My first highlights and a little sadness..

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Firstly, my Abutilon, which really did suffer from drought when I left it last summer in the courtyard has rallied and is starting to flower.

Then there’s Pteris umbrosa, a very beautiful, but not fully hardy fern-like plant. It really got beaten up in gales during the winter. So much so that I had to cut it back to the ground. I thought I’d lost it but no, here it is…

And here is my first rose bud opening up on R. Odyssey. I have my favourite 4 roses. This one, Chartreuse De Parme, Grace and Scented Garden. All have buds having been bought as bare roots in December just before I became ill. Scott bought lovely pots for me to keep them in and potted them up for me. Those pots now contain Patio clematis.

And here’s one of the patio clems I chose. This one is growing on in a plain pot until I decide where it should go. Clematis ‘Darcy’.

Cistus ‘Silver Pink’. I have three, all getting going now and bringing something a bit mediterranean to the garden. I will mention, although I have designed a Mediterranean style courtyard style garden, I am not going to try to grow plants that would not thrive here. It’s an English planting scheme really. Just the plants I love!

Finally, an actual Mediterranean plant! I am trying to grow an Almond tree in a pot. It’s doing well, and in spite of the awful wet weather during blossom time, I have one Almond. I went to admire it, only to discover the branch was broken. Aaaargh! So I cut it and am admiring it in a vase. Oh well…maybe next year!

• 22 May, 2024
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