Back breaking work today, I have finally got round too clearing the bottom end of the garden. The trees were cut back a few months ago so I have transplanted a few yew hedges by the bottom fence to fill the gaps. I've emptied x2 compost bins, raked all the soil evenly over the ground and got rid of all the rubbish. It's actually a huge space and I'm now wondering wether to just grass it or do something else.....
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I can't believe that in November that the yellow rose on the Arbour is still flowering. The Red rose on the lower Left of the Yellow roses is Called Galway Bay
Umbrella Plant:Indian RhubarbThis Darmera peltata is very quickly going to fill this space. I can wait to see it fully grow, with its large leaves reaching 45cm. This rhizomatous perennial will reach the grand height of 1.5m. The pink flowers are born on long stems and come before the leaves in spring. The leaves turning red in Autumn. I have grown it down on the edge of the dock, where it will be in semi shade, the soil will stay moist. A new specimen plant for the garden; this is a bit of an animal! Tetrapanax papyrifera 'Rex' can reach heights of 6 meters with a 3 meter girth. It likes damp soil and will tolerate a little shade, so perfect for the bottom of our garden. It can grow upto 3ft a year so I don't expect it stay small for long, although we will have to keep the suckers in check. It flowers in September/October and the bees love the flowers. It is Hardy down to -12 so I am hoping it will survive the winter.
This variety of gooseberry is delicious, the fruits turn red, are really juice and best of all the plant is almost thornless. The fruit started to ripen at the end of June and as I don't eat sugar, I ate them like sweets, with every trip down the garden. The advice about this variety of gooseberry is that as the bush matures it may need some bamboo canes for support as the weight of fruit pulls down the branches. PRUNING: Fruit is produced on one-year old wood and on spurs produced on older wood, but the quality of the fruit produced on the spurs is not as good as the fruit produced on newer growth. Prune out old wood from the centre and branches growing inward to produce a goblet shape, this ensures light reaches the fruit and a good air flow I bought this plant a few years ago as part of the Lamiaceae family of plants I had for the Gardeners World Beautiful Borders competition but I was too small at the time. This year is standing proud in the borders.
It likes the moist soil I have at the bottom of the garden and the light shade from the trees. The bees absolutely love it too.... I bought this "Saphira" columnar pear from B&Q a few years ago, and this is the first year it has produced fruit. I have 5 delicious looking pearls. They are beautiful greenish to yellow, bottle-shaped fruits. They apparently taste very aromatic and sweet. I will let you know. They can be harvest from Mid-September and are storable until mid / end of January. This pear suffered from fire blight light year and I removed all the leaves and burned them, and I have moved the pear into the shade. I have also fed and watered!!! A fabulous little Nursery Nr Chippenham. Special Plants I visited and spent an absolute fortune on unusual plants for the garden. I now have to find space for them. They also have a seed catalogue which is well worth ordering.
Militis melissophyllum - Bastard Balm: A native wildflower that likes to live on banks and verges. It will suit our garden and it is such a pretty plant. Grows to about 18" and has very pretty flowers
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