Wandering around the garden this morning after feeding the chucks, I was struck by the similarity in colour of three different flowers but what colour are they? There are so many colours in the garden that are difficult to put a label to. These three blooms are salmony, yellowy, pinkish I suppose but whatever they end up looking so subtle and gently beautiful. They are also the colours of some smoothies or yoghurts.
Well, things may be a little clearer as to the identity of the wrongly sold Hagley Hybrid clematis. My friend Geoff, a gardener by profession, suggested it might be Princess Diana, so here is a photo of our clematis bought as Princess Diana (on the left) and the clematis bought as Hagley Hybrid (on the right). If Geoffs assumption is correct , then what is the other which we thought was Princess Diana?
We have just harvested the plums from one of our row of cordons- lovely rich purple plums. We filled the trug after picking over 10lb of fruit – not bad for one cordon.
We bought a clematis a few years ago labelled as Hagley Hybrid. Once it started flowering we were unsure whether it actually was this variety. But nevertheless it is a stunning climber which rambles happily over the trellis in our Rill Garden and always makes its way towards the top pool and on its way makes a diversion to clamber over a standard holly. Its deep pink-red blooms contrast beautifully with the deep green glossy leaves of the holly.
We have trained a Scrumptious apple tree over an archway over the path to the greenhouse. Starting with a one year maiden whip we trained it over the arch pruning it as a cordon and within three years we were harvesting heavy crops. The only problem we encountered was when the main trunk was snapped off in heavy winds when it was heavily laden with fruit. But we learnt our lesson and from then on always tie it in as it grows with much stronger fixings.
In the photo the redness of these delicious and attractive apples looks great behind the yellow saucer shaped flowerheads of the fennel and the metallic blue globes of the echinops.
We have added more red to our Hot Border for extra zing! This extra red was provided by a crocosmia called “Walbertons Red”. The “Walberton” part of the name refers to the nursery in Arundel, West Sussex who introduced it. The nursery’s best-know introductions are probably Lavender Silver Edge and Scabious Butterfly Blue. We also bought Crocosmia “Walbertons Yellow” and both these crocosmias are richly coloured and flower strongly.
Should 2011 have been “The Year of the Clematis”? All ours have flowered so well and for so long, be they the usual climbers or the less-often grown and less well known herbaceous varieties. Just look at the photos! The first is a climber and the second an herbaceous type.
The buds on the agapanthus are still opening. They look wonderful at every stage.
Most of the hard work in the Avocet garden is done by Jude the under-gardener. She does the digging, weeding and humping around while I have the ideas and do the glamorous jobs like planting new acquisitions.
The hot border in our front garden at our home plot is looking good! Hot! Hot! Hot!
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