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| I'm not sure if it was watching the expert demonstrating clipping bonzai on the Chelsea Flower show coverage . Or it could have been the neighbor I passed the other day snipping at the under growth of his Acer. |
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| But I was inspired or demented ...and went out with Secateurs and loppers |
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| Normally at this time of year, just as the the Panicum 'Sshenandoa' are visiable in the long brick planter , It's time for the brass section , the Euphorbias that is , to stand down , I love the dramatic charteuse bracts as they slowly unfurl in early spring. But by the end of May when eveything is filling in , I know it's it's time ... |
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| What I had not planned on was this. I've dug all but one completly out. |
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| And all because It rained so much all week , the weight of the plums snapped this limb off . In a panic I visited my local nursery for advice . Their advice was basically not to worry about it ...no need to buy any first aid products . As I was there why not a stroll through the new plant selections , not intending to get anything ...oh no . |
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| Four gallion pot of gorgeous Schefflera taiwaniana ! how could I not? |
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| The plum tree...with Philips duck tape graft |
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| Paulownia tomentosa after being given the severe chop a few months ago, making it 's way upward again. I did let this tree grow for three years before trying this out , so far so good. |
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| Another giant Gunnera Tinctoria just now visable , after being smothered by the sweet woodruff. |
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| And look what I found , the main trunk of the Paulownia in the shed where I left it months ago..still growing ! It's now in a bucket of water, why not? |
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| Ceanothus T.' Victoria' should be renamed skyrocket being very accommodating as it grows straight upward . A slight nod towards the Acacia allows me to just pass through. |
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| With so much blue about at the moment I'm enjoying this Mimulas aurantiacus 'jeffs Tangerine' . I've just dug out the Phlox planted between the three Stipa gigantea . and replaced it with this , so much better . |
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| My little stash of future fillers for all those gaps left after I pull the For-get-nots and the tulips have wilted , which they have . |
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| Of course all the trouble I take , carefully labeling each tray , falls by the wayside with each potting on. So now I'm not really sure , but I hope this is DIANTHUS ' Fringed pink Rainbow loveliness' . When I opened the packet these seeds were so few and so microscopic that I had a lot of trouble , first getting them out, then trying to sow them thinly ...because I could hardly see them . |
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| Now this one , which is just now taking off, Amaranth ' Chinese Giant Orange...very exciting ...but I can't decide were to plant this 3 ft tall orange beauty? |
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| Salpiglossis sinuata ' Kew blue' , quite a few of these . I 've never grown these or owned these, so I have no idea . Sowing time was Mid Jan - MId March , so I just made it . with a few seeds left to sow later on. Probably these will over winter and bloom next year. |
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| Vita Sackville- West said once planted you will have Purple Mountain Orach forever selfseeding. Well I said ha to that last year. not one came back. But this year I've got half a dozen all in a group. And very welcome they are ! |
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| And lastly the goats ...not mine of course |
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| I've been enjoying this single burgundy centered Dianthus 'Dainty Dame' with this feathery fine Tanacetum densum ssp. amani |
