tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87876342505711821622024-02-20T07:32:51.582-08:00 Penelope S Hellyer - AuthorPenelope S Hellyer - Author -
Gardening and nature are my two most favourite things.
Writing about them is my third, be it prose or poetry.
Comments are moderated before they are published.Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-56030705579017023612015-03-11T10:58:00.000-07:002015-03-11T10:58:38.174-07:00Beautiful Rye<br />
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We are loving our time in Rye...if we could find the right house we'd live here. We marvel at the ancient town, the architecture, the history, cobbled streets, leaded windows, delightful walks along the river Rother, with Maisie our dog dashing from one side to the other of the raised walkway. On this day we'd walked up Rye Hill to the cemetery, to hunt for distant relatives. Walking through, and back down the hill we came across this view of what I believe is the River Tillingham, winding its way through the valley...having reached the bottom I looked back and saw the stately oak tree. </div>
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<br />Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-60256730866107931142015-02-24T09:33:00.000-08:002015-02-24T09:33:44.648-08:00The beauty of The Cobb<div style="text-align: justify;">
A week in Dorset gave us plenty of time to catch up with friends and spend time walking on the beautiful beaches. The day we re-visited Lyme Regis, the weather wasn't quite so kind, raining heavily and then full of sun. We sat beneath a leaking canopy outside a restaurant (no entry because of our dog), but I was glad for it, otherwise I would have missed the dramatic picture of the curves of Lyme beach and The Cobb...</div>
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-8114217384027365342015-02-15T08:33:00.000-08:002015-02-15T08:33:39.983-08:00The Lonely Seal<div style="text-align: justify;">
The meandering curves of the River Rother accentuate the beauty of the muddy banks, as the tidal water flows quickly back to the sea. </div>
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There were no flowers to be seen this early in the season, but there were enticing flocks of small birds impossible to identify, not only because of the swiftness of their flight but because we were walking towards the setting sun.</div>
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We met a cyclist on the raised walkway which follows the natural course of the river, decked out with camera and binoculars we chatted for a while. It was he who told us to watch for the seal, usually to be found nearer the fishing boats and the town, but today swimming alone along the length of the river towards Star Lock. 'It's bound to pop it's head up to see who you are', he'd said and sure enough within a few yards there it was. It followed us for quite a while, as if to allow me just one more photograph; at one time racing so quickly under water, a 'v' current indicated where it was. For my other half it was the first time he had seen a seal in the wild!</div>
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A bracing walk along the River Rother, its muddy banks smoothed and sculptured by the incoming and outgoing tide, was a perfect way to walk off an excellent lunch. We had walked along the road towards Appledore, (not the wisest thing to do with the absence of a proper pathway, or a wide enough verge where the brambles reach towards the roadside), but once at Star Lock we crossed and walked back towards Rye on the raised pathway. It was here we spied the Cormorants (at least that is what I named my photograph), two of them balanced on the same pole, wings widely outstretched drying them in the sunshine. Now I research the birds I am not certain that they were Cormorants. My photograph was taken against the sun and with an iPhone (zoomed), so the pixels have broken up a little. I couldn't see the white on the head, nor on the body. So could it have been a Shag? I don't know...what I do know is that the sight of the birds gave me a great deal of delight.</div>
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-11191404290887108002014-07-23T10:17:00.000-07:002014-07-23T10:17:01.019-07:00A Perfect Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are so many delights that the countryside offers and none so beautiful as a field of red poppies. We glimpsed a flash of red as we travelled along a narrow Sussex lane, with double yellow lines either side of the road and no lay-bys so we couldn't stop. We flashed passed another wider entrance with rutted tracks dried by the June sunshine. And then the vision disappeared behind hawthorn hedges.</div>
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We travelled more slowly on our return journey and with great care and trepidation pulled into the entrance of the field bumping over the tractor rutts...what a picture, thousands of poppies growing in a farmers crop...</div>
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Two weeks later when we drove by again they field had been harvested and every trace of red had gone. The brief glimpse was for me a perfect gift.</div>
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Without any prepared borders in which to plant anything, I am drawn, in a 'nursery-fix' moment, to purchase three clematis that looked as if they had seen better days. It is not for the first time that I have entered a small nursery and shuddered at the neglect of the plants in the sale area. Having run my own nursery for eleven years, I am more than aware that there are areas which are waiting with plants needing attention of one kind or another, but in the sales area - never. The plants were toppling over, entangled around each other with old dead-looking tendrils, clinging wherever. Undaunted, I looked at labels and made my selection. Philip was standing back, knowing that to comment would not be wise. Weeding the worst offenders out, I made my purchases, pointing out that in two of the three plants, death seemed more likely than life. The guy must have been standing in for the owner, because he hadn't noticed (nor had my OH) the early signs of new life pushing up from the central crown.</div>
