It’s been a busy week at work with lots to prepare so I haen’t managed much in the garden this week but a few jobs we’re achieved last Saturday. Then on Sunday we had a downpour in the afternoon that was flooding the roads. Luckily it didn’t rain Monday so it all had a chance to drain away so no damage done. Just a few floppy plants.
Potting on
One of the main jobs I achieved on the Saturday was potting on the foxgloves and the Primula candelabras. I will have more Primula vialii to do in a few weeks. But this was a good job off the list. They’ll be losses along the way but I’ve got a good few growing well currently.
Tesco rescue
This was a rescue plant from Tesco’s a month ago. It looked sorry for itself but I was confident it would recover fine and it has. Plenty of flowers over it.
Acanthus mollis ‘whitewater’
Alice wanted to go to The Works for craft supplies which happens to be in the garden centre. I spotted this Acanthus and I couldn’t resist the foliage. The flowers don’t look to be as nice as the contrasting flowers on the wild form. I need to think where to place it as once placed it will carry on regrowing from small root sections if I dig it up again.
Tricyrtis formosana ‘pink freckles’
And I also saw this. I’ve seen this plant on a few other six on Saturday blogs in previous years and I’ve always liked it. It’s a small delicate looking thing for deep shade.
Harvest moon
I haven’t made it in the garden much this week but did pop out at night to admire the harvest moon.
Aster
This aster is a tall leggy thing that suffers from powdery mildew. It needs plants infront of it to cover the fairly unnatractive stems. But for a couple of weeks each year it brings in the butterflies and provides colour as other plants fade. This year it hass attracted lots of comma butterflies which is an absolute joy as I hadn’t seen as many since a new housing estate was built destroying lots of nettles and brambles.
I’m going to be preparing for the next RHS exam so be busy this weekend reading up on propagation. Enjoy your weekends.
Wild Parenting 
Good luck for your RHS exams. The photo of this butterfly delicately placed on the aster is a success and I also really liked the Acanthus ‘whitewater’ which really has an original foliage and different from what we commonly see (the one I have in my garden for example)
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Lovely photos, especially the ones of the moon.
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sadly I haven’t seen a single comma butterfly this year. Those Tricyrtis formosana are rather lovely and you say they like shade? How do they cope with the S&S?
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They can be attacked by them but as there are hostas and other slug delicacies on offer I think they’ll be alright.
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The butterfly on the Aster is just lovely. Glad it has found your Aster! I have not seen the variegated form of Acanthus before, and it does look lovely. Good shots of the harvest moon too. Wishing you all the best for your RHS exam!
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Lovely moon photos. My Tricyrtis were an absolute picture last year, flowering for weeks. This year the SnS have decimated them every time they’ve appeared above ground. Not one stem has made it. Very disappointing as they are beautiful
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