A new relationship!
Spot the Ducks?
Need a break from my Agapanthus obsession. A trial separation, maybe? I know - go into a completely different garden area. Concentrate on a completely different plant - for example, the Gunnera. Build a new relationship!
Guess who?
Guess who left lots of Gunnera stems and leaves lying on the back lawn (cut down two weeks ago) and then completely forgot about them? Oops. And someone needs to finish the rest of the winter Gunnera trim. ASAP. Naughty. My perfect new partner. Hope we are a suitable match, hee hee...
Wednesday 25th June, the end of the day...
Yeay for me! I did nearly five hours work. I cleaned up, just like I said I would, then I stayed in Duck Lawn and trimmed more Gunnera.
Disturbed a noisy pair of mallard ducks who were just hanging out in the water. Tried to take a photograph, but they were too quick for me. Didn't immerse myself (but I do need to).
Duck Lawn in Winter
Then I decided to clean up Middle Garden, which is full of green spikes - just the most beautiful garden in which to enjoy a winter workout. I crawled in and trimmed the green Phormiums and other shrubs. Eventually managed to stand, grabbed handfuls of mess, carted it all off to the bonfire. Everything burned well - there were plenty of dead Cordyline leaves to aid combustion.
Spikes in Middle Garden
There is so much new growth in Middle Garden. Oh dear. But it's all very beautiful. Memo to self - perhaps the Spiraea shrub has died? Seedling green Phormiums and coarse green Carexes are rather taking over. Do they worry me? Probably not.
Winter Camellias - Takanini variety
Finished my day by trotting over to the Koru brick courtyard to check on the blood red Camellias (a New Zealand variety, Takanini). They are finishing off their mad mid-winter flowering burst, but the shrubs are covered in smaller buds for later on.
Generous or confused?
What generous Camellias! Or confused Camellias? Whichever, I love them.