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Clematis 'Perle d'Azur' was one of the plants I rescued, paying a minuscule part of the asking price...<br />
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Pots are the only answer at the moment in this tiny back 'yard' that we will call garden soon. A tall grey pot seemed perfect, but this clematis is vigorous in its growth, so an obelisk is for the time being its only support. I have wound the stems backwards and forwards, and have been well rewarded with quite a few blooms. One of the great delights of growing plants in pots, is the ability to scrutinise them at close quarters.</div>
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The blue of the flowers is lifted by the hint of pink on the central bars. The tiny hairs on the buds can been seen, and the joy of watching one tight bud gradually unfurl, until for several days the flower bobs proudly in the breeze is special indeed. Then of course is the added joy of watching the developing seedpod.<br />
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-18877352338856082852014-07-03T03:29:00.000-07:002014-07-03T03:29:32.660-07:00Sollya heterophylla AGM<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<i>Sollya heterophylla</i> was one of the first of many gifts that Rosemary gave me. It hasn't grown to its full potential, but I love it none the less for that. It has like so many of my plants, minimal care, yet it is once again covered with tiny little blue flowers, with darker blue buds. Last year it was overwintered in the shelter of the house wall, which, when the sun shines gets full sun for many hours. It comes form West Australia, and is also known as the Bluebell Creeper, or the Australian bluebell creeper. A twining perennial climber with lance-shaped evergreen leaves, and small bell-shaped flowers in nodding clusters. The cylindrical berries can be purple or blue. With my plant they are deep blue. It will grow in full shun or part shade on an East, West or South-facing wall and isn't fussy about the soil conditions.</div>
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It is a gem of a plant. One that I still treasure 35 years on.</div>
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We had already driven past vast swathes of thrift, nodding their pink heads in the sea breeze. There were double solid yellow lines on both sides of the road making stopping impossible to snatch a quick photograph. However later in the evening a walk along the cliff top revealed a myriad of different grass and flower species performing well. </div>
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-78045975907469961072014-05-22T08:45:00.000-07:002014-05-22T09:47:39.625-07:00Bramber Castle<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
There is not a lot to see at Bramber Castle, but close your
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The ruin of the wall of the keep/gatehouse looks
even more imposing looming above as you walk up the slope to the flat grassy
area. There are lower walls showing the craftsmanship of the builders of these walls. Ahead is knoll. There are areas of stonework still standing but for the
most part there is nothing to see except marvellous views, which, with the
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Bramber is a Motte and Bailey Castle. Initially this type of
castle would have been wooden, replaced by stone in the 1100s. Motte and bailey
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William de Braose, founded the castle as a defensive and administrative centre for Bramber, following the Norman Conquest. Sussex was divided into six administrative regions known as 'rapes', each 'rape' controlling a vulnerable point of the strategically important Sussex coast. Each region was controlled by a castle.</div>
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The de Braose family and his descendants held the
castle from its foundation in 1073 to 1450 except for a brief period, when it
was confiscated by King John. Bramber defended the then important Adur harbour and the Adur gap through the South Downs, where the river Adur flowed to the sea.<br />
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The Parish Church of St Nicholas does still stand although not entirely in its original form: it did once form part of the castle wall.</div>
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The ditch that was originally dug to raise the motte and bailey even higher has now become an enchanting woodland walk.</div>
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The strange 'bottlebrush' shape of the flowering raceme gives rise to the common name of the <i>c</i><i>allistemon, </i>reminiscent of a traditional bottle brush.</div>
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Long stamens carry pollen at the tip of the filament, all
but obscuring the inconspicuous petals. Most flower heads are red, some are
yellow, orange or white. Some of the stamens hang on to the bitter end whilst triple-celled seed capsules develop. In most species these will remain enclosed, though a few species release the seeds annually. What I haven't seen before are the <i>callistemon</i> flower buds.</div>
