May has been a month of drama in my
garden! The RHS advisory service has
confirmed that the sudden demise of my
treasured Viburnum opulus was caused
by honey fungus. The advice given was
to remove and dispose of the affected
plant and roots and to re-plant with a
disease resistant replacement so sadly
I will be unable to fill the gap with another
Viburnum as I had wished.
Despite this set-back and wet and windy
weather for the day of our NGS Open
Garden, we raised nearly £1,000 for the
charity with people coming from far and
wide, some as a result of a timely feature
about the garden in Gardens Monthly
magazine.
A big thank you to all kind helpers and
generous visitors. For those who were
unable to visit here are some pictures
which make me forgive (just) the more
unwelcome traits that Nature has
just demonstrated.
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