Fluffy Salvia

by | Nov 14, 2019 | everything, plants

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

Cobea scandens

by | Nov 7, 2019 | everything, plants

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...

Red Admiral

by | Sep 26, 2019 | creepy crawlies, everything

Posing on the top of a fence. From this perspective the butterfly looks like a huge, furry monster. It is welcome of course, no matter from which angle.

Furry Lichen

by | Sep 24, 2019 | everything, gardens, plants

Sir Harold Hillier Garden This is at the edge of a damp meadow near the plant centre. The large trees are wingnuts and the opulent lichen create an eerie atmosphere. It attaches itself not only to the trees, but also to the wooden benches. And to my hair probably, if...

Woodland Floor

by | Sep 21, 2019 | everything

Under your feet It feels like a trampoline. All the bits that drop from the trees build up on the ground and make a springy floor in the New Forest.

New Plants from Leaves

by | Sep 20, 2019 | everything, plants

Only three of the old leaves are still visible. They are more yellow than the new plants. This happened by accident. Family bought these, Echeveria elegans I think, from Flying Tiger and after some neglect, they dropped a few leaves – from which tiny roots...

Spider Season

by | Sep 15, 2019 | creepy crawlies, everything

Warming its belly in the afternoon sun. Suddenly you run into them: Invisible nets, flexible barriers. After so many spidery threads end up in my face I change the way I move: Gesturing with my hands in front of me when I pass between plants.

Weed Posie

by | Aug 7, 2019 | everything, plants

Grasses, yarrow, mallow, … This picture says everything about the state of my lawn. Very rough.