by Pips | Nov 19, 2019 | everything, gardens
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey, UK
by Pips | 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.
by Pips | Nov 13, 2019 | everything, plants
Lean on me!
by Pips | 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...
by Pips | 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.
by Pips | 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...
