Really liking my partial shade border. My whole garden is less than a year old so it's the first spring seeing the acers and their young foliage there's 5 along this border, and then a young Viburnum, Philadelphus, Heucheras, a Berberis etc and i've just added some Thalictrums and Pulmonarias
The path is to be filled with a mixture of bluebells and lily of the valley!
Your garden looks like a haven for wildlife ginglygangly - I really like the effect of your mass planting, so free and flowing.
Tom your acers are colourful at this time of year - we have a couple and they also look stunning now, but a bit boring in the winter time. Do beware of bluebells, once you have them, they can take over, the little bulblets are difficult to eradicate over the years and pop up all over the place. However the flower stems have many little blue flowers which are very pretty.
gorgeous Tom! Everything looks very happy. Good luck with lily of the valley. I would love to grow it, and supposedly they should thrive in the conditions I offer, but I've had to admit defeat after trying several times :-(
Your garden looks like a haven for wildlife ginglygangly - I really like the effect of your mass planting, so free and flowing.
Tom your acers are xcolourful at this time of year - we have a couple and they also look stunning now, but a bit boring in the winter time. Do beware of bluebells, once you have them, they can take over, the little bulblets are difficult to eradicate over the years and pop up all over the place. However the flower stems have many little blue flowers which are very pretty.
Thanks and yeah i know both bluebells and lily of the valley can be invasive, but the path is enclosed with a wooden border and they are both good for wildlife even if they do escape
lovely magnolia! they are such a joy to see in Spring and such a fleeting pleasure. I love the way you can see the furry flower buds in the second shot, like velvet mittens.
Here's a bud on a tree peony which isn't very hardy it seems as it has had to regrow from the roots for the last 10 years and consequently has never flowered. Because of the mild winter it has a few buds this year - the suspense is killing me!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Gorgeous Constance, FG, and stunning camellia and magnolia Stellata. Bowles Mauve is amazing the way it carries on all year. Tom, that looks really good for under a year.
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Really liking my partial shade border. My whole garden is less than a year old so it's the first spring seeing the acers and their young foliage
there's 5 along this border, and then a young Viburnum, Philadelphus, Heucheras, a Berberis etc and i've just added some Thalictrums and Pulmonarias 
The path is to be filled with a mixture of bluebells and lily of the valley!
Your garden looks like a haven for wildlife ginglygangly - I really like the effect of your mass planting, so free and flowing.
Tom your acers are colourful at this time of year - we have a couple and they also look stunning now, but a bit boring in the winter time. Do beware of bluebells, once you have them, they can take over, the little bulblets are difficult to eradicate over the years and pop up all over the place. However the flower stems have many little blue flowers which are very pretty.
gorgeous Tom! Everything looks very happy. Good luck with lily of the valley. I would love to grow it, and supposedly they should thrive in the conditions I offer, but I've had to admit defeat after trying several times :-(
Thanks and yeah i know both bluebells and lily of the valley can be invasive, but the path is enclosed with a wooden border and they are both good for wildlife even if they do escape
And thanks ginglygangly!
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I've just re-discovered this thread. What beautiful gardens you have!
This is my favourite shrub in the garden at the moment:
Magnolia stellata; the flowers are just fab, a wonderful combination of pristine and blowsy.
An excellent description Liri. Beautiful.
lovely magnolia! they are such a joy to see in Spring and such a fleeting pleasure. I love the way you can see the furry flower buds in the second shot, like velvet mittens.
Fabulous Magnolia
I love magnolias!
Here's a bud on a tree peony which isn't very hardy it seems as it has had to regrow from the roots for the last 10 years and consequently has never flowered. Because of the mild winter it has a few buds this year - the suspense is killing me!
That looks exciting, Bob, full of promise!
Gorgeous Constance, FG, and stunning camellia and magnolia Stellata. Bowles Mauve is amazing the way it carries on all year. Tom, that looks really good for under a year.