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Gardens & stonework. Fan of bike racing, Biathlon, Hockey. Reality Gardening Instagram microblogger

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In the drizzly days before spring arrives, it’s nice to have something flowering in the house. The orchids love the garden windows. They’ve brightened the kitchen since January. by @flyingcloud01

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7 months ago

L. Black Beauty coming into its own this year, in with the witch hazel, Heritage rose & phlox, a few iris & daylilies. This lily is only slightly fragrant but makes up for that with its profuse, stunning blooms. Multiplies readily, not bothered by voles or the ineptitude of the gardener. by @flyingcloud01

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a year ago

Sango Kaku Japanese maple, Autumn 2024. It won’t get much bigger than this. Note the neighbour’s autumn/Halloween display. How nice of him to set it up so that it would be in the shot! 😀 by @flyingcloud01

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2 years ago

The great oak looking good even in 96F/35C heat. Maintenance includes 4 sprays/year for ambrosia beetles (only the lower trunk - it’s about 80 ft tall!) and autumn fertiliser if needed. Pruning by a skilled arborist occurs every 3-4 years. All of which costs a great deal of money but not as much as it would to take down a sick, damaged tree of that size. Just another aspect of reality gardening. by @flyingcloud01

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2 years ago

When I made a lamb stew in the spring, I planted the cut-off tops of market carrots in the border to help the butterflies. The foliage was great. Yesterday, when I was preparing the border for fall, I pulled up these fat fellows. Very fragrant! Interplanting perennials, herbs & some veggies is a great way to use available space. by @flyingcloud01

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3 years ago

Lion hunting at Cloud Cottage. I use the border spade. The dandelion prong is more likely to snap the taproot, from which a new one will grow. by @flyingcloud01

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3 years ago

Now flowering: Chocolate Chip by @flyingcloud01

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3 years ago

Virginia Bluebells under the great oak, thriving in dry soil with carex pensylvanica, which is found naturally under oaks on south-facing slopes. It has to be topped with the weed whacker about the time the bluebells are done. Carex will lodge if it isn’t cut back a little. A delicate operation because of the martagon lilies growing there. by @flyingcloud01

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3 years ago

Same ajuga Chocolate Chip, not doing much in the way of flowering yet. Soon, no doubt. This path is in shade all morning, so that might explain the difference. by @flyingcloud01

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3 years ago

Ajuga Chocolate Chip in full bloom in one part of the garden. Don’t know why it’s so far ahead of other plantings. by @flyingcloud01

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3 years ago

Birds nested in a cherry, crape & Japanese maple this past summer. It’s winter now at Cloud Cottage, but soon it’ll be baby bird time again. by @flyingcloud01

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4 years ago

An unusually warm fall giving way to more seasonable cold weather. May be last gasp for the garden flowers. No more tender heliotrope, impatiens & sweet alyssum. Last roses from ‘Heritage’ & ‘Wollerton Old Hall.’ Digging corms to divide crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ for more prolific flowering next year. Camellia’Winter Star,’ planted earlier this year, still has many more buds on it. Coming - photos of the off-season drabs & what the garden catalogues don’t tell you. by @flyingcloud01

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4 years ago