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The climbing Rose 'James Galway' putting on a show on the north facing wall of our house.

I'm in print in this month's edition of The Irish Garden Magazine.

Persicaria 'PurpleFantasy'....just before the Hampton Court Hack

Glebe House on the shores of Lough Gartan, Churchill, Donegal. The former Irish home of landscape and portrait artist Derek Hill

Dahlia 'Matt Armour' and friends at Glebe House, Donegal

The new meadow at Glebe House, Churchill, Donegal.

Hydrangea 'Garden House Glory', is supposedly a hybrid between H. macrophylla and H. serrata. Dainty and refined, yet still packs a powerful punch.

Extolling the virtues of leafage in this month's Ireland's Homes and Living Magazine

A mid-July perambulation around Glenveagh Castle Gardens, Donegal.

Hypericum pulchrum, Slender St. John's Wort

Glenveagh, Donegal looking ok, I suppose.

Dahlia 'Matt Armour'

Kniphofia 'Orange Blaze'. A short and supposedly repeat flowering red hot poker.

My giant Madeiran sow thistle, Sonchus fruticosus is providing a splash of sunshine on a cloudy day. ☀️

34 pots stuffed full of succulents for less than a quid each?? Thank you ebay!

If someone were to find themselves in La Rochelle.....are there any amazing gardens/nurseries/garden centres within a couple of hours travel (by car) worth visiting?

I love the unusual split corollas of these hedge bindweeds, Calystegia sepium, not often seen. It's a pity they're so invasive as they're incredibly ornamental. I remember trying to introduce bindweed to my parents' garden when I was young, luckily it didn't establish!

I still find it amazing that Aloiampelos striatula, formerly Aloe striatula is hardy outdoors here! We've no sunbirds to feed on their nectar but will happily make do with the raft of native pollinators that flock to feed on its exotic spires of blooms.

Finding new uses for old fence boards. What do you think I'll plant in them?

When you're not doing so well, vote for a better life for yourself. If you are doing quite nicely, vote for a better life for others.