Colorful and versatile, it is easy to see why the nasturtium is such a popular addition to the garden. Not only does its bright, bold flowers attract scores of pollinators to the garden…
It’s that time of year again! The Hedychium Autantiacum are in flower! Superb bright orange flowers on tall stems. Great architecture with narrow grey green foliage. Hardy in a sheltered corner with some other exotics to your taste! Mulch well and feed before flowering! #exotic#gingers#architecture... See MoreSee Less
Can't take any more? Well neither can we! But. five mins sitting quietly in the garden, stilling the mind, listening to the bees and the seed pods exploding, smelling the pollen, feeling the sun on our faces and hey presto, some level of serenity returns. #justdoit#getoutthere#serenity#meditation#bees... See MoreSee Less
All the pink seems to be shouting at us today! Perennial Sweet Pea, Purple Loosestrife, Rosa ‘Queen Elizabeth’ Perennial Sweet Pea, Lychnis Coronaria (bit past their best now) & Nerines, alos just going over. #pink#pinkflowers #nectar#colour... See MoreSee Less
This is a hardy biennial plant so it flowers every other year. Teasel is probably best-known for its brown, prickly stems and conical seed heads, which persist long after the plants themselves have di...
Fresh cake just in! Lemon, raspberry & poppy seed on the left. Coffee cake on the right. Both vegan & homemade by the lovely Angel! Why not pop down in between showers for a slice with a pot of tea or coffee! #cake#homemade#vegan#flavours#teaandcake... See MoreSee Less
The bonking beetle … These are mostly common red soldier beetles, named for their smart red jackets. They are slim, rather elegant insects, and they spend as much of their adult lives as possible in flagrante delicto. In the rare breaks, they feed on pollen and aphids. These bonking beetles have given themselves up to what William Blake called “lovely copulation, bliss on bliss”. Look out for them on the hogweeds in the hedgerows! #beetles#aphids#sex#pollen#copulation#nature #WilliamBlake ... See MoreSee Less
The Acanthus Mollis (Bears Breeches) can be a bit of a monster, like our one in the Wishing Well Garden. Its tall, vigorous, tropical looking and once you have it, you will always have it. Acanthus Mollis, means 'Cultivated Spiny Bear Bract', because people thought the curved bracts on the flower stalk looked like a bear claw. Over time bract/branca was mis-translated into 'breech', leading to the common name 'bear's breech, so absolutely nothing to do with bear's trousers at all, so that clears that one up! If you want a slightly more polite one, try the Acanthus Hungaricus, now back in stock. www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk/product/acanthus-hungaricus/... See MoreSee Less
Fancy a shady night out, out? Pop down to Deal for some dastardly street theatre, full of wenches, smuggling, whiskey and general raunchiness! I mean we could all do with some of that after recent times! #streettheatre#deal#pirates#smugglers#outout... See MoreSee Less
The leucanthemums look fantastic at the moment. They are such a great backdrop and will happily take over an area slowly. Good for spaces where not a lot else will grow, they like full sun but will tolerate half shade. Ours don't mind our clay or our dry conditions either. Deadhead daily to prolong a long flowering season, cut right down to the ground when they are all finished. Divide by digging up a clump and giving away! (Well you, not us, lol.) Also suitable for cut flowers. We love the contrast of the white with the peach hemerocallis and our shady red bench! #daisy#bigflowers#showy#bold#oldfashioned #white#backdrop#pollinators#insects#cutflowers#cutflowersfrommygarden
Every year we forget how gorgeous these hemerocallis Baronets Badge are! We just sold our last four to a huge garden makeover in Salisbury! #beauty#flowers#design... See MoreSee Less
We just found this today. Its Prunella Grandiflora Alba, (white self-heal) which is classed as RARE IN THE UK in its native state!!! Omg!!! We will definitely be harvesting these seeds, we do sowing and planting this, but we did NOT sow any white ones!
