The garden was very unkempt when we got back so I’ve spent the last few days dead heading and collecting seeds (sisyrinchium, cornflower, lupin, salvia…). It’s too early to dig up the perennials - the daisies and penstemons are desperate to be split up - but I’ve taken cuttings of all sorts (rosemary, three types of thyme, wiegela, jasmine). I’ve also dug up some of the many self-seeded verbenas that are growing in the salad box, veg boxes, between the patio slabs etc and potted these on.
The strawberries are managing to give bindweed a run for its money in the flowerbed and have created a massive tangle of shoots. I’ve placed pots in various positions to encourage the runners to root and also done this in the official strawberry box. By next year I might have 100 plants so it goes without saying that most of them will be turned into compost, though if anyone knows anyone who would like some cambridge favourites…
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