life on a curve

From the Blog

1944

Le Tourneur, Normandy, 1944

A Churchill tank carrying infantry of the Royal Scots Fusiliers passes a destroyed German Mk IV tank in Le Tourneur, 3 August 1944.

1944

Vassy, Normandy, 1944

A Cromwell tank of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, driving through Vassy, 15th August 1944.

Bright pink two-lipped flowers of Salvia Penny’s Smile on an upright stem with dark buds and green leaves
Evergreen

Salvia Penny’s Smile

A tall, bushy sage with aromatic green leaves and big bright pink flowers that keep coming from late spring right into autumn.

Salvia Javier flowers in Graham's garden
Evergreen

Salvia Javier

A bushy sage with fragrant bright green leaves and purple flowers opening from almost black buds from late spring into autumn.

Salvia Delice Gold and Wine flowers in Graham's garden
Semi-evergreen

Salvia Delice Gold and Wine

A neat, semi-evergreen sage with dark green leaves and small deep pink and cream flowers all through spring and summer.

Salvia Belle de Loire flowers in Graham's garden
Deciduous

Salvia Belle de Loire

An upright sage with scented grey-green leaves and orange-and-yellow flowers that soften to salmon-pink and cream in autumn.