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Wordless Wednesday: Poncirus trifoliata
And the Weather Forecast for 2013 is……
Autumn ... what a wonderful time of year, the leaves are beginning to turn, the trees are glowing with colour; it's time to lean on them rakes again and reflect on the hot dry spring and summer we have just had.... Aright, apart from March it has been a tad damp. In...
Wordless Wednesday: Miscanthus sinensis ‘Silberfeder’
For Whom the Bass Tolls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdlQyNe_9tE&feature=player_detailpage The bass player, part of the engine in any band and there is one band that has had some of the best bass players of all time .... Metallica! One in particular .... Cliff Burton....
Wordless Wednesday: A View From Above
The Rain Dance
Some of you, will know where I am coming from with this one! 😉 It all started as a comment I made on Twitter and at work, that after three seasons with very little rain ... I threatened to do a raindance in one of our main courts at work ... whilst wearing a tutu! So...
Wordless Wednesday: Hydrangea quercifolia
To York and Back.
Admittedly, the Only Fools and Horses episode was called 'To Hull and Back', but I did have a Rodney with me ... well, his name does begin with R. My son is in his final year at sixth form, so he is beginning to look at his options, to see what college will put up...
Wordless Wednesday: Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’
The Rock Garden V
Well I was having withdrawal symptoms ... it has been at least eight weeks since the last Rock Garden. Plus, I was having a little encouragement at work to do yet another Rock Garden .... not that I need any encouragement... and there is plenty of Sex Plants and Rock...
Wordless Wednesday:Phytolacca americana
Bark at the moon.
I must stop using song names as the titles 😉 I did get the idea for the title, after reading an article about tree seeds, that were taken into orbit around the moon and back. These were known as the 'Moon Trees', out of 500 seeds, between 420-450 of the seeds...
Wordless Wednesday: Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut)
Please Keep Off (and out) The Grass!
***Here is a post I wrote back in the old days when I was the Head Gardener at Trinity college, Cambridge. I have given it a little spruce up and updated some of the photos*** Now there is one part of the garden that has given me more sleepless nights than any other...
Wordless Wednesday: Gloriosa superba
Wordless Wednesday~ Eucomis
The Sexy Salvia
The wonderful world of the Salvia ... from the very blousy to the to the very subtle, this genus has everything. It is a very large genus that has several hundred species of annuals, biennials, herbaceous perennials and shrubs. We grow a wide range of Salvias, giving...
