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Another wonderful webinar class today with Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter. 🌱 This one was about the use and management of “self-sowing” flowers, which are hardy annuals that can reseed themselves year after year, such as forget-me-nots, poppies, nigella, larkspur, and daisies. As Fergus explained, this group of plants add joy, atmosphere and layers toContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAtlIrNgz2E/”

The beech bed in the woodland. 🌱You can just see the novel scratched into the bark of the beech by a previous resident of Havenwood. . #havenwoodgardens #woodlandgarden #hosta #boxwood #iris #damesrocket #shadegardens

St Francis, patron saint of ecology, seems to always have flowers leaning toward him. 🌱This prayer garden was a pile of leaves a year ago. A few pink woodland geraniums, silvery-leaved Brunnera with blue flowers, the growing shoots of Goat’s beard and a few other easy shade-loving perennials have helped it fill in nicely. 🌱Continue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CArKcSLABxi/”

Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’ in its second year 🙌 I’m so glad I was able to find this beauty at Klehm’s Song Sparrow Farm online. I’ve gotten quite a few nice clematis from them over the years 👌🌱#clematisguernseycream #cottagegarden #forgetmenots #alliumpurplesensation #havenwoodgardens

A few hundred shades of green in the Cottage garden today, as well as a bit of blue and purple. 🌱 Have a great Sunday! . . #havenwoodgardens #pleachedhornbeam #sedumacre #boxwood #arborvitae #pierisjaponica #geraniumorion #beardediris #forgetmenots #alliumpurplesensation #clematisguernseycream #physocarpusopulifoliussummerwine #gardengram #cottagegarden

Casmassias, buttercups and forget-me-nots near the pond 🌱 . #camassiaquamash #rununculusrepens #myosotissylvatica #polygonatumvariegatum #hosta #sedumautumnjoy #siberianiris #dampgarden #havenwoodgardens #maygarden

{“For in the garden (she) shed all her shyness and her gaucherie. Her thick tweeds and her boots, her background of trees and earth and sky, suited her and she knew it… When she sniffed the scent of the cool wet earth, and felt the worn handle of her trowel fitting into the hollow ofContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAi7kIeg_uX/”

Tulips have finished and Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ has picked up the baton. 💜 . . #successionplanting #havenwoodgardens #cottagegarden #englishgardeninpennsylvania #maygardens

Doublefile Viburnum in the Woodland 🌱 Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Mariesii’ – let it roll off your tongue. 😉 . A bit of interesting info from one of the best US garden plant websites, Missouri Botanical: . . {‘Mariesii’ is a doublefile viburnum noted for its distinctively layered horizontal branching… The wild form (f. tomentosum)Continue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfoyOqABEd/”

I was working on this little woodland patch this evening until dark, filling it in with golden-edged hosta to go with the Spanish bluebells. For encouragement these days, I’ve been listening to @jessray ‘a beautiful song Too Good. 🙌And then – a gorgeous sunset. . . #toogoodtobeunderstood #havenwoodgardens #naturestudyinthegarden #jessray #bluets #houstoniacaerulea #hyacinthoideshispanica #hosta #shadegardenContinue reading “from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbvjpuAy7h/”