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Gardening blogs from May 2012

Mystery plant naming!

Im desperate to find out what these ones are so i know what position they need- i...

14 comments

leighleigh

31 May, 2012
Leighleigh

The Picos de Europa, for those who love a wilderness . . .

. . . and for Nariz, who loves it so much she lives there! We met-we hugged-and...

33 comments

sheilabub

31 May, 2012
Sheilabub

MAY GARDEN

A few pics around my garden First flower open on clematis 'President', four more...

26 comments

sheilar

31 May, 2012
Sheilar

Flori's Return...An Update..

Hello folks.. Been gone a while from Goy, as life has taken me in varied directions,...

64 comments

floribunda

31 May, 2012
Floribunda

A Glorious Week in The Garden

What a wonderful week of wall to wall sunshine and what better place to spend it...

40 comments

PANSYPOTTER

31 May, 2012
Pansypotter

Just a few more photo's of my garden at the end of May.

Again this is really just to record what is in flower at this time in the sloped...

23 comments

homebird

31 May, 2012
Homebird

dry shaded border

well it was bugging me ,my area under the trees that just seemed to grow weeds, spill...

9 comments

madaboutgardening

31 May, 2012
Madaboutgar..

Nature is cruel

We have been thrilled over the past few weeks with the arrival of a blackbird nest...

11 comments

cammomile

31 May, 2012
Cammomile

New Zealand anyone?

Fancy a quick visit to New Zealand’s Southern Alps? Sorry that I can’t arrange that...

7 comments

bulbaholic

31 May, 2012
Bulbaholic

Sunny weather bringing my garden to life..

Although its raining today but the plants will love it. Phew, what a gorgeous week...

12 comments

youngdaisydee

31 May, 2012
Youngdaisydee

Heligan..part 2..

After a wonderful response to part one,I thought I had better do this sooner than...

48 comments

bloomer

31 May, 2012
Bloomer

Update of my daughters garden at the end of May

I think you all know by now how much I love my daughters garden and this week when...

19 comments

homebird

31 May, 2012
Homebird

A garden to inspire

For a very long time I have been wanting to visit an alpine garden which is open...

18 comments

scotsgran

31 May, 2012
Scotsgran

Hard graft nearly done, now for the fun stuff!

Its took me a week to re-dig and clear the boarder on the front(bear in mind with...

9 comments

leighleigh

31 May, 2012
Leighleigh

GARDEN OPENING SUNDAY AND MONDAY HAMPSHIRE........

We will be opening our garden again for the NGS this coming Sunday 3rd and Monday...

22 comments

Dottydaisy2

30 May, 2012
Dottydaisy2

Slow Lunch

I pelleted everything I could..Never seen this before! Hello Fella, what are you...

14 comments

pimpernel

30 May, 2012
Pimpernel

My new garden

I moved house recently and so thought I’d do a blog to introduce my new garden. ...

13 comments

geranium_gem

30 May, 2012
Geranium_gem

I spied in the garden today....something beginning with S!

SPIDERS.....Arachniphobes this is your warning to look away now! Heading up to the...

17 comments

scottish

30 May, 2012
Scottish

Blooming loverly, but the giant aphids are

spoiling the show, the pesky things are munching away and thriving on my `Aloha rose`. but...

24 comments

stroller

30 May, 2012
Stroller

bunting for sticki

have dun these for clients ........... letters £2 oo each , from hobbycraft ............

18 comments

cristina

30 May, 2012
Cristina

R.I.P Little one.

Whilst pottering in my back garden today,I noticed this little greenfinch sitting...

18 comments

numbty

30 May, 2012
Numbty

Roses

This year seems to be a bumper year for my roses-helped, no doubt, by the liberal...

18 comments

nariz

30 May, 2012
Nariz

More Poppies and a butterfly

A quick walk around the garden this morning revealed even more poppies newly opened...

27 comments

poppylover99

30 May, 2012
Poppylover99

Here they come :) Cottage garden flowers :)

Just in a couple of days lupins and poppy's gone mad :) to grow good globemasters...

