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The Garden June 1st. 2012

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Thought you might like a wander through the estate as it was on the 1st of June 2012.


Papaver oriental hybrid with fringed flowers


The front garden


Hemerocallis


Asphodeline lutea


Papaver ?heldreichii


By the back door.


Meconopsis cambrica red form.


Sedum spathulifolium Cape Blanca


Erodium hybrid


Dianthus


Tickle my tummy, Ben the co-owner of the garden.


Aethionema saxatile


Thymus, white flowered form


Genista procumbens


Papaver ?atlanticum


From the kitchen window


To the right from the window


Dianthus


Armeria maritima


Saponaria ?ocymoides


Gypsophila repens alba


Ptilotrichum spinosum roseum


Polemonium caeruleum


Viburnum plicatum


Syringa vulgaris alba


Back along the rock garden


Allium karataviense


The left hand side of the River bed


The right hand side of the River bed


Sorbus cashmeriana


Towards the Vista


Tiarella cordifolia


Iris in the Lily pond


The Hidden Garden


Iris ensata form


Viburnum plicatum compactum


Climbing rose


Meconopsis cambrica yellow form


Aethionema Warley Rose


Into the Yellow Border. Co-owner Bill leading the way.


Paeonia lactiflora form


Viburnum plicatum mariesii


Across the Sedum scree to the pond


Along the Vista to the Swing seat


Polemonium caeruleum album


Iris sibirica


Hemerocallis


Helianthum, pale yellow, pink, and a white one too.


Erodium hybrid


Name escapes me!


Erysimum sp.


Down the Yellow border


Alchemilla mollis


Weigela florida versicolor


From the bench to the Trip trap bridge


From the bench to the pond


From the bench along the Yellow border


Thermopsis montana


Iris sibirica Silver Edge


Phytolacca americana flowering


Into the Damson Wood


Looking back out of the Wood


The Gazebo in the Wood


Weigela which we cannot remember planting here.


The throne in the Wood


Cirsium rivulare atropurpurea


Hesperis matrionalis


The pond


Algae in the pond


Lychnis flos-cuculi Jenny


From the pond to the houses


Geum Blazing Sunset


Erysimum Sprite


Pinus mugo cones


The Alpine lawn


New Crevice garden


Reverse view up the Sedum scree to the houses


Along the Boulder Bank


Roscoea scilloides dark form


Roscoea


Roscoea cautleoides


Clematis montana wilsonii over the Summer House


The Slate bed to the Arnor


The Slate bed


View from the Arbour seat


The Pergola


The Vista from the Swing seat


Geum Cooky


Geranium Kashmere White


Geranium macrorhizum


Aquilegia aberrant form


Aquilegia aberrant form pink.


Medlar Nottingham flower


The small alpine bed


Allium karataviense Ivory Queen


Geum Pink Frills


Alpine bed. The gardener did not want to be photographed.


Gravel path through the old Prairie beds


The Iris garden


Yellow Dutch Iris


Purple Dutch Iris


White Dutch Iris


The Roadside border


The New Forest border


New planting in part of the old Prairie beds


Syringa meyeri Palibin


Blue Dutch Iris


Weigela dark leafed form


More of the Roadside border


Weigela pale pink form


Geum ?Prinses Juliana


Back along the old Prairie beds and the New Forest path


The gravel garden


Newly planted up Saxifrage bed


The Alpine house


The Alpine house


Shade garden ferns


Allium Lucille Ball in Lucie’s garden


Camassia leichtlinii alba


My Greenhouse


Lonicera American Beauty


The Cemetary


The Crevice garden


Finally the Alpine beds under the Cherry tree.

Sorry if some of the photos are a bit fuzzy, it was blowing a gale.

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Comments

 

What a fantastic estate you do have Owdboggy, beautiful vistas and gardens. I really loved the tour, it must take you all your time looking after it and what an amazing job you've done.....loved it!!

2 Jun, 2012

 

Wow!! Some great flowers. Aren't the irises and geums wonderful this year? You have a lovely "estate". Thank you for sharing this with us.

2 Jun, 2012

 

Absolutely fabulous, to coin a phrase!

2 Jun, 2012

 

what a wonderful tour,do you have a team of gardeners ? going back for another look/drool

2 Jun, 2012

 

Respect Owdboggy!

2 Jun, 2012

 

Wow Owdboggy - I'm so tired after the walk around your magnificent garden. You must be so very proud of it - it's stunning!

2 Jun, 2012

 

Ok it takes me all my time to keep my little plot in order, how do you do it - I take my hat off to you - fantastic.

2 Jun, 2012

 

Thanks for the tour owdboggy. I could spend hours in that sort of garden.
PS. Thermopsis montana

2 Jun, 2012

 

Such an amazing garden you have Owdboggy.....and so big, thank you for showing it, beautiful...:>)

2 Jun, 2012

 

What is there left to say! Your garden is absolutely stunning Owdboggy. There are so many beautiful plants it amazes me how you find the time!
That Viburnum is my favourite....I think! :)

2 Jun, 2012

 

i really enjoyed your tour,fab.

2 Jun, 2012

 

Thank you for sharing your lovely garden. I have so enjoyed a walk around it with my early morning cup of tea!

3 Jun, 2012

 

Thank you Andrewr, name changed.
The co owners do a little bit of watering and digging, but the main work is done by myself and my wife, no hired help (would be nice to be able to afford it sometimes).
Glad you all enjoyed it, despite the weather and a few losses after the Winter and early drought, it is looking quite reasonable. Wish the weeds died as readily as the expensive plants though.

3 Jun, 2012

 

Lovely photos enjoyed looking at them all.

3 Jun, 2012

 

Wow what a garden, beautiful design you've got there and some fabulous plants. Hats off to you for keeping it looking so nice, looks like a huge garden.

3 Jun, 2012

 

How lovely! I especially like the river bed and the scree - just beautiful.

12 Jun, 2012

 

Such a wonderful tour... I can hardly take it all in at once... must return for another look !

20 Jun, 2012

 

Wow !! I could wonder through that garden all day

23 Jun, 2012

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