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Due to some criticism which I have received about my meanderings amongst things horticultural I have decided that this update will be mainly pictures. I am of an age where criticism no longer worries me.....still ,who wants it?. During the year I got a couple of emails telling me: A. I did not know what I was talking about. B. I was a horticultural ignoramus. C. If I did not know the name of a plant I should not put it in a garden orientated web site. D. Would I ever just shut up and show the pictures, no one ever reads the writing anyway. I am sorely tempted to put down here, for the whole world to see, the names and email addresses of the senders of the offending correspondence, but I won't............not yet anyway. The picture, below was taken some years ago by our son, Johnny. He got a birthday present of some flying lessons and on one trip persuaded the instructor to fly down this way.
The water looks like a lake but is the Atlantic Ocean. The house and garden are at about 12 minutes past the hour if you think of the water as a clock, just at the top of the white line of stones on the beach.
This one was taken on one of the many warm sunny days we had in August 2003. The gate which leads to the shore (open in this picture) was blown down in a late October gale, taking half a fine Rose called RAMBLING RECTOR with it. Please note: due to my new found humility (Only applies to the area of horticulture, I might add) I am no longer giving botanical names to plants. If you are interested you can look up the web site of the Royal Horticultural Society or some such.........back to the RAMBLING R. This is my kind of plant, for the following reasons, 1. Plant it and it grows. 2. Ignore it and it thrives. 3. It has a great name.
This FUCHSIA always comes into flower around late August when other things are beginning to fade. I am told that the plant is a native of Chile. Since it was introduced to West Cork it has made the place its own and is now recognized as a native, so much so that there is a thing called a Fuchsia Award in West Cork. This is an award given for excellence of quality in various fields such as food production, innovation and even horticulture. Sadly, I do not expect to receive it.
It is called PSORALEA. Unlike the Rambling R, aforementioned, this is a bit of a diva. Aristocratic and "uppish", it requires special attention. At the time of writing there is a bit of frost forecast and it is covered in netting and bubble wrap.
This picture is included in this update because is is one of my favourite places to sit during a warm summer evening........having been fishing, had a swim, a good dinner, received no threatening emails and not having had to do anything in the garden. In other words having had a near perfect day.
Hopefully, the next annual update will appear early in 2004, reasonably early in any case. A Seaside Garden About the Garden Plant List 2001 Update &Pics UPDATE FOR 2002 Garden Pictures More pictures Places Nearby Plant of the week Links and help 2005 2006 Update 2006 update:part 2
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This picture which is
of the rockery at the northern side of the house has, in the center, a blue
coloured plant which is one the current favourites of the gardener.
The final picture in
this session is the common CORDALINE but that is not the point of the
photograph. The point is the way the rose is growing up through it. A lovely
white rose, it is called "Schoolgirl"