Trough Pelargoniums

The concrete trough was originally placed here for stock water. Each year I fill it with variegated cherry red flowering pelargoniums, which I promptly forget to look after.

Red Pelargoniums by the Hen House

The Hen House behind is in good repair and I'd love to have more plants around it. I can imagine it dripping with country rambling roses, but the nearby gums foil my rustic cottage-style planting schemes. There are rather a lot of gum tree leaves and pieces of bark which drop when the wind blows. The trees also make the nearby soil lifeless and dry.

rustic hen house pelargoniums - from the archives

This early photograph of the concrete trough is quite old - obviously these pelargoniums like so many other plants in the Moosey garden get taken totally for granted.