It is really good to visit gardens, great and small, explore their beds, borders and wider vistas but I have been guilty of ignoring what goes on literally outside my front and back doors. So here I chart the our garden across 2023.
October
Clematis 'Countess of Wessex'
Clematis 'Nubia'
Clematis 'Samaritan Jo'
Salvias (unknown) & Asters (unknown & 'Andenken an Alma Pötschke')
September
Solidago 'Golden Rod'
Ross 'Bonica'
Solanum lycopersicum 'Golden Sunrise'
Clematis tangutica 'My Angel'
Clematis tangutica 'My Angel'
Clematis tangutica 'My Angel'
Potentilla fruticosa 'Hopley's Orange'
Potentilla fruticosa 'Hopley's Orange'
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Andenken an Alma Pötschke'
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus (and Apis mellifera)
Helianthus annuus
Tachina fera (Tachinid Fly)
Actaea simplex (var. unknown)
Dasiphora fruticosa (var. unknown)
Dasiphora fruticosa (var. unknown)
August
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus
Dahlia 'Polka'
Hylotelephium (unknown)
Lysimachia clethroides 'Gooseneck Loosestrife'
Verbena bonariensis; Atriplex hortensis (orache)
Clematis ‘Princess Diana’; Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Tree Spinach)
Anemone x hybrida
Anemone x hybrida
Astrantia
Astrantia 'Claret'
Borago officinalis
Erigeron karvinskianus
Asplenium trichomanes 'Maidenhair spleenwort'
Rosa 'Country Parson'
Lythrum Salicaria 'Purple Loosestrife'
Hydrangea
Phlox (unknown)
Phlox (unknown)
Dahlia 'Star Wars'
Diaccia (unknown)
Cyclamen (unknown)
Crocosmia (unknown)
Salvia 'Cherry Lips'
Sanguisorba (unknown)
July
Helianthus annuus
Calendula officinalis
Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Petit Henri'
Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'
Nigella 'Love-in-a-Mist'
Echinacea 'Carrot Cake'
Achillea 'Cerise Queen'
Streptocarpus
Rose (unknown)
Clematis tangutica 'My Angel'
Clematis 'Perle d'Azur'
Clematis 'Rooguchi'
Lilium 'Mapira'
Sedum spurium 'Fuldaglut'
Nerine bowdenii 'Pink'
Lathyrus odoratus 'Sweet Pea'; Lathyrus latifolius 'Everlasting Pea'.
Clematis 'Etoile Rose'
Clematis 'Niobe'
Clematis Viticella 'Blekitny Aniol' ('Blue Angel')
Clematis viticella 'Etoile Violette'
Clematis 'Warszawska Nike' (syn. 'Warsaw Nike')
Lilium 'Nightrider'
Oxalis triangularis
Spiraea japonica
Rosa (climber, unknown)
Lilium 'Rosella's Dream'
Lilium 'Lankon' (poss)
Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'
June
Lilium 'Inuvik'
Rosa 'Albertine'
Salvia officinalis 'Common Sage'
Clematis 'Étoile Violette'
Rosa 'Bonica'
Clematis 'Princess Diana'
Clematis 'Samaritan Jo'
Clematis 'Dorothy Walton' ('Bagatelle')
Rosa 'Seven Sisters'
Peony unknown
Rosa unknown
Iris pseudacorus 'Yellow Iris'
Centaurea dealbata (possibly)
Clematis 'Princess Kate'
Rosa 'Hot Chocolate'
Rosa 'City of York'
Emilia sonchifolia var. javanica 'Irish Poet'
Rosa unknown
Rosa 'Country Parson'
Peony unknown
Helianthemum unknown
Rosa 'Autumn Sunset'
Peony 'Buckeye Belle'
May
Clematis 'Volunteer'
Clematis 'HF Young'
Clematis 'Miss Bateman'
Clematis 'Countess of Wessex'
Clematis 'Gillian Blades'
Weigela 'Red Prince' (poss)
Ornithogalum umbellatum 'Star of Bethlehem'
Tulip 'Menton'
Iris sibirica 'Siberian flag'
Geum 'Mrs J Bradshaw'
Polygonatum x hybrid 'Solomon's Seal'
Clematis 'Mayleen'
Clematis 'Wilsonii'
Clematis 'Gillian Blades'
Clematis 'Guernsey Cream"
Clematis 'Guernsey Cream'
Clematis 'Guernsey Cream'
