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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Tag Archives: tulips
Wordless Wednesday – The Fabuloso Fringed Fabio
Posted in Flowers, Wordless
Tagged bulbs, Fringed tulip, Gardening, orange, Photography, Spring, Tulipa 'Fabio', tulips
9 Comments
A Week of Flowers:Day 4 – 25/11/2020
Cathy at Words and Herbs is spreading cheer and sunshine this week (22-28th November) by posting daily flowery pictures. She has asked everyone to join in if they can, to combat Lockdown, Covid and other stresses and worries. You can … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged cheerfulness, Flowers, Gardening, Photography, Sunshine, tulips
15 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Introducing Slawa
Oh go on then, just a few more!
Posted in Flowers, Spring, Wordless
Tagged Gardening, orange, Photography, Tulipa 'Slawa', tulips
4 Comments
Six on Saturday – All Change
28/12/2019 So, this is the last Six-on-Saturday for 2019. Many thanks to Jonathon, The Propagator, for hosting such a fun and inclusive meme throughout the year. Here are my six today: 1) Mahonia – Borrowed glory OK, this is in … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Vegetables
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Gardening, Hellebore niger, Mahonia, Oca tubers, Parrotia persica 'Vanessa', Six on Saturday, tulips, Voles, Winter honeysuckle
12 Comments
April flowers – You’re the ones that I want!
Chloris at The Blooming Garden has a fantastic range of spring flowers and she has select her favourite ‘ten’ for April in this post, giving me plenty of ideas for next year. Meanwhile, these are my current favourite plants around … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Spring
Tagged Arum, euphorbia, fritillaries, Gardening, Photography, Ribes, spring bulbs, tulips
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Sunshine
Posted in Flowers, Spring
Tagged Gardening, Photography, spring bulbs, Tulipa Abu Hassan', tulips
1 Comment
Border Review 2017
If you’ve been following my blog for a bit, you will know that I am a volunteer gardener at Wimpole Estate and that I look after the long borders that run across the middle of the Walled Garden. I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Wimpole Hall
Tagged Border plants, Gardening, Photography, tulips, Wimpole Estate, Year review
13 Comments
In a Vase on Monday – Stormy Seas
I’ve been prowling around the garden checking for consequences of our being away and for the most part things have done perfectly well without us (kind neighbours watered the greenhouse). The exceptions are the things that I planted in the … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, The home garden
Tagged bulbs, flower arrangements, Gardening, Horticulture, In a vase on Monday, Photography, tulips
19 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Little rays of sunshine
Posted in Flowers, Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged acacia, Gardening, Photography, Ribes, tulips, Wildflowers, Yellow
13 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Tulip ‘Ancilla’ and the dusty footsteps
This is Tulipa kaufmanniana ‘Ancilla’ with gold-centred, red-ringed, waterlily-shaped flowers
Posted in Flowers, Spring, Wordless
Tagged bulbs, Gardening, Photography, pollen beetles, Tulipa 'Ancilla', tulips
16 Comments
