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Early this morning I walked around the garden to survey the elemental damage. The review of the situation was actually encouraging.
The nicotiana and agapanthus staked up a couple of days ago have perked up;
as have the white gladioli,
and the surviving Priscillas
in the New Bed.
When we arrived, the clematis Campaniflora in the front garden rambled over all the other plants, including numerous brambles. We cut it down drastically. It has set off again and is now, the tiniest such bloom we have, dancing with abandon.
The Hot lips salvias are similarly enticing.
The gauras, and heucheras have just bent gracefully with the wind.
This clematis at the top of the Agriframes arch, an unnamed bargain from Lidl, has proved sturdy enough.
On the strength of that pleasant surprise, we enjoyed a drive around the forest. We didn’t visit Buckler’s Hard, which featured on 12th January 2013,
but peeped through the fence at others who were doing so as we drove past.
St Leonard’s Grange is one of the fifteen barns that once served Beaulieu Abbey. There is not much of it left at Beaulieu St Leonard’s. Just one and a half gable ends and one and a half walls. At 300 ft long and more than 50 ft wide it was one of the largest in Europe.
Here are part of the roofs of a newer building.
I found some nearby farm buildings equally photogenic.
Further on past Sowley, we ventured down a dead end road called Tanner’s Lane. This led straight to a shingle beach we couldn’t drive onto because this is what it was:
These were the salt marshes we had seen from the cruise boat out of Lymington Marina,
which was, in turn, even in the hazy sunlight, visible from here;
as was Hurst Castle,
and The Needles, demonstrating that the castle is on the nearest mainland point to the island.
An empty boat bobbed among the buoys.
Here is yet another view of the Isle of Wight and The Needles, for the delight of Mary Tang.
We will shortly leave for Barry and Vicki’s home in Poole. We are to try out the Isan Thai restaurant in Parkstone Road. Anyone who wishes to be informed about our gastronomical investigation must defer their gratification until tomorrow.
I’ve never seen the Hot lips salvias, Derrick. Such a petite flower…it’s beautiful. I really enjoyed the photos of the salt marshes.
I covet those Hot Lips salvia!
Thank you, Yvonne
Thanks very much, Jill
Beautiful I must say… Thanks for sharing
Thank you, Zigyasa
Pleasure is all mine my dear!
Your garden seems as though it can survive anything and thrive. Lovely, Derrick. ?
Very many thanks, Van
Those gladiolas look great. My bulbs seems to bloom once, maybe twice and then they seem to die. The next year I’m adding new ones.
Thanks, GP. Good luck next year
Such colors and such beauty! Wonderful
Many thanks, Lynn
Most welcome
Looks like your garden survived the rain very well. Love those Hotlip Salvias. So aptly named. 🙂 Lovely photos from your outing. The one with the boat and the buoy is my favourite. 🙂
Thanks very much, Sylvia
I just love the flowers! The salt marshes are interesting too
Thanks very much, Geetha
Most welcome Derrick
Beautiful flowers
Thanks, Lonely
How can I comment? Everything is so beautiful–the agapanthus and gladioli, the hot lips salvias …
I see that you have a Hurst Castle in England. You may have heard about the Hearst Castle in California.
Many thanks, Nicki. I hadn’t heard about Hearst Castle
It was built in the 1920 for newspaper magnate, William Randolf Hearst. Now it’s a California State Park.
http://hearstcastle.org/
There are a good many plants bending gracefully here too now. And not so gracefully.. lousy ‘summer’ weather. Hope the Thai was a treat!
Many thanks, Jessica. It was
There seemed to be a stiff breeze for such a hazy day–I could see the whitecaps. Hope the dinner was good!
Well spotted, Lisa. It was very breezy. Thank you.
I had the hot lips Salvia down the side path at my previous apartment and it’s lovely.
I love to see some more close-ups of flowers amongst your lovely garden images. I have several unidentified flowers I’ve photographed in our Royal Botanic Gardens and I suspect they might be in your garden and your knowledge might give me some clues.
Thank you, Vicki. There are lots not yet photographed
I had to laugh to see yet another view of the Isle of Wight 🙂 Thank you. I don’t think you have 36 yet though this may be a fresh one.
My pleasure, Mary. Thanks
thank you for the tour. The sal marches are beautiful (and so are the flowers, but they always are) 🙂
Thank very much, Sylvie
Lovely views as usual. I am glad your nicotiana stood up to the weather
Thanks, Geoff
Love to visit your beautiful garden, Derrick! No blooms in my garden right now…
Thank you, Amy. Yours will return
Woo-hoo, what a post. As always, I love seeing your beautiful garden, and what a treat to take a little tour with you of the surrounding countryside. I will be eagerly awaiting news of what you had for dinner. (Or, suppah, as we might call it in Maine.)
Many thanks, Laurie
Looks like a fantastic adventure.
It was. Thank you, Elena
Especially impressed with the white gladioli and Hot lips – have never seen them before.
Many thanks, Inese. Hot lips was new to me, too
The gladiolus and the salt marshes caught my interest. I liked both the thatched look to the roofs and the rugged barns and out buildings. Great August post here! Somehow missed it (?) Smiles Robin
Thanks a lot, Robin, especially for going back to it