Awesome gardens chaps and chapettes loving the framing of the views with trees and such and the compositions are marvellous.
@figrat, don't ever part with the window photo, it is artistically magical.
Well, the weather was beautiful once more and I managed to grab a couple of hours this afternoon in my own garden dodging the vibrating Photinia davidii along my path, the bees are going nuts on it, the foliage is gorgeous and it has a heavenly scent to boot!
Having got the mundane chores out of the way yesterday, today I managed some fun bits, inspecting the elegant red stems of my Euphorbia Silver Swan popping new buds aplenty with eagerness to spread, and my bottle-brush bush that got flattened by the snow and is now making a vigorous comeback, hurray!
I also adding five more Geum Lady Stratheden to a drift of five I already planted this Spring, making ten plants in total from a single 2Lt pot I bought last autumn. Now that's a bargain (when I split it, there were five decent sized divisions that went straight into the border and six tiny plants that needed to be potted up, and one died)
I will be doing the same with any other plants I can throughout the summer and Autumn, all of which will hopefully survive the winter and make large drift plantings next year--always thinking ahead--!
I've already decided next year's garden budget is going on plant supports and structure for the garden, which means no more buying plants! It's a bit like buying a really expensive dress and wearing the wrong underwear isn't it ladies?
I must create larger swathes of the same planting instead of my tendency to be bitty because I impulse buy at the GC, but I'm also fed up with storms wrecking some of my mature herbaceous stuff like my Eryngium that rewards me with a mountain of skyward thistles in spring only to be a spectacular blue flop by the summer, and the thing is buttressed on all sides with large twiggy prunings!
Anyone know what design of plant support is best on what plants, I would be glad of the tips!
Not done anything in the garden today as too busy, but looking out of the window my poor plants are getting another battering from the wind.Was hoping to get out there tomorrow but weather forecast not good at all. Rain rain and more rain. See what tomorrow brings.
Lost the best one of my Delphiniums Today, even with it tied in
On the upside, it was sprouting some nice healthy new shoots from the base, so might even get another flush of flowering from it.
Big score at Wilkinsons today. They have 75% off loads of seeds so I got about £25 worth for £6. It was looking a bit bare though, so hurry if you're going to look at your local one. Most of them are too late to be sown this year, but stocks me up for next! I've sown Morning Glory, Cosmos and Cornflowers. I know it's a bit late for them, but at that price it's worth a shot and plenty of seeds left of all three.
Rob, what a shame about that lovely elecric blue delphinium. Hope you get a second flush from it.And @figrat, I agree that is a stunning photo through the window.
Yesterday, I worked on my refurbished rockery--planted some Mondo grass, a passion vine, and some ground covers. Dug a huge amount of grass from the deer proof shady garden and planted some sweet woodruff. It can spread there to its hearts content.
Raining here today, and everything smells wonderful.
Thank you for your comments re window pic- have to confess not my work, but that of an old friend who is an excellent photographer. Will pass them on!
That window is one of a line of three in my kitchen, all of course with a similar outlook. I'm thinking of having it printed properly, framing it and hanging it in here. It'll be nice to look at in the dead of winter.
What a lovely tree that is,@figrat--the peeling bark reminds me of our native arbutus, but a different colour. What is it?
I don't see a tree or peeling bark in figrat's picture, perhaps you meant mine. It's Eucalyptus pauciflora, with blueish evergreen foliage, gorgeous fresh new foliage, wonderful fluffy white flowers and multi stems of peeling bark that go incredible colours in the rain, reds and pinks. I love it a lot
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Awesome gardens chaps and chapettes
loving the framing of the views with trees and such and the compositions are marvellous.
@figrat, don't ever part with the window photo, it is artistically magical.
Well, the weather was beautiful once more and I managed to grab a couple of hours this afternoon in my own garden dodging the vibrating Photinia davidii along my path, the bees are going nuts on it, the foliage is gorgeous and it has a heavenly scent to boot!
Having got the mundane chores out of the way yesterday, today I managed some fun bits, inspecting the elegant red stems of my Euphorbia Silver Swan popping new buds aplenty with eagerness to spread, and my bottle-brush bush that got flattened by the snow and is now making a vigorous comeback, hurray!
I also adding five more Geum Lady Stratheden to a drift of five I already planted this Spring, making ten plants in total from a single 2Lt pot I bought last autumn. Now that's a bargain
(when I split it, there were five decent sized divisions that went straight into the border and six tiny plants that needed to be potted up, and one died)
I will be doing the same with any other plants I can throughout the summer and Autumn, all of which will hopefully survive the winter and make large drift plantings next year--always thinking ahead--!
I've already decided next year's garden budget is going on plant supports and structure for the garden, which means no more buying plants!
It's a bit like buying a really expensive dress and wearing the wrong underwear isn't it ladies?
I must create larger swathes of the same planting instead of my tendency to be bitty because I impulse buy at the GC, but I'm also fed up with storms wrecking some of my mature herbaceous stuff like my Eryngium that rewards me with a mountain of skyward thistles in spring only to be a spectacular blue flop by the summer, and the thing is buttressed on all sides with large twiggy prunings!
Anyone know what design of plant support is best on what plants, I would be glad of the tips!
Enjoy your gardens!
Lost the best one of my Delphiniums Today, even with it tied in
On the upside, it was sprouting some nice healthy new shoots from the base, so might even get another flush of flowering from it.
Big score at Wilkinsons today. They have 75% off loads of seeds so I got about £25 worth for £6. It was looking a bit bare though, so hurry if you're going to look at your local one. Most of them are too late to be sown this year, but stocks me up for next! I've sown Morning Glory, Cosmos and Cornflowers. I know it's a bit late for them, but at that price it's worth a shot and plenty of seeds left of all three.
@Inkadog and @Figrat - Beautiful pictures. @Figrat. I echo the comments on the window shot. Very nice, like something from a magazine.
Rob, what a shame about that lovely elecric blue delphinium. Hope you get a second flush from it.And @figrat, I agree that is a stunning photo through the window.
Yesterday, I worked on my refurbished rockery--planted some Mondo grass, a passion vine, and some ground covers. Dug a huge amount of grass from the deer proof shady garden and planted some sweet woodruff. It can spread there to its hearts content.
Raining here today, and everything smells wonderful.
That window is one of a line of three in my kitchen, all of course with a similar outlook. I'm thinking of having it printed properly, framing it and hanging it in here. It'll be nice to look at in the dead of winter.
What a lovely tree that is,@figrat--the peeling bark reminds me of our native arbutus, but a different colour. What is it?
I don't see a tree or peeling bark in figrat's picture, perhaps you meant mine. It's Eucalyptus pauciflora, with blueish evergreen foliage, gorgeous fresh new foliage, wonderful fluffy white flowers and multi stems of peeling bark that go incredible colours in the rain, reds and pinks. I love it a lot