Moors Meadow Open Gardens and Nursery - Bromyard

This Month

This Month June 2025 - Saturday, 31 May 2025

May was a glorious time to be in the garden although I was very happy to get some rain at the end of the month. I rarely water anything but I was getting a little concerned for my vegetables as some were not germinating well, hopefully they will perk up after the few showers. I don’t like working in the wet but one rainy day I chose doing just that over doing housework as that is one of my least favourite chores. Even though I was drenched through, not only was it raining but I was working in long grass clearing around some of the young shrubs, I was very pleased with my work. It was good to see how well they had grown. It is an area which is predominantly various Hydrangea and Spindle plants with a smattering of other trees and shrubs. One job I could do is revise my wish list and try to source the ones I want.
I am quite late licking the veg garden into shape and am not always as disciplined as I should be as it is a part of the garden I do not enjoy working on. If it were not for the tasty organic food it supplies me with then I would not do the veg. I would much rather be communing with the ornamental plants and would happily spend hours on end in the Lower Garden if I could.
I am afraid yet another new idea has popped into my head so I hope to be working on that in early June. Over recent years the Gunnera manicata have got smaller until they have now gone completely. It is a shame but the land has dried out where they were. I have been giving a lot of thought as to what to replace them with and a plan is forming but I will not be totally sure until the job is underway. As usual I make it up as I go, the basic idea is there but I have to wait to see what is feasible.
I have put a few new plants in but not many are trees as I don’t have much space but my weak will got the better of me and I have planted Aesculus wilsonii (Chinese Horse Chestnut) in the Spring Garden. Acer negundo Violaceum is now on the right bank of the Lower Garden.
In the chook pen I added the superb little Berberis triocanthophora Cally Rose with narrow lance-shaped leaves and red and white flowers. I was totally smitten with the beautiful Bletilla striata (Chinese Ground Orchid) when I saw it. It has pleated sword-shaped leaves and the most attractive magenta flowers, I must remember to give it some protection in winter even though it is in a sheltered position.
The Cornus are now flowering which means a lot of swooning over Cornus kousa Norman Hadden, the other varieties are also wonderful too but he is a particularly handsome specimen. Crinodendron hookeriana Ada Hoffman is looking lovely with a plethora of pink lanterns. By the veranda there is a frothy haze of yellow as the golden grass heads wave over the flowers which are mostly blue at the moment. In the fernery the Primula candelabra supply bright colour among the green fronds of the ferns. In grassy areas and in flower beds the Ragged Robin has seeded wonderfully to add bright patches of pink. I am heading down the lower garden now to enjoy a couple of hours clearing around some low shrubs in the early morning peace and quiet.

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