Flowers – Died and Gone To Devon

An Excuse for a Kiss!

30th December 201930th December 2019Blog, Flowers, GuidesLeave a comment

Seeing mistletoe in the shops at Christmas reminded me of some mistletoe I grew a few years ago. When I moved from my previous house, the mistletoe had sprouted on an apple tree I had seeded. However, I was not there long enough to see it grow any bigger than a few leaves. With...

Bumbling on into Autumn

24th September 201924th September 2019Blog, FlowersLeave a comment

It was the Autumn equinox yesterday. The bumble bees and other insects are still out and about doing their late year foraging and building up stores for winter. Verbena bonariensis, seems to be a really good flower for pollinating insects. It continually flowers from mid summer all the way through to late autumn. The...

Selection of flowers in bloom

19th July 201919th July 2019Bees, FlowersLeave a comment

We are in full summer now, flowers blooming all over the place and the bees are busy. This glorious picture, nicely summarises some of the glorious flowers in bloom at the moment....

Sweet peas giving off a glorious scent in the summer

Sweet Peas, the scent of summer.

2nd July 20192nd July 2019Blog, FlowersLeave a comment

We have probably grown too many sweet peas this year (if you can have too many). The seed was selected for scent and even though the flowers are mostly varying forms of white, the scent is amazing. Dotted around the house and in the vegetable garden (where they are growing), the perfume is amazing,...