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13/1/2018

suddenly it is mid summer

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It is now summer - January 2018 - and Lily's are flowering and flourishing in the garden like never before!
The tulips have long had their day  along with other spring flowers, as well as early summer flowers and also the roses which are well over.   My mini prairie garden is coming into it's own as summer perennials start to flower, rising up between the grasses.  But dominant amongst these are the lily's, particularly the lily  pictured above.  I have no idea what it is called or what area of the lily family it comes from.  All I know is that it is very tall and impressive, and it's the first time it has ever flowered like this with many multiple heads on a strong single stem.     
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The mid-summer mini-prairie in the front garden facing onto the street, is  flourishing now with Crocosmia, Dahlias, Knifophia, orange Arctotis and a cluster of golden lily's peeping between the stems of grass, Stipa gigantea.  These clumped lily's are a different variety from the multi-headed golden/apricot single stemmed lily pictured  above/top.
​   It is also the season for Canna lily's which adds further splashes of colour to the high summer garden.  There are more of these to flower yet in in the far corner against the trellis fence, and they are bright orange with striking yellow and green striped foliage, They are very much more raucous and 'out there' than the rather genteel soft pinkish apricot pictured here beside the Astelia chathamica 'Silver Spear'. 
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    I AM A GARDENER, GARDEN WRITER AND ARTIST.   AFTER SEVERAL YEARS WRITING REGULARLY AS A COLUMNIST I HAVE MISSED WRITING ABOUT MY GARDEN, OTHER GARDENS AND GARDENS IN GENERAL FOR THE GARDEN PAGES OF THE PRESS SO HAVE RESOLVED TO SET UP MY OWN BLOG AND WEBSITE.
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     IN THIS WAY  I CAN DISCUSS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY GARDEN AND IN OTHERS AS THE SEASONS TURN.  I STILL DO GO RUSHING INTO THE GARDEN TO TAKE PHOTOS OF SOMETHING  WHEN THE LIGHT IS RIGHT OR SOMETHING LOOKS PARTICULARLY DELECTABLE, BUT ITS NOT THE SAME WHEN THE PHOTOS DO NOT GET 'OUT THERE'.  HOWEVER WITH MY OWN BLOG, THE PHOTOS AND ACCOMPANYING STORY CAN AGAIN BE SEEN BY THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED.  

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