Aug 22 2014

Accent Man Cometh

I had a visit from Robert Porch, aka the Accent man a few days ago. Sadly I missed him at the house, but he did leave this crate of goodies.

This is the contents, only 3 of the 30 are named, so this is a bit of a quiz, if you recognises any of the varieties please let me know. There are a few Alliums, Saxafrage, hosta, rose etc in there.

Allium Blue ?

Allium ?

Allium

Hosta sp?

hosts sp?

Blue Grass sp?

Red Rooster Hosta

Saxifraga sp?

saxifraga sp?

Willow

Saxifraga

saxifraga sp?

Epimedium sp?

Have the name somewhere 🙂

saxifraga sp?

Astilbe ?

sisyrinchium

rose

cotoneaster with something else?

Silene ?

Ivy

Aug 21 2014

Hawkeye

My son spotted this newly fledged Sparrow hawk on my greenhouse this afternoon. I crept forward to see how close I could get, with my camera in hand of course.

Aug 13 2014

JP at Work

Aug 11 2014

Rubus

Cultivating this Rubus for accent use this year. It’s got a Taiwanese origins I believe, at least that’s what I think I was told by Pat when I got it from him! This is it’s flower. It’s staying tight in the pot which is a good sign, no big runners like a bramble!! Be interesting to see if it sets fruit. Anybody know the name of it?

Aug 10 2014

Haw Haw!

The Haws or berries on my Hawthorn are starting to colour up nicely. If the birds can leave well enough alone, I should be in for a good display this Autumn.

Aug 9 2014

Agapanthus Snow Pixie

Whilst browsing through the multitudes of stock at Bali Hai nursery last year I decided to give a small variety of Agapanthus a go for a Kusamono. I actually got 3 varieties but this one has come out the best. It’s Snow Pixie. I’m hoping that with a few years in a pot the flower will produce a shorter stalk but if it doesn’t, I think I’m happy with the result. Maturity will help. Not quite open yet, I’ll post again when in flower flower.

Aug 8 2014

Rose Cuttings

I have 3 mini roses acquired from Jose over in Tenerife . At the weekend I decided to take a few cutting to increase my stock. I took a cutting about a week ago and popped it into the humidity layer I put some of my accents on and this was the result. I guest it worked.

I took cuttings from all three roses and potted them into a mix of fine cat litter and fine pumice. Well see how it goes. The parent rose in this kusamono planting is very vigorous as you can see from the roots.

Even got some super mini Rose cuttings 🙂

The results of my work

Aug 7 2014

Benches

Just a record snap of the benches his year. I try and do it every year to see how things change.

Aug 4 2014

Miss Me?

Haven’t posted in two days, it’s been a busy weekend for me with family staying and attending the wedding of my Nephew Ryan and his beautiful bride Agata. As a result bonsai has taken a back seat. With all the rain I didn’t even have to water 🙂