Logan4 - absolutely beautiful. I got my first rose last year - loved it and now I have loads.
Joyce21 - thank you . It's a lot of watering as, as I mentioned before, it's all built on top of concrete in raised beds and pots. Luckily I have a hose you can set to pour and leave it so I stick it in a raised bed and give it a good soaking while reading this forum and having a small glass of wine we are about to go on holiday for two weeks and normally I am giddy as hell , still giddy but worried about missing out on plants flowering etc. My father in law waters it for me and I have 3 B&M bargains paddling pools I use to stand the smaller plants in just in case the F in L can't make it.
BL - sorry to hear about the arthritis. I have a beast called Mixed Connective Tissue Disease that is rheumatoid arthris, lupus, systemic sclerosis altogether . I use two crutches and cannot go outside in the garden as soon as the weather starts to turn ?. But when we built the beds to on what effectively was a large back yard we didn't know I had this . But what a god send they are , as they are all raised up I can sit on the sleepers with my feet in the soil and do my garden - hence the barefoot gardener as if I wear wellies or shoes I end up squishing my plants. My hubby does the heavy lifting but everything else I can manage, al be it slowly and often rushed when I am having a good day. The utter enjoyment I get just hobbling about, dead heading, squishing lily beetles and watching things grow is wonderful. Makes all the sore disappear for a wee while. I really hope you go on alright.
All of the gardens here a such an inspiration and all are stunning ??
B'foot gardener, my daughter also has lupus and has many of her plants in large too as it's easier to work with them. Fortunately she is still able to work.
I remember all your pots from last summer and think you have done an amazing job
Chocolate Cosmos, one of my favourites! Mines not close to flowering yet, do you manage to get it through the winter? I have tried two years running and no luck, in fact has anyone got any tips on how to? Anyway AuntyRach very nice pictures, the Lilly's look great.
Amazing photos from everyone, it is so great going through the thread so many ideas and really nice gardens/plants to look at, so much to see!
I had a chocolate cosmos a few years back and it didn't come back - so would be chuffed if I could over-winter this one. Smells fantastic - it's on the patio with other fragrant plants.
Thanks,B, gardener, it's amazing what we can do when we put our minds to it. I fractured my knee and i was in plaster for 6 weeks. This last 3 weeks I've got a leg brace on to stop my knee from bending too much and i have it adjusted so i can bend it a bit more. But i was determined to plant my plants out, even though i couldn't bend properly, but I'm getting there slowly. Even though my muscles in the back of my legs ach a lot.
Here are some pics of my flowers & garden taken today, on the fist day of "normal weather" after the heatwave. I can breathe again and so can the garden. Still waiting for the rain, however.
Clematis 'Early Sensation' (fluffy fruit) & rosa 'Pierre de Ronsard' to the right
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Thanks Joyce 21.
Logan4 - absolutely beautiful. I got my first rose last year - loved it and now I have loads.
Joyce21 - thank you . It's a lot of watering as, as I mentioned before, it's all built on top of concrete in raised beds and pots. Luckily I have a hose you can set to pour and leave it so I stick it in a raised bed and give it a good soaking while reading this forum and having a small glass of wine
we are about to go on holiday for two weeks and normally I am giddy as hell , still giddy but worried about missing out on plants flowering etc. My father in law waters it for me and I have 3 B&M bargains paddling pools I use to stand the smaller plants in just in case the F in L can't make it.
BL - sorry to hear about the arthritis. I have a beast called Mixed Connective Tissue Disease that is rheumatoid arthris, lupus, systemic sclerosis altogether . I use two crutches and cannot go outside in the garden as soon as the weather starts to turn ?. But when we built the beds to on what effectively was a large back yard we didn't know I had this . But what a god send they are , as they are all raised up I can sit on the sleepers with my feet in the soil and do my garden - hence the barefoot gardener as if I wear wellies or shoes I end up squishing my plants. My hubby does the heavy lifting but everything else I can manage, al be it slowly and often rushed when I am having a good day. The utter enjoyment I get just hobbling about, dead heading, squishing lily beetles and watching things grow is wonderful. Makes all the sore disappear for a wee while. I really hope you go on alright.
All of the gardens here a such an inspiration and all are stunning ??
B'foot gardener, my daughter also has lupus and has many of her plants in large too as it's easier to work with them. Fortunately she is still able to work.
I remember all your pots from last summer and think you have done an amazing job
This is one that requires 'smell-o-vision' - Chocamocha Cosmos, Pelargonium Fragrans (pine smell), Pelargonium Sweet Mimosa:
Day Lily out today:
Asiatic Lily:
Chocolate Cosmos, one of my favourites! Mines not close to flowering yet, do you manage to get it through the winter? I have tried two years running and no luck, in fact has anyone got any tips on how to? Anyway AuntyRach very nice pictures, the Lilly's look great.
Amazing photos from everyone, it is so great going through the thread so many ideas and really nice gardens/plants to look at, so much to see!
I had a chocolate cosmos a few years back and it didn't come back - so would be chuffed if I could over-winter this one. Smells fantastic - it's on the patio with other fragrant plants.
Lovely pics everyone ???
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Thanks,B, gardener, it's amazing what we can do when we put our minds to it. I fractured my knee and i was in plaster for 6 weeks. This last 3 weeks I've got a leg brace on to stop my knee from bending too much and i have it adjusted so i can bend it a bit more. But i was determined to plant my plants out, even though i couldn't bend properly, but I'm getting there slowly. Even though my muscles in the back of my legs ach a lot.
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Lovely flowers every one.
HI, lovely colorful pics everyone!
Here are some pics of my flowers & garden taken today, on the fist day of "normal weather" after the heatwave. I can breathe again and so can the garden. Still waiting for the rain, however.
Clematis 'Early Sensation' (fluffy fruit) & rosa 'Pierre de Ronsard' to the right
Ruta graveolens in full bloom
Bee on Heuchera 'Chocolate Ruffles'
Geranium renardii
The East border seen from the south
Lovely, Papi Jo, no wonder your open garden was a success. Thank you for your message on the Garden Visits thread.