The unknown large shrub, left over from the previous owners:
Heavenly-scented Gertrude Jekyll:
Thornless and sweet-smelling Zephirine Drouhin:
Another leftover shrub, from the front garden:
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Showing posts with label front garden. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Roses - First Flush
Four of our rose bushes have already burst into flowers.
The unknown large shrub, left over from the previous owners:
Heavenly-scented Gertrude Jekyll:
Thornless and sweet-smelling Zephirine Drouhin:
Another leftover shrub, from the front garden:
Those flowers are perfectly velvety:
The unknown large shrub, left over from the previous owners:
Heavenly-scented Gertrude Jekyll:
Thornless and sweet-smelling Zephirine Drouhin:
Another leftover shrub, from the front garden:
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Entrance Plans, Please Help!
No, I haven't actually scanned my drawings of the front garden. But I can tell you all about it!
What we have in a small rectangular plot is a fairly well stocked side border: 3 red roses, a variegated shrub and some bulbs. I will be adding a rosemary shrub at the gate, and some sweet smelling white alyssum to soften the path edge.
Around the front door, we already have a hanging basket (still with the winter pansies, which are in flower again, see this post), and I want to put an attractive container on the other side. It will hold the olive tree sapling, surrounded by bee-beloved (see what I did there!;)) thyme and with orange nasturtiums tumbling over the edge. The nasturtium seeds are again from France, from my lovely Belle-Mère's Mediterranean balcony.
There is a narrow border alongside the street (low) wall fence, which only has weeds in it. I want to plant a lavender hedge, punctuated by tall globes of purple alliums. Similar to the third picture in this post, from the previous garden.
Finally, there is a small square bed near the dining room bay window, which used to have a spreading grey-leaved plant that was either senecio greyii or brachyglottis. Either way, I didn't like it, and it died last winter (no connection!). I want to plant a scented English rose there, and surround it with an evergreen herb - probably thyme again. The only problem is, I can't decide which rose to go for!
I think I want a pale pink or blush variety, like Wildeve, A Shropshire Lad or William Morris. But then, I see the brighter Strawberry Hill, which even won a Grand Prix for fragrance... Ah, I wish we had a huge garden with space for as many rose bushes as I could wish for!
So, this is where you, my faithful readers can help: which rose is the prettiest? Please let me know what you think, in comments or email!
What we have in a small rectangular plot is a fairly well stocked side border: 3 red roses, a variegated shrub and some bulbs. I will be adding a rosemary shrub at the gate, and some sweet smelling white alyssum to soften the path edge.
Around the front door, we already have a hanging basket (still with the winter pansies, which are in flower again, see this post), and I want to put an attractive container on the other side. It will hold the olive tree sapling, surrounded by bee-beloved (see what I did there!;)) thyme and with orange nasturtiums tumbling over the edge. The nasturtium seeds are again from France, from my lovely Belle-Mère's Mediterranean balcony.
There is a narrow border alongside the street (low) wall fence, which only has weeds in it. I want to plant a lavender hedge, punctuated by tall globes of purple alliums. Similar to the third picture in this post, from the previous garden.
Finally, there is a small square bed near the dining room bay window, which used to have a spreading grey-leaved plant that was either senecio greyii or brachyglottis. Either way, I didn't like it, and it died last winter (no connection!). I want to plant a scented English rose there, and surround it with an evergreen herb - probably thyme again. The only problem is, I can't decide which rose to go for!
I think I want a pale pink or blush variety, like Wildeve, A Shropshire Lad or William Morris. But then, I see the brighter Strawberry Hill, which even won a Grand Prix for fragrance... Ah, I wish we had a huge garden with space for as many rose bushes as I could wish for!
So, this is where you, my faithful readers can help: which rose is the prettiest? Please let me know what you think, in comments or email!
Monday, 25 October 2010
Winter basket
The petunias in the summer basket died even before the first frost, which appeared quite early this year. Here is the winter basket, containing pansies "Purple and White" (yes, that is the name of this variety. Profound.), ivy and a small photinia cutting.
Saturday, 26 June 2010
New perennials
Appropriately planted on the full "Planting" moon today:
- French Lavender "Silver Anouk"
- Scabious Barocca
- Phygelius Candydrops Red
- Astilbe Red
- Lobelia Queen Victoria
Now, the last three additions have red flowers, nominally. Only the phygelius is actually in bloom, and the colour is more of a shocking pink. The lobelia has purple foliage, and we'll see if it actually flowers in this garden - I've tried it before, and it never thrived enough to do so. The astilbe, we'll see - should be shaded by the angelica enough to hide the redness...
In addition, we planted my old rosemary that I raised from seed a couple of summers ago. I also changed the entrance hanging basket plants (and the compost too - this one got some gel crystals to help with retaining water) and now have mini petunias in there, still to produce buds. Finally, I planted my Gardener's Delight tomatoes into halved growbags stood on the edge. Oh, and today I trimmed the grass, and it was fun! :))
Pictures of everything to follow!
- French Lavender "Silver Anouk"
- Scabious Barocca
- Phygelius Candydrops Red
- Astilbe Red
- Lobelia Queen Victoria
Now, the last three additions have red flowers, nominally. Only the phygelius is actually in bloom, and the colour is more of a shocking pink. The lobelia has purple foliage, and we'll see if it actually flowers in this garden - I've tried it before, and it never thrived enough to do so. The astilbe, we'll see - should be shaded by the angelica enough to hide the redness...
In addition, we planted my old rosemary that I raised from seed a couple of summers ago. I also changed the entrance hanging basket plants (and the compost too - this one got some gel crystals to help with retaining water) and now have mini petunias in there, still to produce buds. Finally, I planted my Gardener's Delight tomatoes into halved growbags stood on the edge. Oh, and today I trimmed the grass, and it was fun! :))
Pictures of everything to follow!
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Front garden
Yes, it exists too.
At present, I'm not doing much (if any) work on it. It's quite a public space, unlike the secluded backyard paradise, and the previous owners of the house put in quite a bit more plants to show off to the neighbours I suppose ;). I want to see exactly what is there, and what will come up this spring and summer, before making any big changes. There are a couple of roses, some evergreen euonymus, a large hemisphere of a greyish plant that I still haven't identified (but am afraid will have yellow flowers in the summer) and several scented spring bulbs that are already on their way out: narcissi, daffodils and hyacinths.
One addition we made is buying a hanging basket. It was a bargain corner buy (from B&Q, of course, our stalwart supplier of all things gardening and DIY) costing £2. I added a couple of bright pink and purple primroses for winter cheer, and by now, two months later, the pansies have revived and burst into flower. Like this:
At present, I'm not doing much (if any) work on it. It's quite a public space, unlike the secluded backyard paradise, and the previous owners of the house put in quite a bit more plants to show off to the neighbours I suppose ;). I want to see exactly what is there, and what will come up this spring and summer, before making any big changes. There are a couple of roses, some evergreen euonymus, a large hemisphere of a greyish plant that I still haven't identified (but am afraid will have yellow flowers in the summer) and several scented spring bulbs that are already on their way out: narcissi, daffodils and hyacinths.
One addition we made is buying a hanging basket. It was a bargain corner buy (from B&Q, of course, our stalwart supplier of all things gardening and DIY) costing £2. I added a couple of bright pink and purple primroses for winter cheer, and by now, two months later, the pansies have revived and burst into flower. Like this:
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