Do you remember those ridiculous six foot high alliums whose stalks were reaching for the sky? Well, finally – two months later – they are starting to flower. First by shedding their pointed hats… ..and then bursting (slightly half heartedly) into bloom. Will all those tight little buds open out or is that the way …
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Long overdue garden update….
I see that back in April I was filled with good intentions to do monthly garden updates but here we are in June….. So, to go back to soon after I left off in April – and the vibrant plumes of ajuga outside my study window. Sadly they do not last that long but are …
Night-time birdsong – and the winter garden
I was walking back along North Hill last week after seeing Limbo at Jackson’s Lane – a busy road on a busy evening – when I heard bird song. Surprised at any bird braving what was a fairly chilly dark night, let alone giving voice, I stopped to listen. Apologies for the traffic noise but …
A few random snippets
Brief sojourn in Bristol There is certainly no stopping a bramble… This one has grown up through the hollow post of a fence in Stoke Park in Bristol – where these goats are also happily roaming free and munching whatever, including the brambles, comes their way. Back in Hampstead Lane Back in the Hampstead Lane …
Jazz in the garden
I am very conscious that this blog has taken a back seat over the last many weeks in favour of our Salon Music and my own blog. So, since the party did take place in the garden at Hampstead Lane I am reproducing the post I have just added to the Salon’s blog for the …
About gardens
The garden at Hampstead Lane has discovered ‘life’and is proclaiming its discovery in no uncertain manner. The deep bed which runs around the raised patio is positively rammed: heuchera fighting with geranium Rozannes, cotinus, the ponytail grasses, the acers, the roses, the corkscrew hazel, the achemilla, the erigerons – all desperate to be seen! The …