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<\/a>Strange plant<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Unknown plant<\/p><\/div>\n
While on the subject of unknown items, I found this feather under our bird feeder today. I am very familiar with the wide range of wild birds we have visiting our feeders but I have no idea what this spotty feather belongs to.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Spotty feather<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>unknown feather<\/p><\/div>\n
While I am off topic I thought I would show a snapshot of the garden.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The big poppies have been really good this year<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>A big splash of mauve<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The mystery plant a few weeks later<\/p><\/div>\n
The mystery plant is taking ages to flower. It’s been like this for weeks now.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Pale pink bud<\/p><\/div>\n
Here it is another week later and I can now see that the bud isn’t white but is pale pink. This is so incredibly slow to flower that I have run out of patience and will update at another time if it ever fully opens.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Our rambling rose – Paul’s Himalayan Musk<\/p><\/div>\n
This is the view going up our path.<\/p>\n
<\/a>It also rambles over our cabin<\/p><\/div>\n
This is the view from the other side. The cabin is our kitchen where we run our catering business from.<\/p>\n
<\/a>It tumbles over the arches<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>It is a mass of soft pink with plenty of buds still to open<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The other rambling rose is just starting to open<\/p><\/div>\n
The honeysuckle beneath the rose is also in flower. I tie the rose into the arches but this year will have to cut it back a bit once it has flowered. We are now having to duck under the arches but I don’t want to spoil it while it’s flowering.<\/p>\n
The garden is full and lush after the recent slightly warmer temperatures and intermittent rain. We put these roses in when we moved here six years ago and they have grown an incredible amount in that time. This entire garden was laid to lawn when we moved in and we gradually took out the lawn and replaced it with cottage garden plants. It is still evolving but we are very pleased with the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don’t usually write on subjects outside my chickens but this time I am making an exception. I have a plant which self seeded in one of our patio pots last year. It looked unusual and a bit special so … Continue reading