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Tag Archives: Butterflies
My Garden beginning of May 2016
Monday, Monday, I just love that day now that I’m retired and have time to play. All is quiet, no-one is about until I let out my dog for her morning scout. Just listening to birdsong, watching pigeons that irk, … Continue reading
Posted in 05 May, 2016, Diary
Tagged Aubretia, Bees, Bulbs, Butterflies, Ceanothus, Compost, Diascia, Erysimum, Frogs, Frogspawn, Geranium Little Fairy, Knopfia, Log Roll, Magnolia, Pelargonium, Pieris, Saxifrage, Silver Birch, Snow Queen, Tulips, Valerian
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My garden after the first week of September
Mistier mornings, later dawnings, earlier evenings big red moonings! Trees dropping leaves snails leaving trails fungus sprouting water spouting. What lurks in the dewy jewelled lace glistening now all over the place? Suspended in the centre they wait, silent, stretching … Continue reading
Posted in 09 September, 2015, My Poems, Summing up
Tagged Bees, Busy Lizzies, Butterflies, Cyclamen, Diascia, Dog Basket, Frogs, Fuchsia, Greenhouse, Heathers, Michaelmas Daisies, Pelargonium, Petunias, Potentilla, Sedum, Snails, Spiders, Spring bulbs, Tomatoes
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Plant of the Month August 2015
August should be butterfly-full with Buddleias in beautiful bloom but I’ve hardly seen any at all as I sit here watching in my room. My water butt is now full. There has been a lot of rain, which has served … Continue reading
Posted in 08 August, 2015, My Poems, Plant of the Month
Tagged Abelia, Buddleia, Busy Lizzies, Butterflies, Eryngium, Fuchsia, Honeysuckle, Hydrangea, Japanese Anemone, Lavender, Montbretia, Pear Tree, Pelargonium, Perovskia, Petunias, Potentilla, Wasps
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Buddleia
Oh Buddleia, you’ve opened your flowers out wide to welcome our butterflies to feed on pollen inside, but where are they all? There’ve been very few tortoiseshells, I’ve not even seen red admirals, I’ve had some cabbage whites and two … Continue reading
Posted in 07 July, 08 August, 09 September, 2015, Evergreens, My Poems, Shrubs
Tagged Black Knight, Buddleia, Butterflies, Peacock Butterfly, Tricolour
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My garden last week of July 2015
Wed 22nd July First job was to clear up all the abandoned flower pots that were sitting next to the mini greenhouse. I now have a neat pile of empty little plant pots in the corner between the mini greenhouse … Continue reading
Posted in 07 July, 2015, Summing up
Tagged Astilbe, Bees, Blackbirds, Busy Lizzies, Butterflies, Clematis Montana "Elizabeth", Dunnocks, Gypsophila, Hebe, Hydrangea, Oregano, Pelargonium, Petunias, Pigeons, Rain, Rose, Wood Pigeon
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Plant of the Month July 2015
July started very warm and dry and as the month seemed to fly right by it became windy, wet and cold and fresh new flowers began to look old. Some flowers faded, some looked jaded, some plants flagged, fried or … Continue reading
Posted in 07 July, 2015, My Poems, Plant of the Month, Summing up
Tagged Alchemilla, Astilbe, Buddleia, Busy Lizzies, Butterflies, Cyclamen, Diascia, Eryngium, Erysimum, Fuchsia, Hebe, Honeysuckle, Hydrangea, Hypericum, Jasmine, Lavender, Leycesteria, Loosestrife, Orchid, Oregano, Pelargonium, Perovskia, Petunias, Poppy, Potentilla, Rose, Solanum, Summer Jasmine, Thyme, Thymus, Veronica
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My garden 3rd week of July
It’s mid July already! Where has the month gone? It’s been warm, wet and muggy but my work has all been done ready for my garden party. I’ve weeded and cleared out a lot. Now I guess I’ll have to … Continue reading
Posted in 07 July, 2015, Summing up
Tagged Acer Negundo Flamingo, Ants, Buddleia, Butterflies, Cistus, Cyclamen, Eucalyptus, Fennel, Gypsophila, Honeysuckle, Hydrangea, Jasmine, Knopfia, Lavender, Loosestrife, Montbretia, Oregano, Perovskia, Poppy, Rose, Solanum, Sweet Peas, Valerian
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My garden 2nd week of July 2015
The second week of Wimbledon and still no significant rain but none of our British players got into the singles finals again. But my gorgeous garden is still looking full of bright colour as when one plant’s finished I go … Continue reading
Posted in 07 July, 2015, Summing up
Tagged Acer Negundo Flamingo, Astilbe, Aviary, Bees, Bergenia, Black Dragon Grass, Blackfly, Buddleia, Butterflies, Cistus, Clematis, Eryngium, Geranium, Gypsophila, Honeysuckle, Hydrangea, Knopfia, Oregano, Perovskia, Petunias, Pond, Rose, Solanum, Valerian, Veronica
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My Garden Transformation 