This morning we went to visit the plants fair at Cesson-Sévigné, west of Rennes. The weather was nice and cool, and the fair was nicely sited in a park in the town center. We bought a few specimens of a very dark Heuchera ‘Purple Petticoats’, some ivy-leaved cyclamens and a…
There isn’t much to do in the garden at the moment, except for watering the borders, still waiting for the rains to come. The West border is going to be slightly enlarged (50 cm) in the Spring, so I have started to cover the lawn with cardboard, lawn clippings, compost,…
The end of August is not the best time of the year for visiting gardens, especially with the heat wave that we have known in France this month. Which may explain why the three of us were the only visitors at the end of that afternoon. However, the grassy paths…