My summer kicks off with the release of Margaret's cows from the sheds. I was on holiday on the big day, and for the first time in several years, I missed all the pent-up excitement, the expectation, the arging and barging, the galloping, the frenetic leaping into the air and bellows resounding across the valley. … Continue reading The Garden in Flower
Aquilegia
I didn’t show you …
... the alliums in flower. After last year's disappointment (when they were mostly reduced to sludge by heavy rain) they were a fine sight. I originally planted one hundred A. aflatunense, twenty A. rosenbachianum and ten A. globemaster. They have increased dramatically in number and bulbs have mounded up to the surface. I won't need … Continue reading I didn’t show you …
Priory Beauties
Over in the meadow, the first Camassia quamash has flowered. I planted 200 of these small bulbs last autumn so this better not be the only one. (Or else there'll be trouble). Very pretty, I think and a little startling when I first saw it. I really like Aquilegia. Does anyone not? A few years … Continue reading Priory Beauties
The Anxious Gardener 