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June 2022

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Irises June 2022 This page is devoted to all the blooms I have had around this time of this year. To be expected: Iris, alliums, Choisya, salvias, dahlias... Home Helleborus Salvias Dahlia Iris Weather-wise, this has been a very disappointing year so far: Mostly cold mornings and there hasn't been enough heat in the air to harvest any courgettes, and to top it all, I have been ill - stinking cold which plagued with a runny nose. Today has been a bit nicer to me, on the mend, but not 100% OK! Spotty Dotty I stumbled upon a video narrated by probably an Eastern European living in Kent and I saw these stunning, unique, weird but fantastic looking maroon, dark red ribbons UNDERNEATH its huge spotty leaves. I was immediately smitten. "I MUST HAVE IT." I declared to myself. A trip to Greenbrook Garden Centre, a most beautiful gc in Chelmsford, answered my PRAYER. I sorted of floating towards the till and paid for it and went home e