Greetings from the Fred Whitsey Library at Hidcote,
where I am currently installed and in the midst of a Final Push! The end is
near, and unfortunately my garden history assignment will not write itself. A
double post here, please see the previous post for more of Giverny (the silence
was eerie). Cheerio for now!
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| In the Old
Garden, a nice evening to
enjoy Tamarix tetrandra |
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| The Long Walk, looking almost lime green with the
fresh leaves of the Hornbeam hedges |
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| One afternoon the water ran brown in the stream,
reminding me of Wonka’s river in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
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| A joyful mix of candelabra primulas, iris and ferns
in the Upper Stream garden. The stepping-stone leads to Mrs Winthrop’s Garden |
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| Carpenteria californica surrounded by Libertia
grandiflora in East Court |
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| Convolvulus tricolour in Mrs Winthrop’s Garden |
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| Old Garden scene, and the ominous clouds that have
typified the weather in recent weeks |
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| Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’ unfurling delicately at the
end of the Rose Walk |
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| Also up the Rose Walk, Onopordum acanthium (the Scotch
Thistle) and some Lupins gifted to us by Maurice the local Lupin grower |
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| In the Glasshouse, plants awaiting planting.
Argyranthemum ‘Jamaica Primrose’ and Verbena ‘La France’ (actually rather hardy,
worth risking outside over winter) |
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| Three dead May beetles were recorded on the first of
June. Science! |
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| Moths are funny little blighters. Here a Common Swift
that was in no rush whatsoever to leave my hand! ‘This is nice and warm, I’ll
just settle here a while’ |
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| My wildflower project down by the bee hives is nudging
along rather well, the thing is in flower now but I shall post about that later |
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| Amongst the earliest blooms to appear by the hives was
this pleasant combination of Foxglove and Cow Parsley |
