Parsonage garden

''Life, believe, is not a dream
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Sometime there are clouds of gloom,
But these are transient all;
If the shower will make the roses bloom,
O why lament its fall?
Rapidly, merrily,
Life’s sunny hours flit by,
Gratefully, cheerily,
Enjoy them as they fly!' (CB)

From the e-newsletter :

July strikes me as “mid-term”. Spring with all its flourish has left us behind.  Those plants that straddle late spring and early summer such as honesty and columbine, have now been cut back. The early summer becomes history and the Summer Equinox has come and gone. Some flowers from that early summer period are still around such as roses, cranesbill and red campion but there is a need to be deadheading to encourage the last flowers from these specimens. The white roses still have their beautiful scent too. Even though the school holidays have just begun, to the gardener there is already the hint of autumn. Not only the deadheading but some leaves are beginning to fall, probably exaggerated by the dry weather. However, we need not despair just yet as there is still plenty of colour from many plants not least of all fushias and peonies with their beautiful shapes and colours. The garden has a particular dominant dual coloured hebe bush of profuse and contrasting lilac and white flowers.

 

In the back garden the vegetation as well as the flowering is prolific. Jenny has been very busy tending this area and we are now expecting a colourful show of yellow loosestrife and evening primrose. She recently rescued a struggling morning glory climbing plant (blue flowered with a bindweed like leaf) and re-planted it in the front garden in hopefully a more favourable location. Perhaps the back garden is becoming our nursery area!

Finally, a quick update on our Plant Bring and Buy held on a Sunday mid-month. We were very grateful to all those visitors who either swapped plants or donated. We enjoyed meeting with you and we hope you enjoyed the buns, cakes and cordials provided. We are currently thinking of how to use the funds to further enhance the garden.