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through your window

Last post 14-11-2008 10:20 AM by Phot's-Moll. 10 replies.

• 13/10/2008 11:36 AM

  trish Location: Leeds Joined on: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 44

  Reply | Contact I'm fortunate enough to be able to see some of my garden through our kitchen front room and the dining/living room windows.  This privilege of being able to organise and harmonise the views one sees on a regular basis I think has a profound effect on ones sense of well-being.  At the moment I am getting a lot of pleasure from the following plants which are in bloom:  Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' through the front window, tall pink Michaelmas daisies and a white hydrangea through the side, and gentians in pots just outside the window with red orange and burgundy dahlias beyond.  What's starring through your window  at the moment... ?

• 13/10/2008 11:46 AM

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  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,974

  Reply | Contact  Hi Trish, yes it's lovely to be able to see some of the garden though the kitchen window. It's also the reason that we now have a metal cafetierre, as I often got so side tracked by looking out the window when washing up that I banged the glass ones against the tap and broke them. Even the metal one has a couple of dents. Through the window at the moment, there are a few lavenders with some flowers left and some orange and yellow Achilleas are flowering under a purple leafed Viburnum, which is really pretty. I can also see evening primrose and pink and white Cosmos. The Cosmos got knocked about a bit in the last winds we had, but they've picked up again and are looking a lot better.

• 13/10/2008 03:37 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact I can see my Mulberry tree - the leaves are a weird, but good, limey green colour as they're just changing. In a couple of days they'll be clear yellow - then overnight, they'll all vanish. It looks good without leaves too. Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 13/10/2008 04:33 PM	In reply to
  moushie Location: Huddersfield Joined on: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 3	Reply | Contact I can see my fuschias which have been brilliant this year, especially the climbing one. I can also still see some Passion flowers which are still coming.

• 13/10/2008 07:06 PM

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  David 29971 Location: Sevenoaks, Kent Joined on: 20 Jun 2008 Posts: 19

  Reply | Contact  I notice Mulberry are mentioned in this post. I have the similar observations regarding the progression of the foliage during the twilight months of the year but has anyond had any real success with the fruit. I do note that the Wisley Main tree just beyond the model fruit garden does have unappetising "things" on it  around Sept.it but the Espalier, year after year, looks like itis wasting its time. My Espalier is similar and my Old style Mulberry bush space is now producing a magnificent crop of Aparagus Guenlin

• 13/10/2008 09:34 PM

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  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347

  Reply | Contact  I get lots of delicious fruit during July and September. They're very squashy and don't keep, so are best eaten straight away. I've never seen them for sale and I'm not surprised as they'd be impossible to pick with machines or to package without turning them into a messy pulp. They do look a bit odd as they appear to have no stalks. Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 14/10/2008 12:20 AM	In reply to
  trish Location: Leeds Joined on: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 44	Reply | Contact Hi Miranda, I just planted a couple of achilleas I brought back from my friend in essex because I seem to have lost the few I had.  The Cosmos trials on gardeners world reminded me I ought to grow them sometime, but until I get some more beds cleared (a long held ambition ;) ) I've nowhere for annuals that don't/wont grow in containers.

• 14/10/2008 12:27 AM

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  trish Location: Leeds Joined on: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 44

  Reply | Contact Our mulberry has plenty of fruit but it's slow to ripen this year and I can no longer reach up inside the tree far enough to pick it.  The best we can do is peg down a sheet of white fleece on the ground under the canopy and once or twice a day I go and pick up the odd fruits which have fallen onto it.  We then freeze then as they arrive with a view to using them for a sauce to have with duck or something similar.  haven't actually tried this yet with mulberries but it works well with acid cherries gently poached in red wine so we're hoping the mulberries will be similarly successful.  last year there were more ripe berries earlier and we just ate them a few at a time.  They're not really fully ripe until they squish and stain your hands... but it's worth looking like an axe murderer because they are so delicious ;)

• 14/10/2008 09:10 AM	In reply to
  Hosta Location: UK Joined on: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 39	Reply | Contact My sweet peas are still going strong, and the lavatera is looking good and the fuschias are doing well in the tall planters.

• 13/11/2008 01:34 PM

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  Marge Location: Oop North Joined on: 22 Jun 2008 Posts: 13

  Reply | Contact Despite the recent frost the hydrangeas are looking great and there are plenty of nasturtiums abounding in the borders.  The raspberry canes have been tied in, the rosemary and bay are looking nice and healthy, and there are even a few dark pinks in bloom. I know it is corny but the best thing about autumn for me are all the trees with their orange, yellow, and red leaves.  In my back garden I have two little acers that are looking so colourful - even  better than in the summer (if you can call what we had a summer!)   Reine de la cocina

• 14/11/2008 10:20 AM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact Acers are lovely - sadly thety don't do well in my garden. I think they prefer acid soil? Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.