An Artist's Garden

Thanks to Yolanda Elizabet at Bliss

Whose fabulous hedge trimmer can be found here

And here are her “gratuitous pictures of my pretty potager“

A week ago, I had a very good chuckle over at May Dreams Garden.  Carol had written a post, where she confessed to hoeing up her umbels, (she also had another confession the following day).

I think that my amusement was rather wry, as I had been formulating this post in my head, but had not had the time to write it.

So here is my confession ….

Last Spring I moaned about the writing comes off  plant labels.  No worries - I knew that I had sown Ammi Majus, Giant Fennel (Ferula communis) and Thalictrum delavayii “Album”

I thought you would like to see them

THALICTRUM DELAVAYII ‘ALBUM’

GIANT FENNEL

AMMI MAJUS

Yes, you are right, something is seriously wrong,

These are all images of ‘Love in a Mist’ Nigella.

I cannot believe I did this! When the seedlings came up I did think they looked a bit weird - I even blogged about it, and asked if anyone recognized the seedlings - although I cannot for the life of me find the post.

(note to self - be more accurate with tags).

So, having sowed the seeds, lost the labels, been a bit concerned when the seedlings came up - what did I do?

Well, without thinking I nurtured these seedlings like they were gold dust

(meanwhile the love in a mist chortled to themselves, they had never had it so good)

I then planted them, Oh so carefully - the Ammi Majus in the cutting garden, the giant fennel in the herb garden and the Thalictrum in the keyhole bed to do “wafty” graceful things.

You may well be wondering how on earth did this come about!

Well I do have lots of “senior moments” but my best guess is this:-

Last Autumn, I remember having a handful of Nigella seed pods

I also remember putting them down for a little while in the empty tray that holds my compost while I found a paper bag

I can only assume that they shed loads of seed at this point, which then got mixed into my seed sowing compost,

Which is why I grew three trays of Nigella.

And didn’t notice!

So come on “Fess Up”

What recent gardening blunder do YOU confess to?

Leave a comment - or do a post and leave a link.

I am looking forward to this.

After about 4 years, my Rudbeckia “Green Wizard” has some flowers on it - great cause for celebration.

Every other year - the plant has been eaten to the ground by slugs - it seems they like it even more than Hosta.

Last year I moved it nearer the house, where I could keep an eye out for the marauding pests.

So there I was quietly happy about the flowers on my Rudbeckia … then I read Nigel / Silvertree Daze’s amusing post,

referring (among other things) to Green Wizard

Click the link below to read Nigel’s post.

Plugugly and Foetid to boot

I may never again see my Rudbeckia occidentalis “Green Wizard” in quite the same way.