It's not my birthday til Friday but I'm hoping I can get a lovely vase full of flowers to bring inside. Thanks for the wishes ? The yellow rose was bought for the in laws golden wedding last year but it arrived all bashed up no leaves or anythin. Obviously complained and they refunded and said keep the plant. Managed to keep it going and now it's doing so well
Joyce, yes it was sold as golden wedding. I'm not convinced though as it has bloomed a lot paler than I would have expected. Golden wedding seems so vibrant but this is much paler. It's a lot like the mountbatten golden rose my Nan has. Who can tell.
Ooh lovely colours. I didnt get any say in my bouquet or cake (other than flavour) the whole thing was organised for me, I chose teardrop shaped bouquet and the flavour of the cake told them my dress had pink piping in it and thy did everything else. I got a lovely pink rose bouquet and a gorgeous cake that by chance had a lovely lily on top. I was so happy. In fact the only thing I did for the wedding was chose the vows and buy the dress. I had no stress no organising just paid my money, turned up had everything done for me and signed my life away haha this was my bouquet it was beautiful
no Aym nothing special having dinner and a drink with hubby. Had a little party with my niece and newphew the weekend just gone because they are busy this weekend. Father in law in hospital so will prob visit him too.
Oooh it's lovely to see other people's glorious blooms when here things are only mostly just budding - other than a few pelargoniums in tubs which are doing well.
I'm quite pleased with this little thing - parahebe 'Avalanche' which I chose to plant last year as I needed something for pretty awful soil and which wouldn't ever grow above a foot tall. It's like a mini hebe. It started to flower on the sunny days last week but is bending over now with constant rain. My knees wouldn't take kneeling any longer to photograph anything so low!
It has spread in a year but I'm assuming it won't really spread a great deal from where it is now. There are tree roots under this patch so it's always been difficult to get things to survive there.
I'm sorry if I posted this before - I really can't keep track these days - brain ageing. This ceanothus 'Concha' is, I think, 5 years old and the blooms are the puffiest I've seen so far with loads of bees enjoying it on the hot days.
Geranium oxonianum Wargrave Pink - has spread to a great mound this year. All dripping wet at the moment.
I've planted some of these Osteospermum 'Serenity Rose Magic' - or it may be just 'Rose Magic'. However, during the hot days in full sun the colour was very blanched and paler so I've put them in a slightly shaded patch now to get the darker more rusty colour.
The Heuchera 'Sweet Tea' is new this year and I must get more as I love the colour - need to create some space to put more with this one but difficult in a tiny garden.
This is the just budding Thalictrum 'Elin' - with tinfoil to stop the starling broods always landing on it and breaking the budded stems. Looks a bit daft - but as it's so tall the bacofoiil was the easiest thing to wrap around it to try. I broke a few stems myself falling over trying to reach up - the language was biblical! But it seems to have worked.
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It's not my birthday til Friday but I'm hoping I can get a lovely vase full of flowers to bring inside. Thanks for the wishes ? The yellow rose was bought for the in laws golden wedding last year but it arrived all bashed up no leaves or anythin. Obviously complained and they refunded and said keep the plant. Managed to keep it going and now it's doing so well
Sophie - is the yellow rose Golden Wedding by any chance? I was given GW this year.
Joyce, yes it was sold as golden wedding. I'm not convinced though as it has bloomed a lot paler than I would have expected. Golden wedding seems so vibrant but this is much paler. It's a lot like the mountbatten golden rose my Nan has. Who can tell.
Sophie, I'll be happy if mine has flowers like that
I love that last one
Thanks Aym, I'm hoping for more lilies out by then. I'm a crazy lily lady haha I even had them on top of my wedding cake by happy coincidence
PatsyF, that looks very similar to my Princess Victoria Louise - ring any bells?
Ooh lovely colours. I didnt get any say in my bouquet or cake (other than flavour) the whole thing was organised for me, I chose teardrop shaped bouquet and the flavour of the cake told them my dress had pink piping in it and thy did everything else. I got a lovely pink rose bouquet and a gorgeous cake that by chance had a lovely lily on top. I was so happy. In fact the only thing I did for the wedding was chose the vows and buy the dress. I had no stress no organising just paid my money, turned up had everything done for me and signed my life away haha
this was my bouquet it was beautiful
Thanks patsy
no Aym nothing special having dinner and a drink with hubby. Had a little party with my niece and newphew the weekend just gone because they are busy this weekend. Father in law in hospital so will prob visit him too.
Oooh it's lovely to see other people's glorious blooms when here things are only mostly just budding - other than a few pelargoniums in tubs which are doing well.
I'm quite pleased with this little thing - parahebe 'Avalanche' which I chose to plant last year as I needed something for pretty awful soil and which wouldn't ever grow above a foot tall. It's like a mini hebe. It started to flower on the sunny days last week but is bending over now with constant rain. My knees wouldn't take kneeling any longer to photograph anything so low!
It has spread in a year but I'm assuming it won't really spread a great deal from where it is now. There are tree roots under this patch so it's always been difficult to get things to survive there.
I'm sorry if I posted this before - I really can't keep track these days - brain ageing. This ceanothus 'Concha' is, I think, 5 years old and the blooms are the puffiest I've seen so far with loads of bees enjoying it on the hot days.
Geranium oxonianum Wargrave Pink - has spread to a great mound this year. All dripping wet at the moment.
I've planted some of these Osteospermum 'Serenity Rose Magic' - or it may be just 'Rose Magic'. However, during the hot days in full sun the colour was very blanched and paler so I've put them in a slightly shaded patch now to get the darker more rusty colour.
The Heuchera 'Sweet Tea' is new this year and I must get more as I love the colour - need to create some space to put more with this one but difficult in a tiny garden.
This is the just budding Thalictrum 'Elin' - with tinfoil to stop the starling broods always landing on it and breaking the budded stems. Looks a bit daft - but as it's so tall the bacofoiil was the easiest thing to wrap around it to try. I broke a few stems myself falling over trying to reach up - the language was biblical! But it seems to have worked.