After weeks and weeks of dry weather the rain has come and doesn’t my garden look so much better for it especially as we’ve been away for a few days so the garden hadn’t been watered.
Whilst we were away my glowing embers have burst into flower. I see from the gardeing direct website that these begonias are a pick of the week and are on offer at the moment. I love the contrast between the orange flower and the dark leaves. My nemesia berries and cream are also now in flower giving a lovely fragrant scent.
The Curly Red Leucothoe is also thriving well in its pot. Come the Autumn / Winter I’m going to plant into the garden to replace some of the summer bedding plants where it will provide added colour and interest in the autumn and months beyond. I selected this plant after reading about it in the BBC Gardens World magazine as it making an ideal plant for a shady border.
We’ve had a couple of days away in the Lake District and we came across lots of wild rhododendrons in flower. I’m now thinking of getting something on a slightly smaller scale for the garden at home. Looking at the Gardening Direct website I see they have a beautiful Little Heath Pieris which is related to rhododendrons which I think will make a perfect shrub to add to my garden.
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