We managed to plant hundreds of bulbs on Wednesday, Tulips kaufmanniana ‘Scarlet Baby’ and greigii ‘Cape Cod’ and Anemones. We used Andrew's design to mirror the engraving on the chimneys above the veranda beds, diagonals and infill diamonds. Should be good!
We also severely pruned the Madame Alfred Carriere roses which have been neglected for a while and trained them along wire for a better display next year.
Lots of tidying achieved and everything went onto a big bonfire. We even started work on pruning dead wood away from the apple orchard espalier and standard trees opening up the structure to a goblet shape to let in light and air. Andrew was in his element up a tree with a saw!
A real pleasure to be in the garden again, taking time to see the birds, the mists and the ladybirds hiding in the leaves. The crab apple tree without its leaves looks like it has beautiful red decorations hanging from it. As the leaves are falling for the the first time since I have been working here, I have seen the Espalier trees properly and the pear tree is amazing! We also spotted some bright Coral Spot on the Quince, super colour but damaging.....
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