Monthly Archives: October 2011

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Brugmansia sanguinea

The late season sunshine has meant that my Brugmansia sanguinea has had its moment of glory in the nick of time.
Season of fog and ambiguityThere are still quite a few potfuls of summer goodies on display so the season seems to vary depending on which way you look. In the centre of the [...]

The late season sunshine has meant that my Brugmansia sanguinea has had its moment of glory in the nick of time. There are still quite a few potfuls of summer goodies on display so the season seems to vary depending on which way you look. In the centre of the courtyard garden there are still some dahlias, the Brugmansia and a large pot of Ornithogalum saundersii, all redolent of late summer...

I am forcing myself to sit down and write even though it is pretty certain that tonight will be frosty and I should be scampering about rescuing all the tender plants in my own garden. One of my favourites is still out at home and at Whichford because it is looking so delicately appealing...

We are still waiting for a decent helping of rain and I am glad that I planted out so many succulents. I shall do my best to overwinter as many as possible because they are so useful - I haven't watered any of the succulent plantings at all since I first put them together. The little rain we have had has been enough. And this is why all the pots in the drive are full of succulents, so that I don't have to traipse out there with watering cans...

I have finished planting the display I started last week - here's the finished article just after watering in, not very exciting compared to the blowsiness of the summer plantings but it will start to look interesting after it has settled in...