Fabulous @JessicaS how your Albertine is draped over the shed, I noticed in an earlier post! You have Westerland as well I think - is that a more recent addition? How is it doing? On shedding blossom, recently James Wong wrote this:
Ochitsubakiis the weirdly specific word for fallen camellia
flowers, referring to the beautiful carpet created by the plant’s habit
of shedding its whole blooms under their bushes. It’s the subject of
many a haiku, and breeders have even prioritised the trait in the
development of new varieties to create this “accidental floristry” in
the mossy undergrowth. I love the idea of spent flowers being as
important a garden design feature as those in full bloom. If you want to
create your own fallen flower carpet similar to one provided by
camellias, then stewartia, rhododendrons, wisteria and even cherry
blossom are also great candidates.
I quite like this in Albertine and several others shrubs; in our garden I can think of Philadelphus, Choisya and even Lilac.
Ochitsubaki is the weirdly specific word for fallen camellia
flowers, referring to the beautiful carpet created by the plant’s habit
of shedding its whole blooms under their bushes. It’s the subject of
many a haiku, and breeders have even prioritised the trait in the
development of new varieties to create this “accidental floristry” in
the mossy undergrowth.
Lovely. Thanks for that. New to me.
"Miegakure is the practice of partially obscuring some garden
elements from view, creating a sense of tension, forcing the viewer to
move around the space to explore it, either physically or visually... Ma refers to the space between objects, or the pause between
thoughts, words or events, that helps define these and give them greater
meaning. Like punctuation in a sentence... Nebari is the base of a tree trunk where it flares out into roots."
@micearguers I do have Westerland yes, new this year (bare root) its now leafy and happily sprouting buds but no colour on them yet, so a couple of weeks off blooming I think. I'll post some pics when they open. Albertine badly needs a good prune this year, its rather a mess inside. Ive already nipped off some huge vertical branches!
Interesting flower carpet concept. Mine lands on the gravel and other plants so I tend to deadhead quickly to stop the petals destroying other buds when they get wet. Rhapsody in blue also has a pile of purple petals at her feet but Ive left some its lovely! My choisya terrnata sheds too but I love it so I dont mind! Ive got philadelphus right next to it.
Toyah going strong. Flowers are holding up remarkably well, open since 7th and I have as yet not had to deadhead a single spent bloom Falstaff buds about to break, look to be a lovely deep red colour. Begun tying in Generous Gardener... very carefully.
Posts
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/30/james-wong-on-gardening-to-rethink-your-garden-learn-japanese
... ponds too !..
Interesting flower carpet concept. Mine lands on the gravel and other plants so I tend to deadhead quickly to stop the petals destroying other buds when they get wet. Rhapsody in blue also has a pile of purple petals at her feet but Ive left some its lovely! My choisya terrnata sheds too but I love it so I dont mind! Ive got philadelphus right next to it.
Flowers are holding up remarkably well, open since 7th and I have as yet not had to deadhead a single spent bloom
Falstaff buds about to break, look to be a lovely deep red colour.
Begun tying in Generous Gardener...
very carefully.
Well learned, easy does it! 😉