Shirley_tulip's Blog archive

First blog of 2020

It's been a fraught January with one thing and another, having to upgrade from Windows...

Final walk of 2019

Yesterday we drove to Arundel, parked up and took a walk from the Castle entrance,...

Merry Christmas one and all!

This is not a traditional Christmas tree by any means as it is constructed from...

Farewell Mum

It is with immense sadness I write to say that my dear Mum passed away, at the great...

Pruning advice please

We have a 'Rambling Rector' Rose climbing up and over a wooden arch in the garden...

Bees and Hoverflies

are loving the Sedums in the garden ... Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' is another flower...

One month ago ...

I bought some small plants from a family run nursery to fill two manger baskets and...

For Dawnsaunt ... Clematis photos

Here you are Dawn, my Clematis 'Sylvia Denny' in bloom today. The label states semi-double...

Afternoon tea anyone?

Last August, the month of mine and OH's birthdays, we were given a birthday gift...

Spring visit to Highdown Gardens

Highdown gardens are chalk gardens on Downlands countryside. We visit regularly...

Spring flowers February 2019

The day began with a heavy mist which took a while to clear so I thought it was going...

Quirky ideas for the garden

We saw the following planting and novel ideas for old tree trunks in the grounds...