Drowned at Dunham
A small band of plucky gardeners braved the downpour this morning for a walk round Dunham Massey. There were some beauties - the meconopsis grandis are just in flower, as is the Magnolia wilsonii. The air was sweet with Azalea luteum and the lush foliage under dripping beech trees gave the place a slightly otherworldly, lost feel. But in the end we all got too wet and peckish and headed to the restaurant to warm up and dry out.Back home the rain has been almost relentless and I'm resigned to just taking a few cuttings today (my first batch overheated last week in the propagator in the conservatory - no chance of that today).
I'm trying to keep my small veg plot a bit prettier this year - hence the blue bean poles. And the bottom photo is Magnolia wilsonii at Dunham, taken last May when it wasn't raining...
posted by Sue Beesley @ 4:46 pm
3 Comments:
very interesting What is a meconopsis?
The meconopsis I'm talking about is a blue Himalayan Poppy. It's full name is Meconopsis grandis 'Sheldonii'.
thanks i now understand.A picture would be usfull
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