It’s December all-ready! – and here I am still vaguely waiting for the summer that never was
When I agreed to join in the “End of the Month Views” with Helen / Patient Gardener,
I forgot about November.
One reason why I am late this month is that the garden looks like it has been a play ground for swamp monsters.
It is horrid out there.
And I could hardly bring myself to take a photograph
But I did
Well you didn’t think I would put a full sized picture up did you?
Partly this is due to the tedious amount of rain and wind we have had.
And partly it is because of the state of the garden,
Currently I have quite a few hardy herbaceous perennials and grasses
So the structure that shrubs can give to a garden is lacking at the moment.
I do have some shrubs – but they are so small that you cannot see them.
However;-
One of the things that Shedman and I did do this month was make some “Garden Art”
Those of you that follow my blog regularly will be aware perhaps of the ongoing saga of the camellia.
I felt somehow that something of the shrub should remain in the garden – it had probably been here for so many years.
I kind of felt that I should acknowledge it in some way.
When we finally dug it up and replaced it with a pond, I did not get rid of the trunk.
All credit to Shedman, when I dragged the trunk of the camellia back into the garden and asked him to “plant” it again
He totally got what I was trying to do.
We had a rather lovely outdoor pot that lived by the studio which we both thought could look quite good placed between the branches of the camellia.
So Shedman shaped the branches so that the pot would sit safely in between them.
And, fingers crossed it has stayed there despite all the winds that have buffeted the garden this month.
So I am hopeful that this “sculpture” will add some interest to the winter garden
And in the summer, well I see a small clematis twirling its way up and around.
I think once the area around it has been planted up it will be OK.
On another note – I don’t often look at things like blog stats and search engines – but some one this week arrived at my blog looking for
“A garden of dead flowers”
Sorry Karen, I enlarged the first photo! It may look a bit bare in places, but it doesn’t look that bad.
The sculpture fits wonderfully. As I didn’t get you anything at Dobbies, do you want a Clematis for it or do you have one? Your new pond looks much better than mine. Then again, I haven’t been over to collect the lillies.
See you Saturday.
Hi Karen,
I think you garden looks lived in and like a work in progress… full of creativity. Lovely pots about and the larger trees all add great beauty and rather frame everything. Your stones and patio … I could go on and on… a garden of much beauty and interest. It would take hours to tell all the stories that would arise from the questions I might ask if we were walking around your grounds. I love your new sculpture… wow that was a big camellia! A lovely memorial to it. Carol
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Karen, I wish that you could see your garden with our eyes! It is a wonderful space~~full of creativity, growth, change and those fabulous ponds! The new sculpture is perfect~~did you throw that pot? gail
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Karen, Agreement with the comments above! Your backyard looks like a perfectly wonderful work-in-progress! I love the sculpture with the pot. Yes, something like a clematis will be wonderful. Re: that search engine comment – if someone was looking for a garden with dead flowers, there would be a LOT of us in that same boat! Winter’s nearly here!!!
Love your blog!
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I love the sculpture – it’s just the sort of thing I would like in my garden. It’s simple and strong, it’s recycled… it’s perfect.
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Looks pretty good to me. Mine just looks dead. I love the camellia too. thanks for your comment on mine. Daughter and baby still in hospital but may come home today if her blood pressure falls.
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“Garden of dead flowers”–Hilarious! Yours does not look dead at all to my eyes. And I love the new sculpture.
Love the sculpture, Karen,the pot looks lovely,and the pale grass stems enhance it.I am appreciating the beauty of dead plants too. What they really need is the silvery frost- but we just get rain!
Wow! That pot looks like a nest between the branches! Great idea Karen!
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That’s a great way to commemorate the late, great plant, and it is an interesting piece on its own merits. I wish my husband was a bit more like Shedman, so I could use tree stumps as pedestals. The contrast of the round pot with the lines of the stump is wonderful.
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Love logs. Surprised by the amount of water. Thought Wales was a sunny holiday destination. At least it stopped long enough for you to take the photo. Slightly jealous of that! Parasols for Christmas?
Lucy
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That pot has an African feel, sitting in its wooden tripod. Someone ended up at my blog after looking for Dusty Diana. Excuse me, my Millers may be Dusty, but I ain’t.
The Camellia works very well – I think bits of dead tree always look good in a garden and yours certainly shows off the pot to advantage.
Are you remembering to empty out the Welsh rain water at regular intervals? – wouldn’t want it to crack when you get frost (if winter ever comes that is)
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I nearly didnt do my end of month view as well. I love your memorial to the Camellia what a good idea
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Phew! at least it wasnt my blog they were looking for, ‘just my garden’. Are we walking this weekend?
Hi Karen, love your sculpture. Ive got a friendly tree-surgeoen who drops logs off for me. Ive been carving them into shapes and place them among the flowers/shrubs, they can look really nice. Ive got some ideas of making bird feeders too. I’ll post some pics.
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Aw. It’s not really that bad. you just have to wait for a little more time or would you like to choose for plants that need more water than any other plants? I very much like your garden art. and I don’t see a garden of dead flowers either.You can also try to do a lot of container gardeningin the future.
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