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This morning's post was grumpy and private. Here's something more jolly.


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I wrote recently about my annual sweet peas then yesterday spotted a horrible tangle of perennial sweet peas, Lathyrus latifolius.


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In September, dahlias are at last allowed to bloom without those tragically intoned words: ‘What, dahlias already!’ being heard. (Christopher Lloyd, The Well-Tempered GardenYes, no sooner are we past the longest day and into July than people really do start to say, ‘Dahlias already!’ and to send their frightfully amusing emails to Terry Wogan about ( Read more... )

Earlier this year I worked hard digging out the enormous weeds which the builders' topsoil was full of. I left a few 'weeds' which I thought would be nice if I remembered to pull them out before they seeded. They're the kind of thing you might see along the central reservation of a motorway.


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This afternoon, Wimborne was full of people wandering about dressed in comfortable sandals and shady hats and clutching yellow leaflets. Twelve private gardens were open in aid of Wimborne in Bloom. This is a wonderful opportunity to find a little gem of a garden behind an apparently mundane facade. I didn't manage twelve and of those I saw, one ( Read more... )

The campanula season is on us so now is the time to decide which, if any, I would want to take with me to a smaller garden. The standard Campanula persicifolia is almost too much of a good thing.


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roses and philadelphus are flowering together like this.


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