In no time at all, masses of roses are now gracing the garden with their beguiling perfume and blooms galore: Carmagnole, Tangles, Princess Charlene de Monaco, Sally Holmes, Iceberg, Mme Alfred Carriere Clg, Belle Parfume, Graham Thomas, Quatre Saisons Blanc Mousseux, Ballerina, Australian Beauty, The Fairy, Olivia Rose Austin and Mother’s Love amongst others that…
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“A gardener learns to play the hand he’s dealt”
Once again, I’ve been saved from garden watering by obliging clouds and another deluge of rain over the last three days. It was predicted and arrived on schedule almost to the hour, beginning as quiet stillness in the air that made me think of the phrase, the calm before the storm. Followed by soft Irish…
“Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.”
Spring is here, and what a delight it is each morning to witness the buds unfolding that herald the start to the season. Sometimes hidden under the spectacular, fresh, clean and new foliage, are welcome flashes of colour from new blooms. The leaves are stunning too, from glossy lime green to darkest maroon with bright…
“In the garden as in writing, punctuation is needed to clarify structure and meanings. A garden without punctuation is like prose without full stops or music without a beat.”
Spring is in the air and there are signs that the garden is coming together. Over the time I’ve been gardening, the climbing roses have been the trickiest to get right. I initially envisaged an abundance of rose blooms cascading around the front door and verandah posts of the old Australian farmhouse (1910 ) where…
“Spring: The music of open windows.”
Spring is here, and good times in the garden are coming. Don’t you just love the first days of early Spring when the windows can be flung open, and the breeze can blow through the house after all the rain and cold of winter? It enlivens the senses and makes you feel good, especially on…