Gardening blog archive

Garden flowers

A few snaps of our garden, our pride and joy.

29 May, 2019
Huffmaling

Raindrops on roses 💦💦🌹🌹💦

It is raining today after a long spell of dry weather and the garden is happy! The...

29 May, 2019
Wildrose

Late Spring in the Garden...

Its been a busy week in the garden and was time to sort the g'houses, as you can...

26 May, 2019
Lincslass

Iris in flower today.

I love the genus Iris and have many species in the garden. The earliest to flower...

26 May, 2019
Seaburngirl

Daylilies & a couple of others

I am continuing to be thrilled by the Senecio cineraria I have in pots: If you...

26 May, 2019
Wylieinthea..

Bargain shrubs.

Hi everyone, I thought I would treat myself today, so as I haven't bought any plants...

25 May, 2019
Derekm

Lovely day in the garden

I haven't been on for a few days, and it will be a while before I catch up as we...

25 May, 2019
Sheilabub

Afternoon tea anyone?

Last August, the month of mine and OH's birthdays, we were given a birthday gift...

24 May, 2019
Shirley_tulip

Gold award for Chris.

Expect you are all indulging in Chelsea this week inbetween a little gardening....and...

23 May, 2019
Meadowland

Spring visit to Highdown Gardens

Highdown gardens are chalk gardens on Downlands countryside. We visit regularly...

22 May, 2019
Shirley_tulip

New and old.

We bought another Crab Apple due to the success of our one from last year, this one...

22 May, 2019
Sunnydais

My Alottment cottage garden.

Here is my allotment garden, i started this fifteen years ago, and virtually everything...

21 May, 2019
Julien

This year so far

Garden centre visits Planting them in the baskets and trays So walk around the...

20 May, 2019
Shahida

May 2019

I have been spending some very enjoyable hours in the garden over the last couple...

20 May, 2019
Melchisedec

Echium Pininana

This plant has fascinated me ever since it was given to me on a visit to an ' Open...

20 May, 2019
Amy2

Daphnes

I bought one Daphne from Macplants, one I was given as a gift from Bjs and three...

19 May, 2019
Scotsgran

Even more Daylilies

If you are going to have spectacular new daylilies, you need to start with spectacular...

19 May, 2019
Wylieinthea..

Growing fruit and veg

The last time I wrote a blog post I told you all that my toddler was old enough to...

18 May, 2019
Mizzle

Like mother like son.

My youngest son has finally got the plant bug. Over the winter he has started to...

18 May, 2019
Linda235

Late lunch stop in Lincolnshire

Travelling back to east Yorkshire a couple of days ago, from Lincolnshire. I stopped...

18 May, 2019
Kate123

ST Johns Wort

I have a St Johns Wort that is now some eight feet tall and with a canopy roughly...

17 May, 2019
Namtar

Update - 5 years on!

Well one thing hasn’t changed since my last post: being inconsistent! I just looked...

16 May, 2019
Fuzexi

Good News From Bad

Some of you may remember last September I asked advice as to what was wrong with...

16 May, 2019
Sunnydais

May 9th 2018 and it's almost summer...started last year!!!

It's been a shocking year and I haven't been able to participate in very much at...

15 May, 2019
Homebird

More Daylilies

I didn't think there would be a lot of action in the daylily fields today, it was...

15 May, 2019
Wylieinthea..

Tomato seeds - sprouting!

Tomato seeds-sprouting! Anybody seen this before? A few days ago I was cutting up...

14 May, 2019
Balcony

This morning's Garden centre visit.

Sun is shinning,gentle breeze,where else would I like to be! For several weeks now...

14 May, 2019
Meadowland

Back garden

I am pretty hopeless at this but I’ve taken a few photos.

13 May, 2019
Gerardine

Maple tree

This is the tree I asked about the other week.looks poorly doesn’t it.?

13 May, 2019
Gerardine

Daylilies

It would seem my garden is entering its peak season for daylilies. There are hundreds...

12 May, 2019
Wylieinthea..

The Garden at Night.

Popped out just after 10pm last night to capture the garden lit up. Some of the lights...

12 May, 2019
Kate123

Popping out between the Spring showers.

Between working and the weather, it's been a bit difficult to get out in the garden...

10 May, 2019
Kate123

A few taken today in between showers

So pleased we’ve had proper rain for hours today. Amy, remember this :). Actinidia...

8 May, 2019
Dawnsaunt

My new Visitor

My new visitor to the garden is a lovely pure white pigeon. At first I thought it...

7 May, 2019
Marjories

Scarifying the lawn.

I don't know about you ,but scarifying the lawns is one of my most hated jobs. I...

7 May, 2019
Linda235

****Accidental Pairings****

It is always a great moment when two plants or even several make for an interesting...

7 May, 2019
Dottydaisy2

Bank Holiday Monday May 2019

Went to the Annual Plant Fair at Leckford Estate, Longstock today, an event which...

6 May, 2019
Siris

A walk aound the garden before the rain arrives.

The garden is looking much fuller now ,rose buds just ready to open with clean,shiny...

6 May, 2019
Meadowland

The last 2 weeks in my garden

What with the warmth, rain and the cold the garden plants don't know if they are...

6 May, 2019
Seaburngirl

Sweet Peas

I have been in the garden this morning to see what is happening and I was very surprised...

6 May, 2019
Marjories

Country Rustic or Country clutter?

Anyone who has been kind enough to read my other blogs will have seen various views...

5 May, 2019
Honeysuckle..

What's your point of view?

I recently posted a photo of a flower in the main border in my back garden, geum...

5 May, 2019
Andrewr

Home from the seas !

Hi all I have been lucky enough to have had a 11 night cruise around the British...

5 May, 2019
Kidsgran

Ferns

I've always liked ferns but haven't really bought many until recently, here are a...

4 May, 2019
Dawnsaunt

Catching up with April

Cyclamen-either repandum or rhodium Iris suaveolens Iris suaveolens Daphn x susannae...

3 May, 2019
Pcw

Spice Grower

Every last Sunday of the month the Japanese colony makes a product fair. Among the...

2 May, 2019
Aleyna

A stroll in the garden on 2nd May

Feeling happy with the progress of the garden so far, I took the camera for a stroll. This...

2 May, 2019
Sheilabub

Wildlife from our window

Last night someone gave us a bird feeder box as a present-we don't have a big enough...

2 May, 2019
Sunnydais