June view 2009

June view 2009
View of rose and herb garden, June 2009

Small Garden Story

Over some 15 + years, I have been photographing the evolution of my small (85 x 15 foot) garden and it seems a waste not to put these records into some sort of context. Beginning here in April 2010 this Blog is intended to both act as a diary and to share past and present successes (and some failures), pleasures and disappointments with fellow garden-lovers. In due course, I intend to fill in some of the background and early days but that will have to wait until the winter months!

Wednesday 8 April 2020

Unexpected over-wintering climber!

So we are all confined to home, which suits some much better than others. I definitely count myself as amongst the lucky and plan to be making the most of the extra time in the garden - and sharing the pleasure! One of the things I love most about gardening is the unexpected surprises. This spring I have been amazed to discover that both the cobea scandens and eccremocarpus scaber - two half-hardly perennials that are usually tender in our climate - that I grew from seed last year have over-wintered in the area nearest the house, the eccremocarpus looking stronger than ever and flowering beautifully. I just need to go and pull it back from shooting up next-door's overgrown buddleia!