Its been a fair while since my last blog, apologies! - the time constraints of the nursery and young children taking up a lot of time.
As well as this blog, you can keep up with what is going on by checking out the following:
Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery on Facebook
and
Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery on Youtube
On a plant related note, the group of Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' in the gardens here has been looking particularly good recently, with a long lasting display of large, round white flower heads.
Interestingly, plants in a sunny part of the gardens have been in flower since late June, while those shown in photos are in fairly heavy shade have been flowering only since mid August.
Our Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' are cut back to around 20 - 30 cm above ground level each spring and mulched with well rotted manure. This increases the size of the flower heads and they can be up to 25 cm across.
It has proved to be a hardy plant here, surviving the sever winter last year where we had cold down to -20°C, although they always seem to produce a betetr display of flowers if planted in a position sheltered from strong winds.
All in all, a tough and deservedly popular garden plant!
As well as this blog, you can keep up with what is going on by checking out the following:
Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery on Facebook
and
Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery on Youtube
Interestingly, plants in a sunny part of the gardens have been in flower since late June, while those shown in photos are in fairly heavy shade have been flowering only since mid August.
Our Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' are cut back to around 20 - 30 cm above ground level each spring and mulched with well rotted manure. This increases the size of the flower heads and they can be up to 25 cm across.
It has proved to be a hardy plant here, surviving the sever winter last year where we had cold down to -20°C, although they always seem to produce a betetr display of flowers if planted in a position sheltered from strong winds.
All in all, a tough and deservedly popular garden plant!
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