Ilkeston - Just In Case
w/e 09 June 2019
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
I was hoping to take some photos of Ilkeston's Carnival
on Saturday for this page but with rain forecast for Friday I
anticipated the event being cancelled due to wet conditions on
the Recreation Ground. There wasn't going to be a parade through
the town anyway so I took a few shots in the garden before the
rain arrived "just in case"! The Friday forecast was
correct and with Saturday not looking much better it was no surprise
when the cancellation was confirmed so the "just in case"
photos have come to the fore. An alternative event the "Hemlock
Happening" in Bramcote Hills Park also fell victim to the
weather and that too was cancelled.
The hanging basket is starting to fill out nicely.
|
The parsley in a pot is doing well too but the basil, sown at
the same time, still has a way to go.
|
An old tub that has stood at the bottom of the garden for years
has been given a new lease of life this year with the addition
of a terracotta pot and another selection of hanging basket plants.
|
As has a large ornamental pot where the trailing fuchsia has
produced some large flowers.
|
Another large fuchsia bush that produces copious amounts of foliage
but only tiny white flowers has resisted all attempts to be removed
over a number of years and returned again this year with its
usual display of delicate blooms.
|
Another delicate flower is the aquilegia, a pretty flower but
be warned - the plants spread quickly and will tend to take over
the whole garden.
|
Cornflowers need very little attention and produce spidery blue
and purple flowers year after year.
|
The bush geraniums need to be kept in check and although now
producing some pink flowers that the insects love do tend to
spread quickly and can produce a lot of ground cover. They also
allow long stems of unwanted grass to grow through them that
are difficult to remove.
|
The self planting foxgloves that have sprung up are doing well
in the shelter of the fence.
|
And no English garden - it doesn't have to be a country garden
- would be complete without at least one rose.
|