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So many plants hold distant memories of places or people. In the instance of the <i>callistemon,</i> although I am certain I saw it at Tresco Gardens when I was a child, it was a visit to an old family friend of my father's who encouraged me horticulturally whilst still a young woman. Tom Edridge was a giant of a man with a shaggy mariner's beard. He lived with his wife overlooking the water at Newton Abbot. Sadly they never had children because he would have made a tremendous father. We walked around his garden one day and already an avid gardener/propagator I picked the hard, rigid seed pod from his bush. He smiled indulgently...'if you have any success with those let me know,' he remarked with a twinkle in his eye. He did eventually divulge that the seed pod required a fire of some intensity to release the seeds. </div>
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So, I took the seed pod as a reminder of a day with Tom. A habit I still have, be it a leaf, a seedpod, shell or a stone.</div>
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-75978430112643912962014-05-14T08:28:00.000-07:002014-05-14T08:28:37.312-07:00Aeonium arboretum - syn. Sempervivum arboretum<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<i>Aeonium arboretum</i> – syn. <i>Sempervivum arboretum, </i>is an erect succulent subshrub. The cultivar <i>A. arboreum </i>‘Zwartkop’ has rich, almost black-purple
leaves. I am not sure that this is the cultivar that I saw in the late 1980s in a park in southern Spain, but the image of its deep maroon almost black foliage really excited me then and remains a tangible memory.</div>
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I first saw a deep maroon almost black plant of <i>Aeonium</i> in a
park in southern Spain. Always a lover
of sempervivum, the colour really excited me, as did the height of the plant,
so I am guessing that it was a form of <i>Aeonium arboretum</i>. My picture shows a
dark form of <i>Aeonium</i> growing in the long greenhouse at Walmer Castle,
unfortunately few if any of the plants are labelled.</div>
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However my first sighting of <i>Aeonium</i> and many other
sub-tropical species was several decades ago in the gardens of Tresco Abbey in
the Isles of Scilly. My memory and fascination of this garden is still very
clear and it’s my intention to repeat the experience with my husband in the not
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Always a lover of <i>sempervivum</i> from an early age, and <i>kalanchoe</i> also the large grey leaved <i>echeveria</i> that my mother grew - planted outdoors during the summer and reinstated in the greenhouse for the winter months. <i>Sempervivum</i> were, for me, an early introduction to propagation as the mother plant sends off numerous offsets around her. These offsets can be repotted if required or left to make a large mat. One species <i>S. arachnoideum</i> appears to be coated in a web of fine hairs like a spiders web. Once the mother plant has flowered it will die, leaving all the little offsets to grow on.</div>
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-54412678401672107362014-05-05T09:58:00.001-07:002014-05-05T09:58:52.539-07:00Paulownia tomentosa<div style="text-align: justify;">
A visit to the hospital was made even sweeter with the sight from the bus of two large trees of <i>Paulownia tomentosa</i> used as a street tree which edged one of the hospital carparks.</div>
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<i>Paulownia tomentosa</i> has several common names, Empress tree, Foxglove tree and Princess tree. If I had the space it is a tree I would grow.</div>
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After a gruelling hour inside the hospital, a brief walk to smell the uplifting fragrance of this beautiful tree was the best medication for me.</div>
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I have never seen the flowers closely before. My father grew a specimen tree which struggled to grow well in his garden and the sparse flowers were always well out of reach. Here by the side of the road some of the branches dipped down to make photographing them easy. The light wasn't perfect but the memory lingers still.</div>
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<br />Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-17290609095434064862014-05-04T06:35:00.001-07:002014-05-04T06:35:51.110-07:00Crambe maritima<div style="text-align: justify;">
If I were a forager one of my favourite green vegetables grows in large clumps in the shingle beach nearby where I live, just ripe for harvesting: but Richard Harrington at the Marine Conservation Society urges people to cultivate it themselves. With a new garden - not yet planned, but with an increasing number of ornamental plants already purchased - the space for many vegetables is becoming more limited. However the structure of the leaves allows it to be incorporated as a 'structural' plant somewhere in the scheme of things and this is almost certainly what we will do.</div>
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In Victorian times it was a popular vegetable. I remember being served curly kale as a child. The Victorians piled stones and sand around the plants so as to harvest the whitened stems for market. It is labour intensive and fiddly if grown for the commercial market. </div>
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I have read that the plant should grow for three years before being harvested. With a mixed flavour of asparagus and cauliflower it is - apart from it's vitamin C content a useful addition to the table. The tough leaves should be blanched before frying...I have yet to try.</div>
