tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post3750981112585207150..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: Garden flowersSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-59380751758385380482017-10-13T11:57:07.516+01:002017-10-13T11:57:07.516+01:00Just like heaven................Just like heaven................Dr. Vandana Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812039483229217149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-91967680900457333942011-06-26T21:42:34.346+01:002011-06-26T21:42:34.346+01:00Perpetua - well you can vicariously share my flowe...Perpetua - well you can vicariously share my flowers then :-) I had to wait years for them as it took me a while to get around to having the garden sorted. I did like having it used as a lambing pen by my neighbour, but I missed "guddling with the earth" and am glad I'm back to doing that now.Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-42152836635645406152011-06-26T20:58:26.330+01:002011-06-26T20:58:26.330+01:00Oh how lovely, Sian. I'm green with envy. I ca...Oh how lovely, Sian. I'm green with envy. I can't plant much here in Normandy as when we're not here we let our farmer neighbour graze her livestock on our patch to keep the grass down and they always seem to prefer what I've planted. Sigh....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-42561587811205391962011-06-26T19:37:41.052+01:002011-06-26T19:37:41.052+01:00OrkneyFlowers - that's the benefit of a 5ft dr...OrkneyFlowers - that's the benefit of a 5ft dry stane dyke! Great that the Cellist was in the festival, though um.... not playing the usual instrument..... <br /><br />Iain - Andalucia, oooh that sounds wonderful (and warm!)<br /><br />Thecurateswife - think the proper name for Dame's Rocket is "hesperis matronalis" or something similar? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperis_matronalisSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-88189508819432007832011-06-26T18:53:55.861+01:002011-06-26T18:53:55.861+01:00I am jealous - so pretty- your flowers are way ahe...I am jealous - so pretty- your flowers are way ahead of mine. I'm told by locals this is 'The moor effect' that holds back everything in my garden.I think it might be the large oak trees that overshadow it for most of the day. What is /are Dame's rocket?Thecurateswifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698368420407630258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-53865640114842845872011-06-26T14:52:45.213+01:002011-06-26T14:52:45.213+01:00All looking wonderful, dare I say it?: even the we...All looking wonderful, dare I say it?: even the weather!? It is high time I made a visit to Orkney, one of those things too easily pushed onto the back-burner, I'm afraid. Cats are amazing at times, ain't they? We're about to move down to Andalucia tomorrow and I'd swear Charlie, my much-loved mog, has got wind of the impending disruption.Iainhttp://swedishbullshit.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-78109831816807715042011-06-26T13:17:05.029+01:002011-06-26T13:17:05.029+01:00Hey there I'm very jealous of your flowers - a...Hey there I'm very jealous of your flowers - all I've got here is wind battered willow!<br /><br />Brilliant! We did a bit of festival - but not too much - cellist was a precussionist for the night in a windband concert - go that for complicated! <br /><br />Great fun though!<br /><br />BTW Prim scot second flowering the now is AMAZING! Don't know if you've been yet but worth a go!Fay McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573998704716650377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-74039918792788394742011-06-26T12:41:36.231+01:002011-06-26T12:41:36.231+01:00Hi Fiona, yes the first picture is my favourite. I...Hi Fiona, yes the first picture is my favourite. I'm hoping this will translate to the other two borders soon too. That wild "cottage garden" natural feel is what I was aiming at and it seems to have worked so far :-) Lots of perennials that self seed so I do less work ;-)Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-14347685469589070362011-06-26T12:00:58.919+01:002011-06-26T12:00:58.919+01:00Wow, Sian, your garden's looking great. What a...Wow, Sian, your garden's looking great. What a difference in it since I saw it in person. :-) I particularly love the first picture - to me that's just how a flower border should look.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03843861400672556148noreply@blogger.com