My Little Garden 25th Sept 2021
This has been the week when I didn’t go to RHS Chelsea but went to Chatsworth in Derbyshire instead. I’m sure many would say that there’s no comparison, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity of a day out with the Garden Media Guild, which included a tour and talk by Tom Stuart-Smith.
It’s been quite a while since I last visited Chatsworth (at least ten years) and the changes are hugely impressive, as you would expect from a project involving brilliant garden designers like Tom Stuart-Smith, Dan Pearson and James Hitchmough. There were so many highlights and I shall definitely be returning to see the gardens again in spring.
In my own rather modest little garden, the week started in a very autumnal manner and the morning dew highlighted all the spider webs in the garden. I’m quite surprised that there are still any spiders around outside, since hundreds of them seem to be residing in various corners of the house busy crocheting away and waiting to pounce. Anyway, the conditions gave me the opportunity for some autumnal photography to include in my selection this week.
- Cobwebs on the thalictrum
The flowers of the thalictrum are pretty well over now, with just an odd splash of lilac here and there. The remaining structure looked quite magical with the addition of spider lace though.
2. Cobwebs on the crab apple
Not quite the same effect here: more of a net over the little yellow fruits.
3. Dewdrops on asters
This is Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Winston Churchill’ which used to be called an aster (who picks these names that are so hard to spell and pronounce!) It must like me calling it by it’s new name because it’s flowering much better than last year.
4. More dewdrops on asters
This one is still called an aster.
5. Sunny border
This is where one of my clumps of Aster amellus ‘Veilchenkonigin’ reside. The border is going to be enlarged next year and there will be more yellow. Ignore the random front of border collection which is the result of me trying out too many different plants this year, some of which are more suitable than others.
6. Rosyjane
And last but not least, pretty little Gaura ‘Rosyjane’.
And that concludes this week’s selection from my little garden.
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Thank you for reading and have a great weekend.
