Friday Foto
I was having a look around the garden, pulling a few weeds here and there, wondering what I could use for a “Friday Foto” this week, when I came across something somewhat unexpected. We’ve got a few Alpine Strawberries growing amongst some stones under a window. And, even after some of the bad weather and frosts we’ve had recently, they still have berries on them. So, one Friday Foto.
Friday Foto
This time of year sees the flowering of one of my favourite plants in our garden. This is a plant that thrives while so much around it is dying off. Normally we can’t see a great deal of it because a couple of Weigelia shrubs have climbed all over it and use it for support. But in the autumn the flower spikes appear over the top of everything else, and gradually turn to a lovely bright yellow. I’ve no idea what this plant is called, we were given it many years ago, and it has thrived well in a mixed (jungle) area of shrubs. It stands about twelve feet high, and covers a wide area within these shrubs. The leaves are very spiky, almost thistle-like.
