9th July 2023
Welcome
A busy time in the garden when dead heading and pruning are at the top of the jobs list. The daffodil areas have been cut down and the gardens focus has passed on from the spectacular rose display we have had this year- video on facebook and Instagram and on this blog
The Vegetable Garden is in full swing. We are harvesting broad beans, peas, cabbage, charlotte potato, salad crops, courgettes, strawberries, gooseberries, black and red currants and jostaberries.
We are still picking sweet peas but the stems are getting shorter. The lovely rose on the pergola at the edge of the Moat is American Pillar rose.
Across the Moat the large white daisies will catch your eye and these are planted amongst a bank of phlomis
The cistus along the path beside the Greenhouse is monspeliensis- grown from an original plant bought at Beth Chattos- because it’s evergreen and low growing.
Some of the Delphiniums in the Iris bed are being allowed to go to seed before we cut them down.
The two standard weeping Pear marking the path to the Bog Garden are Pyrus Salicifolia Pendula.
In the Water Garden the Buddlea Globosa has been cut back. These plants have all been grown from cuttings. The Persicaria below it were getting no light and now we watch to see if they both recover.
The path through the Hemerocallis and Hosta takes you to a bed beside the Moat. This is joyful sight in the Spring with the red tulip Pieter de Leur and the small daffodil Tete a Tete. The space at this time of year is covered by the ground covering Ajuga. This bed had Honey Fungus a few years ago which we attempted to dig out and you might notice the metal sheets dug in at either side of the bed to attempt to prevent it from spreading to the shrubs.
Please take care walking through the gravel at the bottom of the West Lawn– lots of small plants just emerging.
Just time to catch the flowers on the Liriodendron next to the Copper Beech on the drive -small green tulip-like, hence the better- known name Tulip Tree
Lots of Moorhens amongst the lily pads and there is a list in the Coffee Shop of birds seen in the gardens- do add any that you see that are not mentioned.
Stay healthy and good gardening
Lynda Tucker
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