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THANK YOU CHELSEA!

We missed the Chelsea Flower Show this year, only seeing one episode, so thank goodness for Catch-Up TV.

Once the Chelsea Flower show is over, the plants supplied by our local nursery, Kelways at Langport, get sent back and go up for sale at greatly reduced prices!  We nabbed some bargains this weekend, this being my absolute favourite, which sadly had no name on it. Lupins were apparently the 'in' plant at this year's show.


Thankfully, the nursery's  trollies weren't massive, restricting our purchases....just as well...


.... as I fell in love with this Wisteria.



All packed into it's own black bag and ready to go....but not with me, sadly, although I did a bit of pleading.  Those twisted branches look amazinng, and those blooms!

We have bravely decided to put more plants in the border, despite the fact that Pearl has seen off past endeavours. Since she's been spayed,  the phantom pregnancies have stopped, as has the urge to dig holes for her 'expected' pups.  Of course we also have the mole to deal with now, so all could be undone very quickly. 



We re-sited the fir tree and ivy planter that was in this spot, and quite frankly hid the border completely. We then planted our new foxglove, hardy gloxinia (above), lupin and delphinium 'Dark Knight', which is yet to flower.



There are still gaps, but this is just the beginning as more plant purchases are planned. We still have to replace the hollyhocks that we lost.  They were a pale yellow, but I rather fancy these.

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Summer Carnival mixed, these colours have given me some crochet inspiration and I have yarn in my stash.  Sadly my camera really distorts colour, because in reality,  the yarn matches those flowers really well.
  



As we  sat and admired out new view,  Elsie deciding to park her bum on our drinks table.


But not for long thankfully, mmm..bubbles, always a nice way to end a hot, busy Bank Holiday.






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