While all the summer annuals have finished, their seeds are going gangbusters everywhere. We mowed down our beds in May, but already there are signs of life, especially from the matricaria, larkspur, strawflowers, winged everlasting.
The perennial plants are also looking very happy. The scabiosa has spread, the foxgloves are gearing up for a big summer, the roses are settling down for winter. We planted so many new varieties and are eagerly awaiting the first appearance of the phlomis flowers. The verbena bonariensis is hanging in, and we expect it’ll spread itself around.
There are hundreds of tulip bulbs in the ground, despite the best attempts of the blackbirds to dig them up. There are also hundreds of ranunculus, which came in plug form from Emerden (every corm we planted rotted).
We have some
