gorgeous Lupins chicky! Love the Bumble on your lilac too Percy Grower! I bought my first lilac today too. I think it's starting to shed it's blooms, but I'm hoping it'll stay with me for a while yet!
Whenever I come on this thread I'm reminded just how tiny my garden is compared to you all!
These Ameria are so striking, and just the right size for my tiny garden. I'm thinking of maybe growing them with chives next year, if possible, for lovely purples and pinks, as well as the chives being functional! I read a book recently of the virtues of using 'useful' plants with simply pretty plants in beds and it's fascinating!
There's a lack of blue in our very pink beds, even though they are in their infancy, so I bought this today at the GC, though I've been very naughty and forgotten the name!
My favourite at the moment, I love how pretty the purple buds are on the silver stems, and then you get such an intense pink colour, with a lovely scent which I discovered today, I believe it's called Dianthus?
My very first lilac! It's starting to lose it's flowers, though I hope it continues to bloom year after year!
And the very dirty container area overrun with seedlings which need to be potted up and planted into the bed. So much to do, so little time! Can't say I'm a fan of all the clutter!
Lovely pictures sweetpea, good luck with your Lilac hope it has a long and fruitful or should that be flowerful life, we all have clutter, just yesterday my OH was tidying up our old dirty flower pots that get put behind a shed waiting to be cleaned out, when she discovered a nest in a pile of plastic pots, it had three eggs in it, we checked today and one of the parent birds was sitting on the nest, so clutter isn't all bad..
I love looking through this thread, particularly as my garden seems to be behind many, flowering wise...
Great looking at how people combine colour too - mine is a bit of a mish-mash but it's something I'm starting to think about when planning/planting, so cheers for the tips
I just love the photos on this site. We are very far behind and don't have as many beautiful plants but it is building up the anticipation of our lupins, peony and clematis flowering in the next month or two.
My messy area is very messy so I'm off to tidy it now I have seen SweetPea93's very tidy clutter
Right KEF, got a bone to pick with you... you are only round the corner so how come your lavender looks like THAT and mine is a greeny silver clump still??? And WHY is your gunnera so much bigger than mine???
At least I have some poppies which are as big as a trampoline!!!
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gorgeous Lupins chicky! Love the Bumble on your lilac too Percy Grower! I bought my first lilac today too. I think it's starting to shed it's blooms, but I'm hoping it'll stay with me for a while yet!
Whenever I come on this thread I'm reminded just how tiny my garden is compared to you all!
These Ameria are so striking, and just the right size for my tiny garden. I'm thinking of maybe growing them with chives next year, if possible, for lovely purples and pinks, as well as the chives being functional! I read a book recently of the virtues of using 'useful' plants with simply pretty plants in beds and it's fascinating!
There's a lack of blue in our very pink beds, even though they are in their infancy, so I bought this today at the GC, though I've been very naughty and forgotten the name!
My favourite at the moment, I love how pretty the purple buds are on the silver stems, and then you get such an intense pink colour, with a lovely scent which I discovered today, I believe it's called Dianthus?
My very first lilac! It's starting to lose it's flowers, though I hope it continues to bloom year after year!
And the very dirty container area overrun with seedlings which need to be potted up and planted into the bed. So much to do, so little time! Can't say I'm a fan of all the clutter!
Lovely pictures sweetpea, good luck with your Lilac hope it has a long and fruitful or should that be flowerful life, we all have clutter, just yesterday my OH was tidying up our old dirty flower pots that get put behind a shed waiting to be cleaned out, when she discovered a nest in a pile of plastic pots, it had three eggs in it, we checked today and one of the parent birds was sitting on the nest, so clutter isn't all bad..
Lovely gardens everyone
I love looking through this thread, particularly as my garden seems to be behind many, flowering wise...
Great looking at how people combine colour too - mine is a bit of a mish-mash but it's something I'm starting to think about when planning/planting, so cheers for the tips
loving the garden pics, chicky you're lupins look fab
I just love the photos on this site. We are very far behind and don't have as many beautiful plants but it is building up the anticipation of our lupins, peony and clematis flowering in the next month or two.
My messy area is very messy so I'm off to tidy it now I have seen SweetPea93's very tidy clutter
Taken today when we had some sun
Just in time to be drowned.
At least the Gunnera loves the rain
Pity you can't make wine from Mahonia
"Dave " looking well
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Right KEF, got a bone to pick with you... you are only round the corner so how come your lavender looks like THAT and mine is a greeny silver clump still??? And WHY is your gunnera so much bigger than mine???
At least I have some poppies which are as big as a trampoline!!!
Love the blue flowers in photo no 2.
Gorgeous poppies MrsG
Yes, stunning.