Looking west.
Field boundaries awash with seedling clematis. I never cut them back. They grow as they please. Clematis Betty Corning is very similar. Long flowering in the shade of the hedge.
Rosa American Pillar survives without much care. This one came from a holiday cutting taken (with permission) from the front garden of a cottage at Sandsend. We used to rent the school house at the bottom of the valley for summer holidays with the family. A lovely reminder of sunny days, sea and sand.
Protected by tall hedges, the plot provides all the cut flowers, fruit and veg we need. No sprays or chemicals are used here. It’s a haven for wildlife – as well as me. Don’t look too closely. There’s plenty of weeds.
Flowers from the plot. On sale at Six Acre Nursery, Costock, Leicestershire. All proceeds to Rainbows Hospice for children and young people.
Sometimes I make door wreaths from the flowers. Here’s one I made this week.
Enjoy your weekend.
Links :
Six on Saturday : https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2019/07/20/six-on-saturday-20-07-2019/
Seeds from : https://higgledygarden.com/
Rainbows Hospice: https://www.rainbows.co.uk/
You might like to read : https://bramblegarden.com/2019/07/19/infection-update-19th-july-2019-gardening/amp/
Also, In a Vase on Monday: https://bramblegarden.com/2019/06/03/in-a-vase-on-monday-3-june-2019/
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How nice that you get copies of plants that are important to you. Almost everything that was planted into my former garden has history like that. My first zonal geraniums had been with me in every home I ever lived in since junior high; and my second zonal geraniums had been with since about 1992. I got my rhubarb from my great grandfather before I was in kindergarten.
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That’s lovely Tony. I pass plants on to friends to as a back up. If mine die, I can go and ask for a cutting to keep the plants going.
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I do the same! I suppose I should not be so uptight about losing some of them. It is natural that they would not last forever. . . . Although, my great grandmothers iris is now being grown y my great niece; my great grandmother’s great great great grand daughter.
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That’s lovely to hear Tony. I’m passing on cuttings to my daughters too.
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I have an America Pillar from a cutting I took from my mothers garden, always a welcome sight.
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Isn’t it glorious and cheerful Brian. Many happy memories 🙂 x
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Hi Karen, trust you are well on the mend after you gardening injury. That door wreath does look lovely. At the moment I’m happy if they look good in the ground! Talking of which I have some proper tidying to do in my wisteria border, it has got very unruly in there. Removing the annual poppies has revealed a bit of a mess. I’m inclined to completely refresh the planting this autumn. Such fun.
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What a lovely view the clematis and rose have of the field beyond. It’s glorious. Great idea to sell flowers for the hospice. I’ve often though of doing something similar for the hospice I volunteer at. I need to find an outlet for next year…
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Thank you Katherine. I’m just cutting some more today. Phew it’s hot though. All the best with your garden.
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Lovely door wreath. I had an abundance of ox-eye daisies last year so had small vases of them cut all over but they’ve ended up very tatty and windswept this year. But felling inspired to see if I can find a few flowers to bring in.
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Thank you. The daisies are growing in the gravel path. Not at all where I planted them! 🙂
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I’ve got them coming up all over. It’s now a battle between ox-eyes and forget-me-nots to claim any crack or empty ground.
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Yes, the door wreath is stunning, Karen! Hope you are continuing to improve from your infection
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Thank you 😊 x
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Funnily enough, I had a conversation today with a friend about weeds and growth that drops from heaven. We both abut onto fields, though in different locations. This year there is much more vigorous weed and grasses growth, some not usually quite so abundant, not all of them pretty and interesting flowering varieties. She commented Nettles always get the ‘last word’, [a ping back then a stinging attack on the arm].
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So true. A stinging nettle has just “got me “though a little gap in my coat! Made it into liquid feed.
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That must have been truly satisfying…. 😉
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Beautiful flowers and a lovely wreath – giving me ideas.
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Thank you Ronnie 🙂💕🌱
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Karen your hedges I love, they are magnificent and among them you can see the beautiful fields as paintings that change according to the seasons. Rosa Pilar Americano, apart from the fabulous memories it brings you, is divine. Karen is ecological just like me, that’s why you have so many wild animals living in your garden, it’s wonderful! I love your flower beds, and I know that you sell them all and the whole collection goes to Rainbows Hospice: your heart is immeasurable … (I loved the link to Rainbows Hospice). What fantastic flowers, I love them. What a wonderful and charming wreath, I love it! You are an expert in Karen garlands. Thank you very much for the walk through your fabulous garden, it has been wonderful. I will try to enjoy the weekend despite the heat, 38ºC today and tomorrow 39ºC and at night 23ºC. I hope you have a great weather. Enjoy your weekend. Karen love, health and strength for your whole family and for you. Take care and rest. Affectionate caresses to Meg and Grace. Very loving greetings from Margarita.
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Thank you Margarita. It’s terribly hot today. 30C. We are sitting in the orchard trying to keep cool. Loving greetings. Karen xx,
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Karen, I hope from the bottom of my heart that temperatures drop and you have a more pleasant weather Although I wish I had your 30ºC! Cool in your garden. Very affectionate greetings from Margarita.
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We are all sweltering here. Drinking jugs of mint tea and trying to keep cool xxx
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The Door wreath is perfect… enjoy your oasis.
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Thank you Noelle. The new puppy has just brought in a baby grass snake. Both unharmed, fortunately. Phew. Xx
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I love your wreath. So pretty
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Thank you 😊 x
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