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A massive flint stone wall

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The longer you look at it the more interesting it gets: under the trained limes the wall is shaded but apparently also dry in recent weeks. The moss has turned brown and tiny ferns cling to it. Each miniature frond has the pinnate structure of a fern, but they are bonsai-sized fairy garden plants.

They’re open :-)

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The walled garden and ice cream van were very busy. But even on a booked out day at Mottisfont there are empty spaces to enjoy the view.

Sunny Windowsill

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It’s not your screen that’s dirty: It’s my windowsill!

One can start off their seeds indoors on a sunny windowsill. Or one can choose to take RHS exams in February. I did the latter and am wondering now whether I can fit in more trays on the limited shelfs in my brain. I might have run out of space. Or of time. One week to go!

Front Garden

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This is the rather smashing front garden of one of the horticulture classrooms at Sparsholt. It hides the classroom container well! Especially the Garrya elliptica squeezed behind the other shrubs is doing a great job at the moment, looking almost festive with long tassels. The Daphne’s scent is wafting over the whole courtyard.

Fluffy Salvia

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Salvia leucantha. These are buds, I am still waiting for flowers. Stipa tenuissima and Buddleja davidii make up the background.

Cobea scandens

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The sweet peas have long gone, but Cobea scandens, fresh and green, still climbs up the support on the garden shed.

Finally, in October, the first flower opened! Now it’s November and it is unfazed by all the rain we had and the snails and slugs go past without noticing. I actually failed to grow this from seed and a friend gave me a seedling. Such a nice plant! It’s an annual, so I will have to try again next year.

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