, Pheasant's tail grass, Stipa arundinacea

The 30 November was such a dark, dirty, squally day that no one would choose to be in the garden unless they really had to. The last 30 days has seen the garden subjected to rain, rain and more rain. The ground is waterlogged.

water logged lawn

The temperatures are so mild that the grass is still growing, as are the weeds. All the leaves are down and have largely been bagged up for composting.

Apple tree still holding onto its fruit

The apples are somehow hanging onto the branches of the tree. I have collected barrow loads and they are delicious. I am however waiting for someone to hold onto the ladder for me in order that I can get up to collect the rest.

I have planted up an old bath with Stipa arundinacea, now know as Anemanthele lessoniana. The common name is Pheasant’s tail grass which is grown for its attractive pheasant like autumn colours as well as it attractive seed heads. I have underplanted the grasses with Ballerina tulips and edged the planting with the black shiny leaves of Ajuga reptans. Bugle weed, its common name, can be invasive but within the boundaries of the tub it should be fine. I look forward to seeing the Ballerina orange red shining through the grasses.

Today the next phase of the garden started. The boundary hedge is coming out. Not really a hedge more a collection of brambles, half dead lleylandii, self sown elder and nettles that have reached six foot.