White Rabbits ! 🐰The first of the month !🐰

                                      Sauromatum venosum 

This years flower was smashed by the recent gales , but it is starting to put up a leaf now . Also I can see several new shoots coming up around the "mother "plant .

Which is great , because at the end of the season , I can pull them out and send a couple to my botanical brother up country . 

                                            Amorphophallus konjac 
                          This one , also ,was demolished by the gales .

I did have another rare variety of Voodoo Lily but my husband threw several of my plants over the Cornish hedge , thinking they were dead or that there was nothing in the pot .

Sigh ...... they go dormant through the Winter ....I tried to explain this to him ..... ...climbing up on the Cornish hedge I managed reach over and retrieve a couple of them .....but could not find the other really rare (and expensive ) one in amongst brambles nettles and sloe bushes .

                          I'd like to throw him over the Cornish hedge !!

Brassica seed - update 

You may remember I sowed a variety of brassica seeds on Monday .

                             So the race is on !

      .......and of course it's the Greyhound Cabbage seeds coming in first ! 🌿

A bit of flower arranging -

          Flowers from our garden , red , white and blue .

                                          Feeling patriotic  !   

                                               ❤️🤍💙

                               

                                               ❤️🤍💙   

                           Peace and Love  🕊️🌿

                                                      Debbie x

🌿💜Voodoo Lilies 🕷️🪰🐜💜🌿

 

            

                         Ooh ! Here come the Voodoo Lilies !

                                        Amorphophallus konjac  
                                                🌿💜🌿

                                   Sauromatum venosum 

                     I will post more pics as they open up 🦇

                                                   🌿💜🌿

Sunshine ☀️

 

 In anticipation  of overnight rain I put out some of my "house plants " . The beautiful Calathea especially needs to have only rain water .

The Boston Fern has not been doing very well  .....it's one plant that I don't seem to get along with !

It just doesn't like me !

It is a lovely sparkly morning , the sun has returned and the forecast says it will be a very warm day with maybe the odd little sprinkle of rain thrown in hither and thither .

I have brought the Calathea back indoors now , because it prefers to be in the shade . 

                            Me too ! 

       Be kind always🤍 Be gentle on yourself today 🕊️ I'm thinking of you . x   

Sauromatum venosum - update !

 

            Just as I thought the show was over .....

This is the one that flowered on the 13th June  and then withered away completely .... and now ....

                 What is this ? !

                    What is going on now ? !   

Looks like a lovely new leaf  . 

And there's another tiny shoot coming up in the other pot .

 So maybe this one will have a weird and fascinating flower too ....   🤔

Sun is still shining here but a cool breeze .....I'm going round watering everything  .

Other news -

Had my first excellent physio session yesterday at our near by cottage hospital  . 

Right , got to go cook brekkers !   Keep cool and make it a great day .

                                                      ☀️🌤️☀️

☀️Making Hay While the Sun Shines ☀️

 

                     ☀️ It is a scorcher ! The hay is looking good .🌿☀️🚜

Meanwhile in the greenhouse.....

I'm hoping my tomatoes will soon be ripening .

Oh ! My Sweet Peppers too ! 

I have to stay in when the sun is this hot .

I did a little flower arranging earlier this morning while it was cooler .

A little white feather appeared from nowhere . 

I think this is supposed to mean that a departed loved one is near by or thinking of me ...not sure ....an angel's feather ? It gave me a warm feeling anyway . . . I could do with a hug ... 

This week there are corners of my garden lit up with Crocosmias  . I love these flowers , worthy of looking closer . 

I think the buds are particularly beautiful .

I sorted out a pot of succulent cuttings and voodoo lily corms for my brother , but he says he doesn't want them right now. . . so I will pot them up and see if anyone else would like them .

A Sauromatum venosum shoot has popped up in the other pot . I didn't think anything was going to come up in that pot . Gardening teaches me to be patient .

I am thinking of creating a corner of the garden especially for these fascinating Aroids .

But not right now ..it is too hot for any garden operations .

Hope you are all keeping cool in the hot sun . love Debbie x

                                            🌿 ☀️☀️☀️🌿 

                                                    

The Beauty and the Beast

                                                 Rosa "Bonica"

The Roses are putting on a fabulous show right now .

               This beauty  Rosa "Bonica" is one of my favourites .

                                     Amorphophallus konjac 

      But the Beast has not yet finished it's outrageous performance !

           I am not detecting any fragrance and not so many flies are being attracted .

                                       These are fascinating plants .

                                    Amorphophallus konjac .

                                    Sauromatum venosum

Sauromatum venosum is now withering .

The beautiful spotted spathe is curling up .       Leaving just the long thin spadix .

Next if pollinated it will form a seed head at the bottom which would be fantastic ! 

   I can grow more !   🤩

Anyway , then a single petiole (stalk) should push up with lovely leaf on top . 

I will plant this out after it dies back in the early Autumn  and all my voodoo lilies will get covered with a nice thick mulch to keep them cosy and warm through the Winter months . 

Hopefully it will make one or two off-shoots , little tubers and then we'll have a nice clump of these sweet little monsters !

I sent away for some Arisaema speciosum  , Cobra Lily seeds to try .  

Other news -

We harvested a couple of tubs of our First Early Red Duke of York potatoes . 

Husband really enjoyed himself hunting for the beautiful red spuds  !

  My little grand daughter will do the next lot for me , which was the main reason I grew them in tubs this year .

We will use these straight away. (already had some ) Red Duke of York , turns out to be a very nice variety of potato . Not one single slug hole ! Very pleased !  

The storm clouds have gone . Didn't hear any thunder , plenty of rain . Everything refreshed again in the garden and the water butt refilled . 

The hot sun has come out again . I can only do garden operations very early in the morning or evening during these hot Summer months . 

I must remember to cover up and wear my sun hat when we go out on our walks .

        

                                                                   🌤️☀️☀️