Bulb Log 2021

[Ian Y]

Click the Bulb Log link to find out what inspires me and influences our garden.


https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2021Jul071625650498BULB_LOG_2721.pdf

[Ian Y]

Accepting nature as part of your garden - click the link for this week's Bulb Log Garden Diary.


https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2021Jul141626254655BULB_LOG_2821.pdf

[Tristan_He]

Food for thought as always Ian.

I think our weed flora is a little more diverse and enthusiastic than yours! Stinging nettle, hogweed, couch grass, bramble, creeping buttercup, the invasive form of yellow archangel and others are all well established in our patch and going nowhere soon. Goose-grass and avens are also spread around by the pets if we aren't careful. Our light soil is also ideal for things to self-seed into, which can be a double-edged sword.

I don't mind too much as many of these plants are good for wildlife (there is nothing like a good nettle patch in a sunny spot to encourage butterflies). But there is also a significant control aspect for both these and things that are beautiful but prone to overenthusiastic seeding (e.g. Meconopsis cambrica, Campanula trachelium). Other things have got their roots established in locations where removing them isn't really practical / possible and so I pull at them / cut them back from time to time to restrict their growth.

One of the things I have noticed about your garden is how compartmentalised it is by paths, troughs, raised beds etc. That makes it a lot easier to maintain because it's more difficult for weeds to establish and even if they do get established in one spot, they are naturally more isolated.

I suppose it all depends on your attitude to these things. I'm rather lazy on the weeding front and not overly bothered about having a super tidy garden so long as my plants have the space to grow. Even so it's surprising what will grow in a wilder setting. My best North American Lilium hybrids are growing in long grass in a damp spot at the bottom of the garden and thrive there in a way they do not elsewhere with no real care or fertilizer.

[Ian Y]

Tristan

I am 100% with your view and style of gardening.

Certain invasive plants are best kept out or need to be controlled  - we dead head many of the more vigorous seeders, such as Meconopsis cambrica, to limit their spread but get increasingly more relaxed at accepting many of the other so called weeds.

[Ian Y]

This week read about Lawn care, front gardens, moving back to nature - all will be revealed if click the link to the Bulb Log.


https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2021Jul211626861079BULB_LOG_2921.pdf,

[Ian Y]

This is a quiet time for flowers in the garden but busy with repotting, hedge cutting and plenty food for thought.


https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2021Jul281627466394BULB_LOG_3021.pdf

[Tristan_He]

Very nice Ian. Craigton Clumper is well named isn't it!

I like Linaria purpurea too. It's one of those fellow traveller plants that will colonise the garden and pop up in different places without ever really being a nuisance.

[Robert]

Hello Ian,

I am back reading and following your bulb log. I enjoy the rhythms of the garden through the seasons. There is always something new to learn. I enjoy so much how you orchestrate the flow, design, and rhythm of your garden. These principles can be applied to any garden, in any climatic setting.

Of course, I like the climatic related information. It seems gardeners everywhere have to contend with anomalous weather these days. This has always been the case, however it seem there are many more extremes these days.

[Ian Y]

Thank you Robert I know from reading all your lovely posts that we share a similar view of nature and the world. 

Yes we are seeing the effects of climate change in the garden mainly the lack of rain but this is small compared to some of the extreme heat waves and wild fires that so many are suffering from.

[Ian Y]

Click the Bulb Log link for the power of trees, the seaside, global warming and problems to solve.


https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2021Aug041628066611BULB_LOG_3121.pdf

[Ian Y]

This Bub log includes whispering and resurrection plants, seeds and weeds! Click the link below to read all


https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2021Aug111628673954BULB_LOG_3221.pdf

[Tristan_He]

I wonder could your mystery Corydalis be C. chaerophylla Ian?

https://efloraofindia.com/2018/12/15/corydalis-chaerophylla/

[Ian Y]

Thanks for this link Tristan that is a good shout it looks very like it I will read more but I am sure this is close.

[annew]

LOVE the colours on the fuchsia, well worth kneeling for!

[Ian Y]

As we approach the best time to sow bulb seed this Bulb Log is my updated, detailed guide to my methods.


https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2021Aug181629282599BULB_LOG_3321.pdf