The Lovely Katie came to supper bringing with her a dahlia of glorious pinkness from the Columbia Road Flower Market. It is now on my patio, a gorgeous urban supermodel surrounded by rather shocked fuschias and pelargoniums who will need to up their game to get any attention.
Katie, who is a gardener and knows what she is talking about, admired the frilly hollyhocks and the white fuschia which looks like tiny candles at dusk and then said kind things about my August Border. I helpfully pointed out the many deficiencies but she was adamant "Don't forget that I saw it this time last year - it looks so much better now." Sometimes you need a friend to say the right things to help you change gear. If I roll up my sleeves and stop making excuses even the Dismal Border can be transformed by this time next year.
That is very pink indeed! Your garden is bound to become beautiful, considering all the love you are putting into it.
ReplyDeleteI do love my garden - except the Agapanthus which has behaved very badly this year and let us all down.
DeleteI'm enjoying reading about your garden even if I am consumed with guilt about neglecting my own little patch of south London.
ReplyDeleteNo, you need to reimagine your gardening style. You are artfully contriving a wild space.
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