Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 6 JulyLemon thyme on 12 July, outgrowing its striped pot and trailing a dozen wiry stems out across the grass, each ending in a tight head of lilac and white two-lipped flowers, its paired leaves bright yellow-green in low sun with dew still on the lawn.Week of 13 JulyA mint-family subshrub on 16 July far outgrowing its striped pot, wiry reddish stems trailing out across the gravel, tiny paired leaves crowding every axil and turning gold on the sunlit shoots in low evening light — not one flower on it.