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Around the House 2.
The house bed here is dominated in late summer by the giant Impatiens
tinctoria with its large spurred white and crimson flowers. The
rose is 'Fantin-Latour' and the climber Schizophragma, a showy
plant in the hydrangea family.
On the west wall of the house a fig, 'Brown Turkey' is progressing
ever upwards. I planted this for its wonderful foliage, but it
also gives us a good crop of fruit. A noteworthy plant is the
nine-foot tall Lobelia tupa 'Archibald's Form' with deep coral
tubular flowers. Like the Impatiens, it's supposed to be tender,
but both plants are doing their best to take over this area.
The pergola (made by the local Moffat blacksmith) is covered with
the vine Vitis coignettiae. Its large leaves provide a shady tunnel
in summer and its autumn colour of scarlet crimsons and purple
provides on of the highlights of the late season. At the end of
the pergola is the entrance to a small rose garden.
The Rose Garden >
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