Hello - well, I am back from Scotland - after a glorious week - when the weather up in the Highlands was actually better than in Suffolk - and that must be unusual!!One of the first things to strike me, upon my return to the nursery - apart from how good everything looked - was the amount of butterflies around. We seem to have everything from Red Admirals to Peacocks and Painted Ladies to Commas - and of course the dear old Cabbage White.
They seem to simply be everywhere - on the Catmint - and all over the Buddleias as you would expect. We are, of course lucky on the nursery to have large quantities of some of their favourite plants such as the Buddleias all concentrated in a small place - so that undoubtedly helps - but many of our customers also report large groups in their gardens. They do seem to favour one particular Buddleia above the others here at the nursery - and that is 'LOCHINCH'. (Pictured Above) This must rank as one of the best - with silvery leaves and mauve-violet flowers with a lovely 'eye' to the flower.
To watch one of these delicate creatures sipping the nectar on a summer's evening is surely one of the delights of the horticultural year - it seems an absolute world away from all the worries over swine flu and the recession.
Let's just sit back and enjoy it while we still can!!
Until next time,
RICHARD
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