West Penwith Where few trees or woodland forests exist. Autumn colours are subtle and easily missed. There are none of the severe frosts that bring about the wonderful reds and orange shades. Here the greens turn yellow or conker brown then fade until one day, after a storm, they’ve gone. But the jewel-like berries in…
Tag: #incolours
objects or views that demonstrate one of the defining colours of cornwall.
cornwall in colours: red
I had a bit of a thing about post boxes a few years ago when I realised how many different types there are, not just around the world, but also in the UK. This one is a local box and featured before, but the other day when I passed by I was struck with…
cornwall in colours: glas
the colour of the Cornish sea.. *glas (green, blue)
cornwall in colours: muted shades
The natural colours of stone and slate and wood with a little help of delicate shades of blue paint fading nicely in the Cornish weather are beautifully illustrated in the outbuildings of Godolphin estate. A rare opportunity to get a photo of my favourite doors closed. Usually one is open to allow access into the…
cornwall in colours: green or blue?
Puya chilensis (Sheep eating plant) is in the Bromeliaceae family and has striking stiff leathery mid-green leaves of up to 3 feet in length with spines. The trumpet-shaped yellow or green flowers grow on a tall spike. The flower spikes are up to 2m tall. Growth is slow and spread by offsets. I was astonished…
cornwall in colours: white
After my experiment a couple of summers ago with a white bed I decided last autumn to trial some white spring flowers in this bed. So I chose some white Narcissi, white Tulips, white Chionodoxa (Glory in the snow), some mixed blue and white Muscari and white Crocuses (Snowbunting). The crocuses ended up in the…
cornwall in colours: copper
Some of my favourite tulips bought over recent years have been those with coppery tones – burnt orange, burnished copper, sunset colours. Ballerina, below, is probably my favourite. A tall, elegant lily-flowered tulip with a citrus fragrance. And one that regularly comes back year after year. I bought another 10 bulbs for this year and…
cornwall in colours: golden yellow
More tulips I’m afraid. Along with some other yellows in my garden at the moment. I wasn’t sure about these pure yellow lily-flowered tulips when I first saw them opening, but they have definitely grown on me. Their star-shape flower when fully open in the sun is striking. When the sun shines through the tulips…
cornwall in colours
At the end of last summer I bought a fairly large zinc planter, the aim of which was to plant orange begonias in for the shady courtyard in summer. Meanwhile I filled it with spring bulbs. First it was full of the lovely dark purple Iris reticulata ‘Dijt’, followed by a few random narcissus from…
