Latest developments in the saga of the ‘Barnsley’ lavatera. In my post of July 2022 I was cautiously optimistic that there might once again be a lavatera true to the ‘Barnsley’ variety (or rather chimera) in the garden. As it happens, I have. Last April I planted the 2 specimens…
Yesterday the weather was quite unpredictable and a small hail shower had blanketed Papi Jo’s garden. This morning a mini tornado ravaged the garden. Fucking climate change…
Today a superb weather to end the month of March in beauty. At the end of the afternoon, the sky was all grey, then all blue, followed by a sudden and brief hail shower then the return of the all blue sky.
A few wintering-flowering plants in the garden today…
News of the “resident birds” in papi Jo’s garden… Pics of the day.
Choisya ternataDaphne x transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’Diosma hirsuta ‘Pink Fountain’Erica carneaErica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’Erigeron glaucusErigeron karvinskianusHelleborus ‘Glenda’s Gloss’Heuchera x ‘Cherry Cola’Nandina domestica ‘Brightlight’Narcissus ‘Paperwhite Ziva’Parahebe ‘Avalanche’Pieris japonica ‘Cupido’Rosa ‘Noason’ ‘Celina’Rosa ‘Pierre de Ronsard’Rosa ‘Sourire d’orchidée’Salvia ‘Amistad’Sarcococca confusaSkimmia Japonica ‘Rubella’Solanum jasminoides ‘Alba’Spiraea japonica sp.Veronica spicata ‘Rosea’Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’Vinca major
Winter is fast approaching, and it’s time to think about protecting the most fragile plants in the garden. Last winter, we had two periods of frost that did not suit some of the ferns in the fern wall. All these ferns are hardy, but after talking to the nurserywoman at…
Autumn colors in papi Jo’s garden…