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She attempts to get away, field research being hard work. |
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Very happy with herself. |
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Rose loves watering the plants and wearing floppy hats. |
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I think she was watering my shoes. |
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She attempts to get away, field research being hard work. |
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Very happy with herself. |
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Rose loves watering the plants and wearing floppy hats. |
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I think she was watering my shoes. |
Two remarkable plants greeted us. First, Ilex Aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ with its fabulous yellow berries.
And then, glory of fragrant glories, “Daphne Bholua Jacqueline Postill”, a plant of which I have written previously.
Rain. So we retired to the alpine house and I wished for the umpteenth time that I should chat to the bank manager about one in our garden. She promptly told me it was impossible!!
Little actual colour but saxifraga and such that hugged the rocks.
We stopped over at Sizergh Castle as we made for our Lake District hotel. The house was closed and the gardens, so colourful later in the year, devoid of colour. The house is certainly lived in but I could not survive its dark interior. I was not really sorry it was closed to be truthful, which is not to criticise but I was in search of light that day.
We did find some snowdrops but in their early stages sadly.
The rock gardens are splendid in their season. This was not their season.
It is a sad day when the only brightness is emitted by a brassica.
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