Sunday 27 November 2011

November news, more tulips

Young sprouts
 Eira is almost as big as the new plum tree. It's a sucker that has been selected to replace the old plum tree behind it, which has very few branches left. After researching plums that do well in in the west, we decided we couldn't do better than continue with the small dark blue plum with no name that is found in the gardens all around here.


Blush noisette and Perle d'azur adding to the autumn colour
This mild autumn has given us some new colour combinations.

More tulips have been planted: Princess Irene to the left of the steps in the conservatory garden, along with grape hyacinths on both sides of the steps. Thalia and tulip India have been planted by the white lilac. Twenty-five camassias have been put in the "meadow". A few tete-a-tete daffodils are tucked under the turf in the tower garden, experimentally.

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