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It was the picture on the label that did it for me - bought from <a href="http://www.archerslownursery.co.uk/">Archers Low Nursery</a> a couple of months ago, with the buds not even formed. It has not disappointed me even though there is only one flower in bloom, with many more to come.</div>
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<br />Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-75295856143676325762014-04-28T09:54:00.000-07:002014-04-28T09:56:32.088-07:00Is this the way to do it?<div style="text-align: justify;">
Do you save old pots? Especially old terracotta pots - I do, until the narrow crack widens and the need to repot is essential. The old plumbago - a present from a friend of many years had weathered the winter outside in the shelter of the wall, where any winter sun would have warmed it. It looked dead but the stems were still flexible. A diligent picking over of all the browned leaves revealed new leaf buds pushing through. Lifting the pot to a table to do this job edged the crack of many years standing to open further.</div>
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We brought a new pot from <a href="http://www.archerslownursery.co.uk/">Archers Low Nursery</a> just as they were trying to close on a sunny spring day. Sarah, ever helpful and accommodating allowed us a late purchase of a lovely square brown pot.</div>
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The plumbago was reluctant to give up its position in the cracked pot without some persuasion. With hammer in hand OH dealt with it swiftly - almost too swiftly for me to take a picture!</div>
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This is not a conventional way to repot a plant. There were several reasons for the destruction of the pot. One we had no crocks left - now we have enough to last us years. Two I feared damaging the plumbago if I tapped it out the usual way and three I wanted to pick over the topsoil carefully before the <i>muscari</i> bulbs tumbled out. And apart from that it just wouldn't budge from where it had grown happily for many years.</div>
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I have always been a lover of <i>Tiarella</i> but in my Sussex garden they quite often succumbed to the dreaded vine weevil; fingers crossed it won't happen again. </div>
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I have always been a recycler of plants, be it the trimmings from stems brought in from the garden; these placed in the tiniest of vases if necessary to live out their last hours still being admired rather than thrown in a bin, to viable cuttings taken from prunings of shrubs or climbers in the garden. Always an avid propagator, it may well have been one reason why I opened my own nursery in the early 1990s and with over 7 acres to fill I had plenty of places to move shrubs that may have outgrown their original space. But now with a new garden to ‘design’ and plant, my views on recycling plants have altered. </div>
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It is easy to be cynical about other peoples’ choices and planting. I scratch my head and wonder why, with such a small space would anyone plant three of the same conifer, (especially when we dug them out from a narrow border to find that it had all of a few inches in which to grow before the roots hit a thick layer of plastic, which sent them running underneath all the slabs), two identical <i>hebes</i>, a <i>weigela</i> left unpruned for so long it was a tall gangly, tangled mess.<br />
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Our rear garden (call it that at the stretch of the imagination) is, (so I was told) approximately forty feet in length, with a well-built brick building at the end. We own one part of the long length of it, as it runs into the neighbouring garden and is then converted into a couple of small dwellings. Our other neighbour has a longer garden with a tall boundary brick wall at the end, as do the other neighbours on our terrace, all backed by the same boundary wall.</div>
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A very narrow border runs down one edge of this length, more
shady during the day than the north side and is (was) planted with a ‘dwarf’
conifer – one of those that is sold in a three inch pot and in truth stays
fairly well behaved until suddenly after a decade (do trees have a similar life
span to a cat i.e. one of our years to seven of theirs) they grow steadily at
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By the time I reached the opposite side of the garden where a small area of raised bed, in which two identical conifers was growing rapidly from their early modest beginnings, I was becoming used
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The large tangled <i>weigela</i> suffered the same fate; I know I could have pruned it hard etc etc but those days are over. However I had
mixed feelings about removing the two ivies that grew either side of the outbuilding door, but once again, badly neglected over the years it was shabby
once pruned back and full of dead leaves and dust. And once again, we have this
area earmarked for espalier fruit trees… although OH has announced he would like
a wisteria! Compromise has to be made in such a small space…only time will tell
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But it's too late for second thoughts…only one ivy remains as we
wait for the plant to die back sufficiently to remove it from the wall without
damage. We cut away a large section in the middle of its growth, removing the
stems that were clinging to the bricks and mortar by only a few inches, until
they dried a little and we can cut more…as soon as the leaves look a little
pallid we will be back to pull them off the wall. We felt glad that we found no
nests in the ivy (often a favourite place for small birds, especially wrens).
