These plants will self-seed around the garden and come in a wide variety of colours.
Plant Focus: Hollyhocks
Breck to Bu and Back Again
“We’ve done this walk many times before, but, as with any walk, there is always something different to see.”
Plant Focus: Nasturtium
A bonnie floo’er that you can add to salads – the Nasturtium is an easy to grow plant and a great one to get bairns interested in gardening.
Week Thirty – One Day At A Time
“July the Twenty-fifth……………An emerald sea……Rippling….”
Plant Focus: Rosa Rugosa ‘Alba’
Fragrant, pure white, single flowers 9cm wide open in summer and autumn
Plant Focus: Peony
In Japan they represent good fortune as well as a righteous and noble spirit.
The Buds That Never Become Flowers
Cauliflowers, and Romanescos in particular, are in fact buds that are designed to become flowers but which never reach their goal.
Plant Focus: Yellow Iris
The yellow iris is thought by some to be the original ‘fleur-de-lis’ – a common symbol of heraldry.
Plant Focus: Ragged Robin
The flowers are an important source of nectar for butterflies and long-tongued bees.
Baby Birds, Boulders, Butterfly & Beach Art!
“To Marwick on a fine – if windy – Sunday.”
