Glory Days of Summer

After the open gardens all gardens still need tending to; regular weeding, pruning and edging. “The garden is your art masterpiece; look at the edging as the frame for it.” – Tim Eliott

The rose garden has burst into full bloom, so fragrant and bright. We have carefully deadhead to encourage more blooms. We were very lucky this spring when we un-hilled them to discover everything above ground had survived the winter. This means it is very unlikely to see many root stock suckers coming up.

 

It’s quite beautiful in the gardens Hydrangeas and hostas are blooming. It seems as though one plant stops blooming and another plant is stealing the show. I’m blessed to see the intricate layers of these gardens.

 

In order to restock your plants and prepare for the final open gardens there has been a lot of divisions and transplanting of seedlings. We have restocked on ostrich ferns, grasses, a few sun tolerant hostas, and a few different grasses. The propagation chambers are being set up to start propagating plants by cuttings. These chambers have heated mats to keep the media warm and overhead misters to keep humidity high.

 

We are hard at work, however, it hardly seems like work.