In the long term it is a good thing because the facia needs painting and the
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Two <i>fuchsias</i>, weepy in habit remain in the narrow border. I need to buy a suitable pot to take them both. So they too will be recycled. Two large variegated <i>hebes</i> have already been repotted and we hope will be integrated into the design of the back garden.<br />
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The large specimen of box was recycled. This grew against
the low wall. It had no ‘back’ and a very large pop belly. Whilst it waited for
clipping we dropped it into the biggest pot we could find and covered with
compost. As it was going against the wall of the house, the lack of ‘back’ didn’t
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A low growing conifer, also sadly neglected over the years, leant forward across the front pathway looking for light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within an hour and a half we had the
sprawling mess, cut down, chopped and bagged and the stump removed… I love this
kind of gardening…it leaves you with a huge sense of satisfaction. On this
piece of dividing wall grows a <i>Hydrangea petiolaris,</i> which I had already pruned
back against the wall…two new <i>clematis</i> are now planted to grow up and through
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-55307063245944973842014-04-12T10:49:00.000-07:002014-04-12T10:49:27.679-07:00A Delightful GiftRemembering me from thousands of miles away, my lovely daughter Sorcha, arranged a gift with a nursery who I follow both on twitter and facebook. A welcome email from <a href="http://www.polliesdaylilies.co.uk/">Pollie Maasz</a> included a couple of enticing photographs of her wonderful stock plants, along with a message to purchase plants for my Mothers Day gift. Wise daughter to send this such a present ...<br />
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Whilst discussing daylilies, three of which I inherited from my father's Sussex garden I commented on the fact that the 'orangey' one, (I guessed to be Hemerocallis fulva) which was always the earliest to flower, succumbed to Hemerocallis Gall Midge every year. Pollie was able to explain to me the life cycle of this little pest, go to the <a href="http://www.rhs.org.uk/">RHS website</a> to read. If you are introducing daylilies into the garden for the first time it is always best to avoid the early flower varieties.</div>
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The selection on <a href="http://www.polliesdaylilies.co.uk/">Pollie's</a> website, is almost too enticing to make a choice. My original (draft) list doubles my gift, well there is no problem in treating myself is there? The first plant Jelly Dancer took up the cost of my already generous gift. I could easily double the order. I have held back with only 40' of garden, still not designed, common sense must prevail...</div>
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A further ponder on the choices made and I've changed my list again. There are so many things to consider but I will very soon send in my order, even if I have to wait another year to collect the plants</div>
Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-60688807220498186772014-04-10T09:51:00.000-07:002014-04-10T09:51:09.448-07:00A Field of Yellow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yellow en masse has never been a favourite colour for me, but watching the development of this enormous field of rape has made me smile each time I've passed by. Maybe it is the the sharp contrast of the black windmill. The rape grows beside a narrow but very busy road with solid white lines either side. Each time we passed we looked for a place suitable to stop to take some shots before the rape was harvested. Swinging into the field keeping to the tractor wheel ruts we were able to take a few pictures.</div>
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-77182719996497074312014-04-05T08:00:00.000-07:002014-04-05T08:00:02.257-07:00A Secret No More<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Walmer Castle Gardens</b>. For me this garden is a gem, with a mix of planting that will please us both. </div>
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Philip more of the ordered, clipped, neat tidy persuasion and me the wild, natural look: there is plenty of both styles of planting in this garden. Having said that he loved the clipped ruggedness of the yew hedges that formed a backdrop to The Broadwalk. </div>
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There is a wooden seat at the end of The Broadwalk, where you can sit and view not just the length of the twin herbaceous borders, but a distant vista across a croquet lawn and out into the wildness.</div>
