I’m bouncing back with a typically mixed bag of pictures (including one approaching a red herring) for the last gasp of Becky’s red-themed July Squares.
July Squares: SimplyRed
Month of Squares: Renew and Burgeoning
I’m just popping in to share a few pictures for May Squares. Continue reading “Month of Squares: Renew and Burgeoning”
Felder with Peggy Martin Rose
I’m sharing this picture of my sweetheart, all berosed, for Becky’s Squares (Burgeoning). Felder is posing with Rosa ‘Peggy Martin’, also known as The Katrina Rose. Continue reading “Felder with Peggy Martin Rose”
Month of Squares: Reconstruct and Renew
This huge, glazed terracotta planter was sturdy enough stay entire (enough) to be planted, despite having suffered an accident that many would have deemed unsurvivable. We admired it last month at The Arbor Gate in Texas, one of our favourite places for picking up garden inspiration and some choice plants in the South. Continue reading “Month of Squares: Reconstruct and Renew”
Odds and Ends for SquareOdds
Floral Mix-up
The Art Of Bonsai
Bonsai trees provoke mixed responses, although well grown, they can be as beautiful as one of nature’s giants. This Trident maple (Acer buergerianum), grown in the twin trunk style, is around 120 years old. Its eggcup sized companion is some kind of fern. Techniques to keep plants so small include wiring them into shape, then pruning roots and branches while restricting them to very small containers.
It’s tempting to see them and feel torn. Is it unnatural? If so, is going against nature cruel? Continue reading “The Art Of Bonsai”
Susan Rushton 