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Grasses at the year’s end.
The growth of interest in grasses has given a whole new dimension to gardening allowing us to soften our borders, listen to their sounds, enjoy their movement and the special way they catch the light. These three photos were taken … Continue reading
Simply Beautiful – no 29 – winter yellow
At the beginning of every year we are treated to the amazing display of flowers on our Cornus mas. The shrub gets covered in its citr us yellow unusual flowers. The flowers have to be looked at very close up … Continue reading
My Garden Journal 2019 – February
Here we are visiting my garden journal for the second time in 2019 with my February entries. My first double page spread was all about the week that spanned the last few days of January which delivered snowfall and the … Continue reading
Posted in flowering bulbs, garden photography, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged cornus mas, crocus, cyclamen, frost, hamamelis, hellebore, hellebores, iris reticulata, ornamental grasses, snow, snowdrops, the garden in winter, winter, winter aconite, winter cyclamen, winter garden, winter gardening, witch hazels
A Hill Top Winter Walk
In mid-February on a cool day with a cold wind we took a walk along the top of Llanymynech Hill on the England/Wales border. Jude and I regularly meet up with a group of friends from our college days back … Continue reading
Posted in countryside, landscapes, light quality
Tagged borderlands, country walks, countryside, hillside walk, the Marches, winter
The Dingle Garden in December
Here we are with the final report of our monthly visit to the Dingle Gardens near Welshpool. As we drove down to Welshpool the weather just could not make its mind up what it was going to do, sunny with … Continue reading
Posted in colours, garden design, garden paths, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, lakes, light, light quality, ornamental trees and shrubs, Powis, Powys, shrubs, trees, Wales, water in the garden, woodland, woodlands
Tagged foliage, foliage colour, foliage plants, gardens of Powys, glaucous foliage, shrubs in winter, The Dingle Welshpool, trees and shrubs, variegated foliage, variegation, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, winter shrubs, woodland, woodland garden, woodland gardening
Simply Beautiful No 20 in a very occasional series
As we struggle to keep our garden going in our current drought and extremly high temperatures, here is a post to remind us of cooler times! Hellebores! Everyone loves them. Here are some of the latest colours from breeder of … Continue reading
Posted in Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged hellebore, hellebores, winter, winter garden, winter gardening
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