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I can see a string of elephants in the undulating yew hedge. This hedge, neglected during the war, then damaged by the harsh winter of 1947, was cut into this interesting shape. I am assuming that prior to this it was a neat line. </div>
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Old photographs of the mirror herbaceous borders in their full flowering glory, are a treat that will have to wait. I was informed by a member of staff that one of the borders has been left fallow, in order to tackle a bindweed problem. However this garden has a wealth of trees and plants to enjoy.</div>
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Penelope Hellyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353112406698897444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787634250571182162.post-60506536143394886162014-04-04T10:17:00.002-07:002014-04-04T10:17:58.000-07:00A River of Red<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am almost certain that this is <i>Photinia</i> x <i>fraseri</i> 'Red Robin'. It is a shrub that I coveted in the Italian gardens that grew it as a hedge in place of the laurel that surrounds the garden of No 3 and the majority of the town's gardens. There is something enticing about this glorious display of bright red new growth. I have seen it locally in rivers of red, blocks of scarlet and specimens, clashing with bright pink cherry blossom. </div>
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It has to be forgiven for any clashes...it is a delight and can not only make me smile, yet begs me to stroke the soft young leaves.</div>
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What a delight this <i>Clematis </i>is. New to me - it was flowering gaily in a small independent garden centre I happened upon. It is a little shy about showing its flowers to me but then it is only small. Next year with more growth I should be able to snap the flowers without sitting down. Planted next to <i>Exochorda x macrantha </i>'The Bride' the two plants are on their way to give lots of spring contrast.</div>
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Published nearly sixty years ago, in 1955, I know that many of these Amateur Gardening Books were 'compiled' from various articles previously printed in the magazine.</div>
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I am certain that, if I had this book on my shelf when I began propagating I would have used it.</div>
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As I know that his garden in Sussex was used for 'photo shoots' I am certain that the apple trees are at Orchards and my mother's hands feature in some of the illustrations.</div>
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The lady who owned the book assured me that although very old the propagation methods were current. I was buying the book anyway, it is one that I do not have on my shelves.</div>
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I was intrigued by one method of propagation that I knew nothing about. Polythene film, as another method of taking root cuttings. An ideal method for those with little space for propagation. </div>
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<i>Exochorda </i>x <i>macrantha </i>'The Bride' was one of the first shrubs I bought when I moved into Orchards (the home and garden of the late Arthur Hellyer and his wife Gay). I remember bringing a tiny pot with a twiggy growth back from a show at RHS Vincent Square. It was planted on the top terrace at Orchards in full sun; in this position it thrived. By the time I left Orchards it had matured into a glorious mound with weeping branches that had to be trimmed back to stop it smothering smaller plants beneath.<br />
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The day was grey, rays of watery sun broke through the high cloud onto a grey sea (P1)...I pressed enhance and was amazed at the difference (P2)...for an experiment I enhanced once more...(P3).</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WtC2poAlngd3TJmWVCz9GoEOl4vJgxognKu2OfGlpiiicpzi05aWVsIvP3Ty8CgdapVpYs3U-7ckn2MyY5YzDNBwdQbHOjgl8ih8w84IQDzmuxH4tCsqmI6EJiaV8hrG6LlwxXxEnf0/s1600/Square+2nd+enhance+light+on+sea+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WtC2poAlngd3TJmWVCz9GoEOl4vJgxognKu2OfGlpiiicpzi05aWVsIvP3Ty8CgdapVpYs3U-7ckn2MyY5YzDNBwdQbHOjgl8ih8w84IQDzmuxH4tCsqmI6EJiaV8hrG6LlwxXxEnf0/s1600/Square+2nd+enhance+light+on+sea+copy.jpg" height="518" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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However, I find all three photographs very beautiful.<br /><div>
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