A Small White Butterfly enjoying the nectar on the Lavender that is now starting to flower….I guess they are enjoying it and with no breeze to disturb them
Just arrived back from holiday and whilst we were away enjoying this heatwave, continuous blue skies and sunshine, were still shocked when first got sight of the garden, a lawn that had gone from green to yellow and now predominantly brown and some shrubs looking rather tired. Thankfully we have some good neighbours who have take a good deal of time to water the bedding plants and planters…all thriving and full of colour in this dry oasis…and the star it the Coleus which just seems to thrive in these conditions..
But…as they say…its back to reality. A pile of mail plus emails and numerous little jobs that seem like major tasks all waiting to be done. Best get on.
19th July
(C) David Oakes 2018
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The new fashion these days are ‘brown lawns’, you know! 🙂
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Yep…everyone has got one 🙂
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What kind neighbours you have! Yes – brown crunchy lawns abound. Not much relief in sight despite a bit of rain this week.
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They go on holiday soon so its payback time for me…..team work helps us all. One short shower that is all so far 🙂
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Same over here. Yesterday and today we get a nice cooling breeze from the North West but next week we received the following warning: Temperatures up to 35º degrees. I will stay indoors with my feet in plastic bowl with cold water and the ventilator column on 3 (highest).
Balcony plants do well here. Several wild herbs that came free but also my willow branches do weel althought they do drink an awful lot. And I have a Epilobium hirsutum. Don’t know the common English name. It’s here for two years now and full in bloom. Lovely pink flowers. Medicinal as well: for the bowels. And it came for free. We Dutch resemble the Scottish a wee bit when it comes down to a wee greediness. Not the harmful kind… 🙂
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Epilobium hirstutum is the Hairy Willow-herb!
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Yes! And so it’s called here as well. Thank you, Peter. It’s a lovely pink colour that the flowers have. And it’s a stayer. Perennial I believe the word is in English. There are bees visiting them but I don’t think they have enough pollen for them.
I do like the ‘common’ willow herb as well. But these hairy ones are special. They are still on the red list although they seem to be doing great again. Well, at least on my balcony. 🙂
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