As you all know, spring has sprung and our gardens are bursting into life. We've finally had a bit of rain in the last couple of days so that should help the new planting.
This area has been partially cleared and planted.
As has this one.
There is a mixture of rudbeckia, foxglove, dianthus, phlox, dornicum, acquilegia, echinacea etc.
The aquilegias that went in last autumn have done well. I'd collected seeds from 2 plants, one red and one white. I'm not sure where these two colours have come from.
In the next photo are hawkshead fuchsia gearing up for the summer on the left. In the middle is a viburnum plicatum kilimanjaro sunrise in flower with alliums around it and the original two aquilegias in the background. Eventually the viburnum will get much bigger to provide some structure in this section.
I've just found your thread, Your garden is coming on great. Giving me motivation, I'm dying to get out and working on mine, But time just isn't on my side at the moment. I look forward to more updates and pictures
When coming back to see your posts I realised I forgot to add the last photo I'd described so...
At the top of the garden I leave some of the grass to grow long until later in the year. A few different types of these have started to appear.
I planted some violas in one of the old sinks in the autumn. They've looked a scruffy mess for most of the winter but have come on strong as the weather improved.
The flower production continues in the greenhouse and the outdoor area next to it.
The chair is of course essential greenhouse equipment. Or is it just me that goes into the greenhouse for moments of quiet contemplation
Final photo for now is some brutal pruning of what was an overgrown, in the wrong place conifer bush. I've planted a few dianthus at the base. I'm curious to see if the bush survives.
Posts
Hello again
As you all know, spring has sprung and our gardens are bursting into life. We've finally had a bit of rain in the last couple of days so that should help the new planting.
This area has been partially cleared and planted.
As has this one.
There is a mixture of rudbeckia, foxglove, dianthus, phlox, dornicum, acquilegia, echinacea etc.
The aquilegias that went in last autumn have done well. I'd collected seeds from 2 plants, one red and one white. I'm not sure where these two colours have come from.
In the next photo are hawkshead fuchsia gearing up for the summer on the left. In the middle is a viburnum plicatum kilimanjaro sunrise in flower with alliums around it and the original two aquilegias in the background. Eventually the viburnum will get much bigger to provide some structure in this section.
Looks lovely ?
I've just found your thread, Your garden is coming on great. Giving me motivation, I'm dying to get out and working on mine, But time just isn't on my side at the moment. I look forward to more updates and pictures
Thanks both
When coming back to see your posts I realised I forgot to add the last photo I'd described so...
At the top of the garden I leave some of the grass to grow long until later in the year. A few different types of these have started to appear.
I planted some violas in one of the old sinks in the autumn. They've looked a scruffy mess for most of the winter but have come on strong as the weather improved.
The flower production continues in the greenhouse and the outdoor area next to it.
The chair is of course essential greenhouse equipment. Or is it just me that goes into the greenhouse for moments of quiet contemplation
Final photo for now is some brutal pruning of what was an overgrown, in the wrong place conifer bush. I've planted a few dianthus at the base. I'm curious to see if the bush survives.
You've created something nice from that conifer!
Thanks Will. This is what I started with to give people an idea of how drastic the pruning was.
I want your garden Slum!!!!!
Loving those after-work warm evenings and a bit of pottering about in the garden...
Geums which were planted late last summer
Calendula - free seeds from the front of a magazine
Gorgeous!
What a lovely job you've made of it!