Gorgeous pics everyone, it's lovely seeing some of your garden Verdun and BM your 'shabby chic' look is amazing, love it and I see what you mean about a bench
Hi Beaus Mum, love cottage gardens, in your 3rd pic, your round bowl type pot (by the tree) looks simular to one I bagged from the bottom of my sisters garden
everyone going to fast for me and I'm missing replies! Think I've caught up now
fairy girl I think it looks really good all black and gives lovely background to your flowers, really lovely
Thank you for your comments, makes it all worth while All the bricks we used for the edges were found buried in the garden when we moved in! My OH did all the hard work and layed em bless him
Oh Chicky your garden is lovely too and looked back on the other pics and they are fab. Do you do all the gardening yourself? It looks such a big garden but all perfect
Thank you orchid lady for your Great compliments, tell OH that my OH is driven nuts by how many benches, table and chairs I've got and it's only me and Beau who sit out there
Star gaze lily it's an old metal bowl/bath thing! Just had to have it! You were lucky to find yours in your sisters garden. have you planted yours up?
Morning Beaus Mum, yes I was lucky to find it, although my sister thought I was completely nuts when I wanted it lol. I found it literally at the bottom of the garden half buried behind her shed full of sodden mud Its made of brass, so great for a couple of my hostas. I've also got trailing loblia and a reddish trailing/spreading plant in it....the name escapes me at the mo. Not got a full pic of it yet but here is the red plant.
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Thank you Chicky
Have you any pics of your garden?
A Cottage garden is lovely BUT blooming hard work
Always something to cut back, weed, etc etc 
But I do love it x
Gorgeous pics everyone, it's lovely seeing some of your garden Verdun and BM your 'shabby chic' look is amazing, love it and I see what you mean about a bench
BM - i put a few pics on a couple of pages ago ..... And here's another just for you
Beautiful pics everyone.
Hi Beaus Mum, love cottage gardens, in your 3rd pic, your round bowl type pot (by the tree) looks simular to one I bagged from the bottom of my sisters garden
I must have missed your pics Chicky, that border looks lovely
everyone going to fast for me and I'm missing replies! Think I've caught up now
fairy girl I think it looks really good all black and gives lovely background to your flowers, really lovely
Thank you for your comments, makes it all worth while
All the bricks we used for the edges were found buried in the garden when we moved in! My OH did all the hard work and layed em bless him
Oh Chicky your garden is lovely too and looked back on the other pics and they are fab. Do you do all the gardening yourself? It looks such a big garden but all perfect
Thank you orchid lady for your Great compliments, tell OH that my OH is driven nuts by how many benches, table and chairs I've got and it's only me and Beau who sit out there
Star gaze lily it's an old metal bowl/bath thing! Just had to have it!
You were lucky to find yours in your sisters garden. have you planted yours up?
Thank you Verdun
a rethink is needed. The hydrangea, DA rose and wigelia occupy the length of one bed with room, possibly, for one more in the width.
placed plants in pots to see how it would look but can't decide. The rhododendron is to go in the front garden (work in progress)
In spring tulips and wallflowers, lavender and achillea are staple plants, but feel it does need something permenant to give balance through the year.
Morning Beaus Mum, yes I was lucky to find it, although my sister thought I was completely nuts when I wanted it lol. I found it literally at the bottom of the garden half buried behind her shed full of sodden mud
Its made of brass, so great for a couple of my hostas. I've also got trailing loblia and a reddish trailing/spreading plant in it....the name escapes me at the mo. Not got a full pic of it yet but here is the red plant.
Thanks for your kind comments BM - yes I do all the gardening myself .... at weekends
Thats a good red on that verbena Lily
Does anyone like clashing colours?