I’m proposing a name change to The Oxalis Bed. Well, one of them. I have been fighting with this Oxalis Bed for almost a year and I feel like I’m starting to win. Maybe. When we moved in it was full of overgrown, grassy weeds, thistles, old roses and weedmat. After a grand effort clearing everything … More The Oxalis Bed War
This is my front porch. Welcome. Lets have a look around. Just don’t touch anything. Here we have a collection of fruit trees, herbs, perennials and random things that needed somewhere to sit. I hope you like latin names. It’s good practice. On the right we have the plum tree Prunus ‘Billington’ (I’m not actually … More Happenings on The Front Porch
So, the garden isn’t exactly bursting with flowers, but I have some! Most of my flowering plants are still in pots, but there are red roses in the garden and perennials and annuals are slowly starting to make their way in. Notice any general colour themes going on?
Something special flowered for the first time on the weekend. It was my Iris nelsonii, also known as Abbeville Red, one of the Louisiana Irises. Outside of bearded irises, red irises aren’t particularly common, especially in New Zealand. I’m not a big fan of bearded irises; I prefer the more slender, elegant, wild-type irises. Iris nelsonii … More A Red Iris
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