Simply..in the garden today....

5/8/2018

12 Comments

(and back in the studio tomorrow!)

12 Comments

Damsonlily

6/8/2018 01:07:10 am

Wonderful photos and I love the colour contrast between the first two.
Can you (or anyone) possibly identify the plant in the third photo please?
I have a red form of this, some of which I dug up and brought with me to the rental house.
Now, of course, without a label, the name has totally escaped me.....

Freda

6/8/2018 01:21:14 am

It's persicaria 'Firetail' and has to be watched or it will crochet itself all through the garden!

Damsonlily

6/8/2018 01:46:54 pm

Ah! Thank you Freda. Somehow the name persicaria just will not stick in my head.
I am so very fond of this plant, I bought it many years ago from a Country Market, whilst on holiday. I never dreamt then that I would end up living in that same small town, which is where we have just bought our new house.
At my previous house, it behaved itself politely, spreading gradually outwards but never taking up too much room. That was on very sandy soil and we shall soon have clay, so I will heed your warning!

Mary

6/8/2018 02:07:08 am

Love the mix of colour and texture. Easy to see that you 'paint' with your garden, too.

Freda

6/8/2018 10:52:41 am

A total sensory experience! Love it.

Lotta link

6/8/2018 10:39:46 am

Lovely! Were you gardening or relaxing Freda? Too hot here at the moment to garden!

Freda

6/8/2018 10:54:06 am

A gently warm day's gardening - full of bees and scents. Just perfect. (Cooler and wetter today.)

Freda to Damsonlily

6/8/2018 02:13:04 pm

Now I am curious about where you live...

Damsonlily

7/8/2018 11:45:43 am

At the moment, just east of Hereford.
Our new “proper” house (as one of our grandsons calls it) is in Ledbury but we shan’t be in that for a while.
It was at Ledbury Country Market that I bought the persicaria from a gentleman and his wife who garden just outside Malvern and raise lovely and unusual plants to sell.
Ah! I remembered the name!

Freda

7/8/2018 12:08:38 pm

A beautiful part of the country.

Julia

7/8/2018 03:30:51 am

I am content with my lake cottage summer life in a forest, but when i see garden photos such as these, i yearn to be gardening again! There is nothing more satisfying, is there, than to plant a tiny seed and out of that, year after year, comes splendor?

Freda

7/8/2018 12:09:28 pm

Deeply satisfying and never fails to delight me.

Simply..in the garden today....

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