Tag Archives: cornflowers

Plotting a Wedding

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Recently I was offered my first chance to grow wedding flowers and with some (realistic) trepidation have accepted. So now the planning begins. What a responsibility, but how exciting to have a definite focus to work towards. Just what I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cornflowers, nigella, roses, scabious, Sweetpeas, wedding flowers | 1 Comment

Six on Saturday

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

So now it is February and there have been some piercingly bright days slicing the grey and the gloom. The light is lasting for longer and although the nights have gone back to cold and some mornings to frosty, seed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged clematis, cornflowers, Derry Watkins, Jamaican primrose, pelargoniums, salvia nachtvlinder, Six on Saturday | 12 Comments

A Festival and Flowers in Their Hair

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

The plot (I am still developing) is set in the beautiful, sheltered grounds of my friends’ house nestled amongst trees in the well named Happy Valley. Last weekend, on one of the hottest days of the year, an excellent and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antirhinums, cornflowers, floral crowns, Happy Valley Festival | Leave a comment

Catching Up

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

After filling up the greenhouse, all the windowsills in the house as well as the cold frames in front of it with small plants and emerging seedlings, I went on holiday leaving it all (and the dog) in the care … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cornflowers, Cosmos, Daffodils, larkspur, pelargoniums, viola Black Bowles | Leave a comment

Plotting Improvements

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Last week managed to wrestle some of the nettles and docks out of the plot and onto the bonfire heap along with the mostly dried out sweetpeas, some still waving last weak flowers at the top of their supports. Weeded … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged achillea, Albutt Blue, cornflowers, dahlias, hardy annuals, hesperis, Higgledy Garden, High Scent, King Edward VII, knautia, nettles, rose Graham Thomas, scabious, Sweetpeas | Leave a comment

Planting on the Plot

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

A chill returned this weekend but my perennials growing in pots had been hardening off out of the cold greenhouse and on the plot itself. The knautia looked very cheerfully stocky and the strong white roots were creeping gently out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged achillea, cornflowers, Higgledy Garden, knautia, sweet rocket | Leave a comment