Away for A Week
Clematis 'Frances Rivis'
I'm going to be in the UK for a week and won't be able to post anything during that time. I thought I'd leave with a nice image on my site, Back on the 1st March.
Plants at My Front Door
Last year I had a rather autocratic message from the UK suggesting that my love of limey, gold and chartreuse plants could lead me down the path to "brassy" tastelessness.
I bristled at this, but tried to ascertain whether this was a fair comment. My critic, perhaps had not taken into account that I live in a completely different environment from her, and that the quality of light and extremes of climate affect our reaction to colour in a different way.
In our hot, humid summers and brilliant sunshine, I find that these yellow/greens are actually cooling and rather than being strident, are very subdued and complimentary to other colours in the garden.
Well, judge for yourself. I'm showing here an arrangement of plants at my front door, which I find very pleasing, A cooling vignette in the last few days of a very hot summer.
Plants at my front door.
Durantia, Angelonia 'Purple Stripe' and purple Callibrachoa.
Coleus 'Fishnet Stockings...
Comments
Do I detect that you will soon be traipsing through the shows that seem to be popping up all over England at the moment, or is it more for the idyllic sojourns through their fabulous gardens, or, like an astute horticulturalist, a bit of both?!?
I hope to be back early in March, in plenty of time to see my second Spring ( I mean after seeing Spring in the UK).
Safe return.
Deborah
You mentioned on Teza's blog that you will be 'editing' your hellebores, if you need a new home for any of them I would be happy to oblige!
I'd be happy to find them a good home. I've found that they move very easily. In fact in the past I've brought some back from the UK, in march, bare root and in flower and they've been just fine.