Gardening
‘ Ello ‘ ello . Time for another Six on Saturday . Six thing going on in the garden , on a Saturday . Why not link in ?
1 – Rose , unknown miscellany . Annoying that it ’s unknown as I ’m sure I found the label for this the other twenty-four hours . Might be opine it . Anyhow , this small shrub rose was give to my wife as a natal day present almost 7 years ago . Through most of that metre it has remained a fairly pathetic article , omit at the front of the perimeter . We sometimes grow some blossom , but generally not much . It has clearly go against up its ideas as it is bloom profusely , or in the process of so doing . I imagine the mulch the perimeter was render earlier in the spring is the secret plan - changer . High manure content , good for rose it seems .
2 . Lily . I mention these a few Sixes ago . They are now flower , more to arrive still . They are a bit isolated in the border at the here and now , I need their recently planted bedmates to grow on and launch , then they will be in polite company .
3 . Clematis ‘ Comtesse de bouchard ’ . One of my many cheapo acqusitions to begin with this twelvemonth , It is flowering away quite happily , although not very tall . It is twelvemonth 1 in the ground , so I expect more from it ( and its counterparts ) next year and beyond .
I also lost a clematis plant ( well , the above - ground portion of it ) to wilt . It was looking reasonably pitiful ( all in ) so I ’ve cut it down to the ground . I may get some new growth from below the soil this year , perchance not till next year , and maybe it ’s a goner . They do usually come back . Bit annoying .
4 . Courgette – recall I ’d let in these fellas here as they are flowering away . I ’ve 4 of this bush motley in the ground , so I will have a glut of courgettes . Or , if I turn my back for 5 minutes , marrows .
5 . Lavender . Bit old school day , but I wish it . My granddaddy had a big lavender shrub next to some steps in his garden . It was always full of bees and thus , as a kid , an object to be feared , and to be be given by chop-chop . Funny how these things stick in your nous . Anyhow , I have acquired a burden very cheaply in late year and have been meddlesome establishing clumps of what # 4 child refers to as “ that smelly bush ” at choke point in the garden , caricature the effect my grandpa achieved way back when .
6 . Honeysuckle . Well , I recollect it ’s now an ex - coast banksia . The last couple of days it has been exhibit some strange behavior . It would leaf up in the bound , flower , then immediately drop all it its foliage , not even waiting till the autumn . This twelvemonth it has not leafed up at all , never mind flowered . I ’ll have to cut into it up I cerebrate . Still , on the positive side , I necessitate a new plant life !
Enjoy the rest of your weekend , I ’ll be back next calendar week with another Six .
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