I think it’s safe to say that summer has gotten off to rather a slow start this year. But it’s still only June, we may have three months of glorious heat, sunshine and hazy days ahead of us so I’m not writing it off just yet.
What this inclement weather has done is to make me rather eager to make the most of the days that are pretty good perfect!
And those days start with me coming downstairs, putting the coffee on the stove and opening the back door as wide as it can go. We then spend a good hour outside. The bottoms of pyjamas get wet, the coffee goes cold and the breakfast gets soggy. But it doesn’t really matter as it could be raining tomorrow and then we’d have to take another viewing of Finding Nemo.
“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..etc, etc…”
I think Ned quite liked the feel of the primulas.
So much so he tried to get them to have a little kiss.
Some of my very favourite trees, Salix.
I have four of these and love the soft pink and green they add to the spot they’re in. I’ll not lie, they haven’t transported super well from the other garden and one looked like it had died. But it got over its shock and now has some brand new bright green, albeit tender, leaves coming in.
I bought them all for a tenner at Chichester market a couple of summers ago. I’m really pleased with them and have promised them that this is the last time they’ll be moved.
Bathed in early sun. They were here when we arrived, love inheriting flowers that I most certainly would have bought. I’ll add some pale lilac and white ones to this spot.
Floppy, heavy, blowsy David Austins.
These ones are Alan Titchmarsh and I’m not kidding but some of them are LILAC!
Perfect.
After a violent outburst of blossom soon after we had moved in this Hawthorn looked very tired indeed. It certainly has its ‘moment’ and then you have to put up with it until the berries come. So I planted this scraggy clematis at the bottom of it to add some colour. I’ll keep and eye on it and make sure it doesn’t go crazy but I have a thing for growing climbers through other trees. I love it and am looking forward to getting some rambling roses through some of the larger trees over the coming years.
“Coming years.”
Feels very good to say that.
This one is Jubilee Celebration, another David Austin. I have found David Austin roses to be extremely hardy and they transplant well. I’m certainly not loyal to them but I’m happy with the ones I have.
I love being out here and snapping away at various plants and flowers at this time (just after 7am). I had my B12 jab on Tuesday and woke up on Wednesday like a totally different person. Hence having the wherewithal to get some pictures as the sun was coming round the house. Being diagnosed with Pernicious Anemia was an absolute pain in the arse, and I’m mad about it, but at least I know what it is and how it can be treated.
At least I’m not lolling in bed struggling to open my eyes while this little imp is playing hide and seek behind the lavender.
In a big, floppy, pink sunhat, NATCH!
I hope you’ve enjoyed the wee tour. Most of the plants and flowers are now out of their pots and in the ground. I think next year in this garden will be brilliant and the one after that will be spectacular. They make you wait, do gardens. They may you work, and wait, and work some more. And good on them!
I love you and thank you so much for reading.
Cherry x
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Dear Cherry
Just wanted to say, firstly that I’m glad the B12 shots are working and that you’re enjoying a burst of energy, and secondly that I love your attitude towards having a debilitating illness (although I’m sorry you have it). I suffer from depression, and I think that some of the symptoms are similar to pernicious anaemnia, and for some reason your attitude makes me feel much better. Maybe because you saying it makes it feel okay to say that having a debilitating illness sucks and that I’m mad about it. Whatever, thanks. You’re inspirational.
All the best,
Liz.
Oh what beautiful light at that time of the day! So worth getting damp pj bottoms for
x
Beautiful pictures! Glad you are feeling so much better and having more energy! I am dying to see more pictures of your entire house- exterior and interior!! Please!
Hi Cherry – did you do anything special to the roses when you moved them? My Mum’s garden needs a bit of an overhaul and she has some roses she dearly wants to keep as they were from her Mum’s and her Uncle’s gardens (neither of whom are with us anymore) but they’re not really in the right spots, or rather won’t be when we change things. They need to be moved, but i’m worried we’re going to upset them. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!
Lovely pictures today – I love being in the garden at that time – there is something very special about the light – everything looks super wonderful.
Take care,
Bex.x
Hello Bex
Sorry for the late reply. Can I ask, are you able to wait until the Autumn before you do any moving of the roses??
Hey you….
Lovely garden pics, it’s rained all day here!
Is the tall pink flower a foxglove? If so they are very poisonous, so please keep the precious small people away from them. I’m just thinking back to the time Oli & Sophie stripped every bloom off mums containers when she turned her back. You can begin to imagine!
Lx
I love all the flowers, but my favorite thing growing in your garden are blue shoes and pink hats….
Ned getting the primulas to have a little kiss is the cutest picture ever.
Nothing like an English country garden in the morning. Hope you get completely better one day Cherry. The children must give you incentive to enjoy your garden together.
Lovely pictures. Really love the salix. Will have to look out for one. The garden we inherited last year was awful. Totally overgrown but not with anything nice and so we’re pretty much starting from scratch. Because it was so neglected for so long we have constant weeds appearing. We just seem to keep clearing and clearing. Have managed to plant some structural things though. But like you say, a garden makes you work and wait. I think ours will be a lot better next year when hopefully we can start to get some really pretty things in. Really looking forward to seeing how yours develops too. F x
I can’t believe you moved the trees and flowers too! That is amazing Cherry! They are beautiful! I can’t wait to see next year!
The garden really is at its best in the early mornings, every thing looks so lush and healthy.
Hello Cherry and the new morning (afternoon now for you)! Love your flowers, especially the ones with bright eyes and 10 toes and fingers…
Just wanted to pass along our (finally) success with roses – we’ve switched some of our beds to a new, very hardy, very beautiful rose that will bloom all summer, until the first frost. It is called the Knockout Rose and comes in several colors. If you do an internet search, it should pop up immediately – they’re fabulous, and everyone over here “across the pond” has gone nuts over them!
What fun! Can’t imagine a better way for a mother and her children to start the day.
Everything is looking lovely in your garden Cherry. Plants seem to have settled in well. The hydrangea looks healthy. I love that gorgeous Clematis. Amazing how they can transform an ugly fence or a bare tree.
It’s great to see Anais and Ned getting familiar with the garden at their tender age. It will be something they love and appreciate all their lives.
Glad you have a new burst of energy. Must make a big difference to your days.
I’m partial to a David Austin or two myself. Our newest one is ‘comte de chambord’ and I’m impatiently pacing up and down each day, waiting for the buds to open.
Yesterday I was trying to flounce around being lady like and elegant, picking roses and placing in my wicker basket. Trouble is I’m a clumsy oaf and managed to soak myself with the stupid sodding hose instead.
Ah well. The thought was there.
Glad the jab went well and now you are full of beans again!
have a glorious day. even if it is rainy (which is here).
x
Your David Austin roses look superb, I love the way you described them, floppy, heavy, blowsy… you really do have a way with words!
This post makes me long for the time when I have a garden of my own to plant trees and roses in but your post the other day (about the twins’ second birthday party) made me regret wishing the time away and even angrier that sometimes I haven’t been up to doing all I should be out doing at my age – being center stage!
I’m off to demand a blood test from my GP. You’ve given me hope, Cherry and for that I am dearly grateful.
Sue x