Under a Beach Tree

by | Jun 22, 2019 | everything, plants

Lunaria rediviva with heart shaped leaves, fading flowers and elongated seed pods. We planted the perennial honesty under a huge, dark beach tree last spring. They’ve flowered profusely this year with light purple flowers and are now developing seedpods....

If Only

by | Jun 22, 2019 | everything, plants

this wasn’t brambles and groundelder Well, there are some moths and butterflies depending on these, but there are plenty of brambles and groundelder around. I just was too busy doing my RHS course than weeding in that corner of the garden. If they weren’t...

That Noise!

by | Jun 21, 2019 | creepy crawlies, everything, plants

One single bumble bee representing the crowd that won’t hold still for the photo: All different kinds of bees and some butterflies too. People might say that Cotoneaster frigidus is not a very desireable plant. But it is a true bee-magnet. Just listen to that...

Back in May

by | Jun 20, 2019 | everything, gardens, plants

I had to wait outside the new US embassy in London for three hours and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The landscape design with a lake, waterfall, prairie planting and north-american trees makes the place feel like a genorous, open and very modern public garden. The latter...

My Favourite Poppy

by | Jun 14, 2019 | everything, plants

This poppy looks so fragile. As if it will only last for a few minutes. May I introduce you to my favourite poppy: Papaver nudicaule “Champagne Bubbles”, paper-thin petals, very posh wrinkles as well as unshaved legs!