We love our Goats Rue and we are very pleased with ourselves that we managed to grow it from our seed this year, this is what our white one looks like in the Wishing Well garden! #white#showy#unusual#s#structure ... See MoreSee Less
The Oak Lutestring Moth, (part of the family which includes Common, Satin & Poplar Lutestrings) you probably missed it in the woods its camouflage is so good! Anyway, these moths were named by Benjamin Wilkes in the 18th century, he wrote the first comprehensive guide, 'The English Moths & Butterflies'. Lutestring derives from the French 'lustrine' as these moths have shiny scales. 'Lutestring' also meant to speak silkily but without substance (a good description for our politicians). #moths#mothsuk #butterflies#nectar#bees#pollinators#sunshine... See MoreSee Less
Just soaking our sweet pea seeds for an unprecedented Autumn sowing so they get a head start for the Spring!
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Oohhh!!!
What IS this??!!!
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The lovely Jean Stark (from HappyDIY) sent us a copy of this article all about nasturtiums, thanks Jean!
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How to Grow Nasturtium | Happy DIY Home
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Colorful and versatile, it is easy to see why the nasturtium is such a popular addition to the garden. Not only does its bright, bold flowers attract scores of pollinators to the garden…Comment on Facebook
It’s that time of year again!
The Hedychium Autantiacum are in flower!
Superb bright orange flowers on tall stems.
Great architecture with narrow grey green foliage.
Hardy in a sheltered corner with some other exotics to your taste! Mulch well and feed before flowering!
#exotic #gingers #architecture ... See MoreSee Less
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Can't take any more?
Well neither can we!
But. five mins sitting quietly in the garden, stilling the mind, listening to the bees and the seed pods exploding, smelling the pollen, feeling the sun on our faces and hey presto, some level of serenity returns.
#justdoit #getoutthere #serenity #meditation #bees ... See MoreSee Less
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If anyone knows what season it is do please tell us as we are a tad confused and the plants well, god help them! #confused #seasons #autumnn #summer #ohmygoddess #help #saveyourplants ... See MoreSee Less
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It’s a fun time of year for fungi …
No idea what this is but happy fungi hunting!
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All the pink seems to be shouting at us today!
Perennial Sweet Pea,
Purple Loosestrife,
Rosa ‘Queen Elizabeth’
Perennial Sweet Pea,
Lychnis Coronaria (bit past their best now) &
Nerines, alos just going over.
#pink #pinkflowers #nectar #colour ... See MoreSee Less
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Let the seed sorting commence!!! 😂🤪😱
Our first crop, Lupins!
#blue #bees #perennials #openpollinated #handharvested #nectar #seedbank
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Flash Sale!
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Teasel - 2 litre - Enchanted Gardens Kent
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This is a hardy biennial plant so it flowers every other year. Teasel is probably best-known for its brown, prickly stems and conical seed heads, which persist long after the plants themselves have di...Comment on Facebook
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Saving monarch butterflies
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Who needs some orange in their life??
Hemeracllis 'fulva'.
Kniphofia 'Tawny King' (another fabulous name).
Crocosmia 'Orange' (sorry not helpful we know)!
#orange #statement #bold #tropical #tropicalparadise #sunshine
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Wow such a electric blue!!!
#blue #colour #bold #statement #bulbs
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The last tray of potentilla and roses (which escaped us last week) and a top dressing of sterilised farm manure as feed/mulch and all done! #insects #pollinators #WarMemorial #harbledown #gardening #jobwelldone ... See MoreSee Less
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We are CLOSED from Tuesday 17th August until Monday 23rd August.
Open again from Tuesday 24th. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our Tithonia are out and the hover flies are hovering! #pollinators #insects #flowers #orange ... See MoreSee Less
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These pink 'party girl' Sidalceas look fun at the moment, such a cheery burst of pink! These are miniature mallows, great for the smaller garden as they are gentle growers, but with flower spikes up to 45cm.
#pink #mallow #small #dainty
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Fresh cake just in!
Lemon, raspberry & poppy seed on the left.
Coffee cake on the right.
Both vegan & homemade by the lovely Angel!
Why not pop down in between showers for a slice with a pot of tea or coffee!
#cake #homemade #vegan #flavours #teaandcake ... See MoreSee Less
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The bonking beetle …
These are mostly common red soldier beetles, named for their smart red jackets. They are slim, rather elegant insects, and they spend as much of their adult lives as possible in flagrante delicto.
