Blooming books

We've started a library!  One book so far on grasses, which is developing into a bit of a theme.  Here's hoping it's neither too tender nor too rampant to take.  But have you seen the roundabout when you come off the M1 or M162 from the north? It is magnificent and nearly all grasses.

Anyhow, soap box away.  Scampston advert: http://www.scampston.co.uk/  The walled garden was lovely:

Why this is the only photo I took, I'm not sure, but I was kept busy putting red circles round the plant list for what was liked.  A gardener told us that all their planting is sustainable without watering so that boded well for the choices.

The lunch was lovely too.  And the shop!  I was told how to grow on, prune and propogate the plants I got - imagine that at the checkout at B&Q.

And then to Breezy knees: http://www.breezyknees.co.uk/ . You have to go to the nursery first for the tickets which is very clever - once again, advice on propogation, this time two pots of irises for £1 each.  Their gardens were magnificent too.  This is a flower we fancied: