It looks like the good weather is on its way out. It has been slightly cooler today but the big difference has been the almost complete cloud cover. It got rather muggy this afternoon and on my way home some of the clouds were an ominous dark grey, (and that was even after I removed my wrap around shades). It has just started raining , the lawns could certainly do with a good watering after I scalped them down to rabbit nibbled height with my new lawn mower.
Everyday now there are new flowers appearing in the garden. The flag iris were one of the few plants that I brought down with me from London. For 10 years, despite being planted in ideal conditions, every time a flower bud appeared it would be devoured by the snails and slugs. When I decided to move it to the new scree garden drastic measures were called for and I went out and bought slug pellets which did the job. Now I have a beautiful display of these lavender coloured iris. Last year one rhizome reverted back to pure white and this year there are several white flowers.
I think the big flag iris are so beautiful and to look at a specialist catalogue sends me into visual overload. I want to buy them all. They are quite expensive so I won't succumb until I move and only then if the conditions are right.
It looks like the good weather is on its way out. It has been slightly cooler today but the big difference has been the almost complete cloud cover. It got rather muggy this afternoon and on my way home some of the clouds were an ominous dark grey, (and that was even after I removed my wrap around shades). It has just started raining , the lawns could certainly do with a good watering after I scalped them down to rabbit nibbled height with my new lawn mower.
Everyday now there are new flowers appearing in the garden. The flag iris were one of the few plants that I brought down with me from London. For 10 years, despite being planted in ideal conditions, every time a flower bud appeared it would be devoured by the snails and slugs. When I decided to move it to the new scree garden drastic measures were called for and I went out and bought slug pellets which did the job. Now I have a beautiful display of these lavender coloured iris. Last year one rhizome reverted back to pure white and this year there are several white flowers.
I think the big flag iris are so beautiful and to look at a specialist catalogue sends me into visual overload. I want to buy them all. They are quite expensive so I won't succumb until I move and only then if the conditions are right.
