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Join me as I blog my way through the year with reflections from a gardening life...

Heavenly Hollyhocks

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Pointing to the sky in high summer is what I think of as a classic cottage garden flower – the hollyhock.

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Summer buzz – spoilt for choice, the bees have options

Bee feeding on a hydrangea

I walked out into my garden early in June to savour the peace of a Sunday morning…

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Early performers that can survive harsh conditions

Euphorbia myrsinites

There are a few tough individuals that seem impervious to to the recent snow, ice and biting wind

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In the bleak midwinter…

Wren perched on a diagonal twig

The time of year when we wish we’d planted more evergreens and planned in more structure

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A late burst of colour and fragrance

A bee feeds from the pale purple flower with thin petals and a yellow centre

The last blooms of autumn are so special and I want to savour them before the first frost comes

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Plant of the month

August
A bumble bee settles on a lilac blue Agastache

Agastache ‘Black Adder’

his giant hyssop has fluffy, lilac blue flower spikes on straight stems that grow to about 90cm high.

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