Autumn at Sissinghurst
Devoid of the exuberance of Vita Sackville-West's flower garden, Harold Nicolson's structure slowly begins to reveal itself in autumn-vistas open up and the sharp lines of his pen are once more etched into the garden.
It is now October and the change of mood from the flamboyance of summer to the mellow days of autumn brings a shift of gear in the garden. The symphony of colours, from the low smoulder of sedums in hues of faded Venetian red to the burning torch of Euonymus alatus, reminds us that time is short. The first frosts of the season will induce a sudden surge of senescence, making the soil cold and wet.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2024 من Gardens Illustrated.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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