Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
One of the most perfumed flowers of all….(while the yellow has filled the gallery through an open door, with its delicate fragrance since January), it isn’t until early March that the first white blooms appear on some much-treasured & well-placed...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
I could swear these thrusting aloe spears were NOT there yesterday! Maybe I just didn’t happen to walk past…but there are TWO of them! I always think they look like gigantic asparagus. They are truly splendid… To be honest, I hadn’t actually...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
I love this very simple Greek orange poppy for its feathery foliage & bright flower head, nodding on a tall stem in the breeze. It’s usually in flower when nothing else is, and so stands out against varying textures and other greens in the garden....
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
I enjoy this time when the garden has been pruned and we’re back to the bones, with only ‘spot’ flowers. Much as I hope for and anticipate the build up towards (hopefully??) a full autumn garden; structure, texture and foliage look handsome and...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
I know I’ve been a bit quiet – and no, I haven’t been pruning EVERY single day since the last post – more like 2 days on, 1 day off, but there really is that much to do! I’ve had to take the odd deep breath & cut through plants...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Not exactly a job one WANTS to do at this time of the year – hours on end with a pair of secateurs in the beating sun, but there is little choice – it MUST be done. It isn’t that the garden really looks so bad, but the plants have...