6 comments

kate40club

30 May, 2012
Kate40club

Another new path

Just a small one. Across the top garden I had a few large slabs to enable me to...

39 comments

cinderella

30 May, 2012
Cinderella

Trees of Corfu....

Here are some of the trees on Corfu besides Olive trees. Beautiful purple flowers.... The...

47 comments

alexandramou

29 May, 2012
Alexandramou

ONE SOLITARY TREE

Out for a bike ride yesterday had to take a picture of this tree, i do think it's...

6 comments

sharnford

29 May, 2012
Sharnford

Poppys Paradise

I planted loads of poppies last year, they are just now coming into flower. I know...

27 comments

poppylover99

29 May, 2012
Poppylover99

First of the plants to be salvaged before works starts on the back garden

My lovely OH dug this Phormium up for me, it was a bit of a mission as its about...

4 comments

booboosmum

29 May, 2012
Booboosmum

Moving on

My garden is definitely moving on in quite a hurry! After a slow start to May, with...

10 comments

melchisedec

29 May, 2012
Melchisedec

Busy few days with added coincidence

Been a busy few days, what with one thing and another. Thought it was about time...

20 comments

franl155

29 May, 2012
Franl155

THE GREAT POPPY DEBATE

I bought some super poppies last year from T & M. Only two survived their journey...

34 comments

bornagain

29 May, 2012
Bornagain

The lost gardens of Heligan...part 1..

This was the highlight of our holiday last week ,while staying in Newquay,an ideal...

37 comments

bloomer

29 May, 2012
Bloomer

n.g.s

omg , why do i do this lol ............ the n.g.s lady is calling round to moz to...

44 comments

cristina

28 May, 2012
Cristina

Down the path & down the steps

These Pics carry on from a few days ago ,they have come thick and fast in the warm...

16 comments

bjs

28 May, 2012
Bjs

Two weeks on.......

Some of you may recall I did a blog about preparing and planning my allotment...I...

6 comments

teegee

28 May, 2012
Teegee

Red Robins

I planted these two red robins about 3 or 4 years ago. They have always looked really...

13 comments

lijemc

28 May, 2012
Lijemc

Front garden

DOnt show many pics of the front garden. I dont bother baout it as much as the back....

32 comments

pixi25

28 May, 2012
Pixi25

My Walk today in the woods

It was such a bright morning I was on the go much earlier for my morning walk. Come...

9 comments

Scotkat

28 May, 2012
Scotkat

Weekend in the garden

What a wonderful weekend with such glorious weather We spent the whole weekend in...

4 comments

mavisbailey

28 May, 2012
Mavisbailey

Today's colour pt 2

I know another one, but there is so much going on now and to many to put on as individual...

39 comments

surreylad

28 May, 2012
Surreylad

I'm going to buy a gun!

A few days ago I noticed that a couple of my gorgeous, rescued, carefully nursed...

60 comments

gattina

28 May, 2012
Gattina

New Rockery

Been promising myself a rockery one day, and the day came when I thought my middle...

37 comments

cinderella

28 May, 2012
Cinderella

Free Lavenders in a smelly Mag!!!

If you rub the Lavender on the cover of Gardeners' World Magazine it smells lovely...

10 comments

drc726

28 May, 2012
Drc726

Freds' Story

Sometimes nature isn't kind. And sometimes its says to you 'hey wanna help out a...

74 comments

stevietheterrible

28 May, 2012
Steviethete..

Before and After

I love a makeover story-garden, human or home-so here's mine. I have a small patch...

7 comments

lauram

28 May, 2012
Lauram

My Little Rockery

After seeing the rockeries Some Goyers have produced lately (you know who you are)...

47 comments

willinilli

27 May, 2012
Willinilli

The unusual poeny ... anti-climax

So yesterday the poeny opened in the vase. And here are the pictures. The poeny...

6 comments

garden_fairy

27 May, 2012
Garden_fairy

Close ups

Close ups of some of my plants :)

29 comments

pixi25

27 May, 2012
Pixi25

Allotments during April - May 2012

Allotments during April-May 2012 I had a nasty experience on the plot the other week!...

8 comments

balcony

27 May, 2012
Balcony


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