Friday, October 2, 2015

The Telegraph: News in Gardens

With Google's keyword search certain people/topics slip into my mailbox, without effort.  Today, Gertrude Jekyll, in The Telegraph, arrived with more good links you'll want to read.  Save for later if you're busy, you'll like all of them.  Apples, politicians, boxwood health, bulbs inside for winter.
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These aren't projects, below, they're easy, fun, pretty.  Projects?  Not for me.

Plant projects to see you through winter


China tureen of snowdrops
Pic, The Winter Garden by Emma Hardy,by CICO Books (£14.99). To order your copy for £12.99 plus p&p call 0844 871 1514 or visit books.telegraph.co.uk

Boxwoods are planned for the front of our ca. 1900 American farmhouse.  May change those plans, and, will I draw boxwoods into client gardens?   With a warning, and no guarantee, yes, will put them in client gardens.  Make up your own mind, read below.  




Box hedges in the Bourton House knot garden
BOX HEDGES IN THE BOURTON HOUSE KNOT GARDEN CREDIT: ALAMY


Think gardening is not political?  California jurisdictions are considering making water a commodity.  What does this mean for you?  Have a pond on your property, and it's a government commodity, you cannot use the water without permission.  For starters.  More lightheartedly, politics & gardening, below.
The Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Winston Churchill, with his chiefs of staff in the garden of No. 10, 1945

THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT HON WINSTON CHURCHILL, WITH HIS CHIEFS OF STAFF IN THE GARDEN OF NO. 10, 1945CREDIT: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMS
Meet Gertrude Jekyll, below.  Have loved knowing her since the early 80's.

Gertrude Jekyll
GERTRUDE JEKYLL CREDIT: ENGLISH HERITAGE/HERITAGE IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES 


Apple Tunnel, Salisbury
APPLE TREES CAN BE TRAINED TO ALL SORTS OF DESIGNS CREDIT: ALAMY



Garden & Be Well,   XO T
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4 comments:

Sandy Fry said...

Love the winter blooms indoors. Speaking of diseases too - time to ask an expert -- do you know if anything can be done for ailing liriope that turns yellow and dies in patches (crown rot maybe?) Perhaps a future post on liriope? Planted here on a steep slope that was too hard to mow, meant to be low maintenance but now a mess.

October 2, 2015 at 9:02 PM
La Petite Gallery said...

OH Tara, Love the photo of Winston, I just did an oil of him. Trying to figure how to photo and load it to computer. Thanks for the comment about Houston. God, I loved Kema and Galveston. The Mossler's also live in (Coconut Grove) Miami Florida. I remember it was headlines. Well Fall has arrived on the Coast of Maine. it's 20 degrees this morning. Did I tell you my Daughter Renee got me a Dog, he is 6 yrs a Lhasa and shih tzu mix. Just bought him a leather BommerJacket, he looks so sweet. Have a warm and Sunny weekend. yvonne

October 3, 2015 at 8:05 AM
Jean Campbell said...

Much food for thought in this post, thanks. English-style gardens translate easily to our climate. I look forward to watching your garden evolve.

My fav winter gardening book is The Winter Garden Planning and Planting for the Southeast by Loewer and Mellichamp.

Boxwood persists. Apples are subject to a number of pests and diseases -- bulldozed those here years ago. If you dodge fire blight, pears are almost fool proof. Properly chilled, even old-time hard pears soften beautifully.



October 3, 2015 at 9:39 AM
Thistle Cove Farm said...

love apple alee
great photo of gertrude jekyll
fabulous photo of churchill, etc.
beautiful box hedges
typing w/1 hand,,,sorry

October 4, 2015 at 8:44 PM

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