I missed a Six On Saturday post as I was travelling back from a week in Cornwall. I posted a five on Saturday via Twitter (somehow missed out on a photo) and now I’ve decided to share those photos here too. I’ve added a sixth one to complete the package.
One
One day was spent walking around Rock and of course visiting the beautiful church of St Enodoc. Homage was paid to the resting place of the poet John Betjeman. The church is famous for this and for its crooked spire. There had been a recent wedding and the entrance and inside had been decorated with flowers. In the cool interior the flowers still held the shape, pink roses, blue agapanthus mixed with lime greens and whites. What a wonderful wedding it must have been.
Two
Agapanthus are every where in Cornwall. These beautiful white ones combined perfectly with the verbena bonariensis.
Three
There were more agapanthus mixed with erigeron karvinskianus and lavender in this courtyard garden.
Four
The lavender was lush with vibrant green foliage, still in full flower whereas mine at home is already going over.
Five
And in one corner this crocosmia provided a vibrant contrast.
Six
We were staying on the Camel estuary which was at it’s most glorious so here’s a view of the river out to sea.
A diversion for this week, next week back to normal but as the drought here continues all is not normal in the garden. I managed to avoid the extraordinary high temperatures in London but the garden didn’t.
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The church flowers are pretty, hopefully they smelt as nice as they look. The courtyard garden is how I would like my patio to look. Sadly it never will. Hopefully you feel reinvigorated after time away from the London heat.
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It was a great relief not to be in the heat even thought the garden has suffered. That courtyard garden was almost a case of benign neglect! But the lavender was amazing, mine never looks that good.
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The Camel estuary is fabulous and you had a perfect week for your holiday. Aggies grow like weeds down here, except in my garden 😂 I hope your garden hasn’t suffered too badly.
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It is so dry here, I am trying to water the new purchases and hoping that everything else will survive. It was a perfect week, first time back in Cornwall for a few years. We really enjoyed it.
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Agapanthus?! They seem to be appreciated more there than here. They are common here also, but only because they are so reliable. Many inhabit portions of our landscapes that we do not want to work with much. However, I do not like them in the prettier and more floral parts of the landscape. They have a stigma as being cheap and common. They are still one of my favorite perennials though. I still grow my first, which I got while I was still in junior high school.
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I think the locals in Cornwall regard them as weeds whereas us Londoners regard them as exotic! I love them.
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I get the odd self sown seedling but I don’t think Agapanthus would easily naturalise in inland east Cornwall, unlike further west and on the coast. That could change quite quickly. I certainly don’t think of them as weeds.
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I’d love them to self sow here. Instead I collect seed and grow them on.
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And much respect for keeping your first Aggie going!
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Not only is it still going, but it has generated countless copies throughout the past many years since I acquired it. It lives all over the original neighborhood, and every neighborhood that I have lived in since then. Copies have gone to climates that necessitate frost protection, in places like Oregon, Washington, Virginia, Texas and Arizona. More than a hundred copies are canned right outside here. I will likely install them along the driveway, to provide a neat border, and to contain the soil.
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A winner!
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