Gardening blog archive

Variability

Flowering in 2020, on the allotment, I thought this, 2077A a most beautiful colour,...

29 Jun, 2023
Siris

Daylilies today

Mid-season is over for me, but there are a lot of daylilies in flower. Some are blooming...

29 Jun, 2023
Wylieinthea..

A good plant for the insects

Many of us grow plants for the insects to feed on such as Buddleia and Hebe as well...

29 Jun, 2023
Seaburngirl

What am I doing wrong?

After nearly a decade of working in this garden I thought I would be at the stage...

27 Jun, 2023
Ange2

Painted walls

I've been painting the walls inside my greenhouse. First of all I gave them a coat...

27 Jun, 2023
Hywel

Just getting back on GoY at the end of June.

I've been so busy for several weeks now, I had been visiting my family the first...

25 Jun, 2023
Kate123

Jack-go-to-bed and other garden friends

Thanks to those kind members who've asked to be remembered to me. Lovely to hear...

24 Jun, 2023
Terratoonie

New Purchase

What do you think of this metal rocking chair I bought from gumtree.It’s like a throne!

23 Jun, 2023
Gerardine

Mr Mcgregor’s garden at Rosemoor!!

Had a lovely wander through Rosemoor and came across Mr Mcgegor’s garden from the...

21 Jun, 2023
Wildrose

Sambucca

Quite pleased with this growing in pot.Didn’t have a place to put it in garden as...

21 Jun, 2023
Gerardine

Even a rainy day is colorful

Another day with rain and sometimes fog, but the flowers still open. Right outside...

18 Jun, 2023
Wylieinthea..

How garden trends change over time …..

I was just thinking as I embrace the white clover spreading in my lawn & watching...

17 Jun, 2023
Amsterdam

Beautiful watching the sun go down

Just that really watching it from my kitchen.

15 Jun, 2023
Kidsgran

Seaside walk this morning

As the temperature was set to rise to 30 degrees by noon, we drove over to a village...

14 Jun, 2023
Shirley_tulip

Where I have been and not been!

Last week hubby and I went up to Northumberland with a couple of chums on the motor...

13 Jun, 2023
Seaburngirl

Grapefruit - worth the wait?

My son sowed a grapefruit pip while he was at university, he then did normal student...

13 Jun, 2023
Grandad_gar..

Early summer 2023

My garden has become quite overgrown in parts, but some bits are rather colourful...

13 Jun, 2023
Hywel

Some heatwave survivors

Interesting to see which plants survive the extreme heat, and which can't be bothered! I'm...

12 Jun, 2023
Sheilabub

Alliums.

A few pictures. Sorry, I don't know the names of most of them.

12 Jun, 2023
Ange2

A little of everything!

Some random photos on our usual lake visit....it varies each time we visit. A flotilla...

11 Jun, 2023
Meadowland

A few random shots

Hello I would just like to share a few favourite shots today First of all two pics...

10 Jun, 2023
Jane_lloyd

Charity plant sale tmrow

I'm getting g ready for my annual charity plant sale in aid of Shropshire Mental...

10 Jun, 2023
Amsterdam

Peonies looking looking fabulous

This morning despite the colour fading quickly and some of my plants suffering in...

10 Jun, 2023
Kidsgran

Plants in June.

Some individual plants are doing well at the moment but overall the garden is looking...

9 Jun, 2023
Ange2

Flowers in the garden

Lots of plants are flowering, meaning summer might almost be here. It is still long...

8 Jun, 2023
Wylieinthea..

Very short blog ...

... for very tall plants :) I don't think I have ever seen 5 foot Cornflowers before,...

8 Jun, 2023
Sheilabub

Garden Chores

Question: Do you have jobs in the garden that you really dislike doing? I have been...

7 Jun, 2023
Ange2

Trellises

At the bottom of my garden I have a flower bed where there was once a disused driveway, and...

7 Jun, 2023
Hywel

More Daylilies

When pollination in daylilies happens, each single grain of pollen creates a seed...

4 Jun, 2023
Wylieinthea..

Just my usual report on my garden!

Every year I show you my sort of low maintenance garden my front garden is what...

4 Jun, 2023
Kidsgran

Roses in bloom today.

I had a look around the garden earlier and was pleasantly surprised to see just how...

3 Jun, 2023
Shirley_tulip

Siris' Irises

Working on my allotment p Then take some photos Difficult to decide which to...

1 Jun, 2023
Siris

The Homestead in June.

Took these this morning. Looks warmer than it is. Through...

1 Jun, 2023
Owdboggy

Glad to say the pond is maturing nicely,

This is going back to 2021 ... Since then little boy statue and more planting has...

1 Jun, 2023
Stroller

Hesperis and the last rhododendron in Sunvalley

This area is not visible from our house. It is a short walk from the house but I...

1 Jun, 2023
Klahanie_