26th June 2022

Welcome

We have passed the longest day and the lovely warm weather is encouraging the vegetables to put on growth. We are very dry here and apart from the Vegetable Garden and pots, try not to water.

We are picking strawberries, chard ,broad beans, peas and sweet peas, spinach, courgettes, beetroot and salad crops. Do take time to enjoy the Vegetable Garden and the Herb garden within it.

The tomatoes in the Greenhouse are Marmande and Roma.

We have cut down the Iris and catmint and the hope is that the sun will feed the iris rhizomes. The tall plants behind the bed are the blue flowered chicory- Cichorrum pumilum.

The daffodil area has been strimmed and we are waiting for the last daffodils to die down before being mowing.

Thalia is the plant in the centre of the Bog Garden with large leaves.

Hemerocallis and Hosta are both in flower along the stream path and who would be without the lovely little erigeron karvinskianus seeding itself beside the bridge.

Roses everywhere constantly requiring dead heading except the tallest e.g. Wedding Day (putting on a spectacular display growing through the tree across the moat from the West Lawn)  which is far too high to reach!!

Clematis are now taking over from some of the roses on the posts but be warned when planting together choose a not too vigorous clematis or it will overwhelm the star performer!!

Stay healthy and good gardening

Lynda Tucker