Still on our summer hols we were lucky enough to get a tour round the garden of the same Uncle and Aunt who came to visit us just a few weeks back.
They have a new water feature.
Now on the whole I don't really go for water features in gardens (you can't eat them or cut them and put them in a vase). But in this case, and in the context of where is was put and how carefully it was planted it looked terrific. Still no place for one in my allotment though.
The rest of the garden was very neat and extremely well cared for. I was pleased to see that, like the planting around the tropical house in the Eden Project, and in one or two other nice plots, the vegetables and flowers were mixed together.
The big problem was with the wisteria. It was a well established plant which had flowered really well this year. Then, all of a sudden, it just kind of withered and wilted. Accross the whole plant at once.
The leaves all shriveled up and died as if it had been cut at the trunk (but evidence of that upon inspection). In one small place I found some white furry growth atthe end of a small shoot, but no sign of anything else. In desperation it has now been cut back to shoulder height to see if it spontaneously recovers. Good luck.
If anyone knows what happened to the wisteria, please get in touch.
