Sanity and the Confedgery
Hello, ready for another weekly update from Long Mizzle Garden? Let's tea and gossip... Sorry, no slow-motion, grand shots of me emerging breathless from a helicopter here. This little patch of sea thrift (above, bottom left) was grown from seed a few years ago now. It seems to flower on and off all year through. I will be dividing this and putting some in our own patch of Cornish dry stone wall. Some seeds will also be sprinkled in little nooks and crannies. After a cold snap at the start the week, the sun came out as promised on Wednesday and the river lilies (Hesperantha coccinea) have since been having an un-masked party en masse, dancing about the border. I don't think you can ever have enough river lilies! Like the sea thrift, they grow in clumps, but are quicker to spread. They also happily self seed and make a great cut flower to bring into the house. Notice anything missing from the old pond bed? It got too cold and wet for the succulents so I brought them in to the...