by Pips | Jul 5, 2019 | everything, gardens, plants
Rosa “American Pillar” growing over a fence at Hilliers Arboretum This reminds me, I still haven’t been to Mottisfont to see the roses…
by Pips | 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....
by Pips | 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...
by Pips | 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...
by Pips | 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...
by Pips | 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!
