All about the Manor border!
Oh how we struggled to name this border. Essentially it could have been named the eastern border as it does face due east - I used to be able to see Great Hill from this border but then they put a housing estate in the way, no cause for complaint - I do live on that same estate! A shared property of this and the Northern border are their proximity to the pavement, which is evidenced when one digs down more than a handful of inches, concrete is soon encountered. In the summer of '23 I planted a common Rosmarinus Officianale - plain old Rosemary purely for its ability to deter local domestic pets from fowling my garden. The jury's out on whether this has been any good as a deterrant but I can definitely say that it's thriving, and I do like a healthy Rosemary plant, I've had one in a plastic tub in the back since our previous address in 2018.
The invasion of the 'Crocus' plants began in October of 2020 with the planting of a couple of 'Autumn' Crocuses - which of course aren't Crocuses at all and are in fact Colchycum. I believe my first was the Agrippina one but sadly my records are incomplete and this may well have been the Autumnale Alba variety, all Colchycums are stunning but in truth these are in the wrong location as the winds they suffer are nothing but devastating! Imagine waiting eleven-and-a-half months to bloom and then being oblitterated a few days in to your most colourful time? I need to relocate thses bulbs but first I must find a new place which receives adequate sunlight, this is not something which I have in abundance.
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