Monday 1 August 2011

Perfect Evenings

It's been just lovely this weekend. Long, sunny days sat on a sun lounger reading, getting up occasionally to do a spot of dead-heading, then back to the lounger. It's been a long time coming, but finally I have that feeling of relaxation that only truly comes once a year for a teacher - you'll know what I mean if you are one! And the gardening chores are all pleasant at this time of year - a bit of light pruning here, dead-heading there - I just love it. The evenings have been particularly lovely, as down here on the coast they are usually the only really still times. Long may this continue! Here are some evening snaps of the garden.




I am particularly pleased with this combination - Stachys offininalis, flowers of Festuca glauca, a Nemesia hiding behind, with Echinacea, Verbascum and Allium sphaerocephalon in the background.


8 comments:

  1. The garden looks great! You really have a knack for cool plant combinations!

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  2. what a wonderful perennial garden you have, and the spider obviously likes it too!

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  3. Lovely photos Martin :) Pleased to feel that summer has finally descended upon us all!

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  4. Such a lovely garden with lots of bright colourful blooms, love the pink part of the garden especially with those echinaceas!

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  5. Martin, I love the way how you design your flower beds! My favorite is the third photo with the apricot glads and the blue spiky flower heads to the right. Is this a thistle? Can you please tell me the name of this blue flowering plant?
    Christina

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  6. Thanks for all the comments guys! Christina, it's Echinops ritro, and I've popped a comment on your blog too.

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  7. What a lovely perennial mixes! That's a true English style garden in my mind. Thanks for sharing! Olga.

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  8. Thanks Martin for letting me know the name of the blue flowering thistle here and on my own blog. Now I just have to find it in San Diego...
    Christina

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