One of the best perennials that I have planted this season must be the echinacea. Since the first bud formed weeks ago, it hasn't stopped flowering. This is what it looks like now:
The astilbe has only recently started to flower. It needed the occasional rain that we've had recently, I think; it's a plant for moist soils, often thriving in boggy terrain next to ponds:
The weekend before last we bought this fuchsia, lovely pink and purple pendulums and variegated foliage that livens up the border:
Finally, beautiful blue and purple morning glories - all the way from the south of France! We were given the seeds last summer by lovely belle-mere, and they seem to be flourishing although it's much less sunny here... Not this year, though! This is a very good UK summer! :)
Welcome to my blog! Here, I journal the transformation of our tiny London backyard into a dream garden. I hope you will like it! A dream garden, for me, is an outdoor space filled with rich colours and seductive scents, offering beautiful flowers, interesting textures and tasty morsels for our delectation. Also a source of nourishment for the local wildlife - birds, butterflies and bees. A space to enjoy with my SO, friends, family, and, of course, our cats. Somewhere to sit and have coffee, or even a meal, and a tiny patch of grass to lie on in the fleeting sunshine of the English summer. And, we're almost there... Unless stated otherwise, all photos are by me (or my SO) and are clickable. |
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