In the rare breaks, they feed on pollen and aphids.
These bonking beetles have given themselves up to what William Blake called “lovely copulation, bliss on bliss”.
Look out for them on the hogweeds in the hedgerows!
#beetles #aphids #sex #pollen #copulation #nature #WilliamBlake ... See MoreSee Less
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The Acanthus Mollis (Bears Breeches) can be a bit of a monster, like our one in the Wishing Well Garden. Its tall, vigorous, tropical looking and once you have it, you will always have it.
Acanthus Mollis, means 'Cultivated Spiny Bear Bract', because people thought the curved bracts on the flower stalk looked like a bear claw. Over time bract/branca was mis-translated into 'breech', leading to the common name 'bear's breech, so absolutely nothing to do with bear's trousers at all, so that clears that one up!
If you want a slightly more polite one, try the Acanthus Hungaricus, now back in stock.
www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk/product/acanthus-hungaricus/ ... See MoreSee Less
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A dozy bumblebee on some just flowering teasel. #bees #teasel #pollen #food ... See MoreSee Less
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Fancy a shady night out, out?
Pop down to Deal for some dastardly street theatre, full of wenches, smuggling, whiskey and general raunchiness!
I mean we could all do with some of that after recent times!
#streettheatre #deal #pirates #smugglers #outout ... See MoreSee Less
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The leucanthemums look fantastic at the moment.
They are such a great backdrop and will happily take over an area slowly.
Good for spaces where not a lot else will grow, they like full sun but will tolerate half shade. Ours don't mind our clay or our dry conditions either.
Deadhead daily to prolong a long flowering season, cut right down to the ground when they are all finished.
Divide by digging up a clump and giving away! (Well you, not us, lol.)
Also suitable for cut flowers.
We love the contrast of the white with the peach hemerocallis and our shady red bench!
#daisy #bigflowers #showy #bold #oldfashioned
#white #backdrop #pollinators #insects #cutflowers #cutflowersfrommygarden
www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk/product/leucanthemum-superbum-white-daisies/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Lovely tiny beach scabious! (Sorry, rubbish photo, my phone was covered in sea water!)
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Every year we forget how gorgeous these hemerocallis Baronets Badge are!
We just sold our last four to a huge garden makeover in Salisbury!
#beauty #flowers #design ... See MoreSee Less
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We should all be saving seeds!!
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We just found this today.
Its Prunella Grandiflora Alba, (white self-heal) which is classed as RARE IN THE UK in its native state!!!
Omg!!!
We will definitely be harvesting these seeds, we do sowing and planting this, but we did NOT sow any white ones!
#rare #native #perrenials #prunella #self-heal ... See MoreSee Less
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Salsify and achillea wild on Graveney Marshes this morning.
#wildthings #butterflies #moths #meadow
www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk/product/salsify-tragopogon-4-to-a-pot-2-litres/
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Woodland honeysuckle.
It smells divine but the flower shape always reminds me of sea anemone?
Anyone else?
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Fancy an uphill challenge?
Hike Snowdon to challenge those calf muscles and to raise money for butterflies.
check out the details here.
butterfly-conservation.org/how-you-can-help/hike-snowdon-to-help-butterflies
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Hike Snowdon to Help Butterflies
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Just a little bee hanging out on some native scabious in a beautiful wild flower meadow.
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These unruly little chaps are in flower at last, after nurturing them for two years!! Love them!
www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk/product/bee-balm-monarda/
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We love our Goats Rue and we are very pleased with ourselves that we managed to grow it from our seed this year, this is what our white one looks like in the Wishing Well garden!
#white #showy #unusual #s#structure ... See MoreSee Less
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The Oak Lutestring Moth, (part of the family which includes Common, Satin & Poplar Lutestrings) you probably missed it in the woods its camouflage is so good!
Anyway, these moths were named by Benjamin Wilkes in the 18th century, he wrote the first comprehensive guide, 'The English Moths & Butterflies'.
Lutestring derives from the French 'lustrine' as these moths have shiny scales.
'Lutestring' also meant to speak silkily but without substance (a good description for our politicians).
#moths #mothsuk #butterflies #nectar #bees #pollinators #sunshine ... See MoreSee Less
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