Franl155's Garden

looks like dead grass at the moment!

moved it when I did this bed; it was crammed under the Ribes and had lit...

bulbs planted 140309 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant

bulbs not planted yet - the pack instructions said that the plant should be lifted eery year, so I need to know ...

Bought four packs of bulbs to maximise chances of getting at least some! Can only find three now, so must have ...

I finally went to a garden centre that I've been trying to find for ages - with heroic restraint, I only bou...

bought 140522, planted 140525

checked on Google, this plant apprently grows to 4 metres high and wide - would...

140829 - a gift from Samjp, "plant B" on her list and so labelled in my pot - easier than writing out ...

Steragram very kindly sent me a leaf cutting; fingers crossed I do it right this time, I've never been able ...

140829 - a gift from Samjp, "plant C" on her list and so labelled in my pot - easier than writing out ...

GoYer friend suggested that it might be this variety.

bulbs planted 140307 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant. Don't know how this differs fr...

bought 140522, planted 140523 - £2 from Asda.

Don't know which type - long trumpet, plain petals

gift from Shirley Tulip 140922

spotted them growing 140401 - Terratoonie ID'd them for me

got about half a dozen sizeable clumps showing...

I looked for the botanical name, but apart from Wiki's general entry, it lists 13 varieties, no idea which o...

gift from Shirley Tulip 140922

didn't get any pictures of it when I came to view hte property; looked like a load od dead, dry grass! but ...

140321

the mother of many, at least by size! three large clumps in the back garden, at least half a dozen in...

thanks to Bjs for sending me this baby - been on windowsill till yesterday.

bulbs planted 140307 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant

bought: 140626
planted: 140622 - wth Trailing Lobelia

Inherited from preious tenants, who must have liked them a lot! or left them to spread.

I bought three grasses on the same day, and noted the label names, then looked each up on the BBC Plant Finder -...

I've no idea what kind of heather it is, or even if it's an erica or the other one - which makes finding...

Can't find this plant on Shoot!, RHS, BBC or Dave's Garden - all got pelnty of "pink" and &quo...

Don't know if this is the right name, it's the closest match I could find on the BBC Plant-finder

I h...

gift from Karensusan63 120916

gift from Karensusan63 120916

gift from Karensusan63 120916

friend Ron took me to a couple of Welsh garden centres. I did very well, only bought one plant at the second!

from Dorjac 120927

planted in biodegradable peat pot; upgraded to proper pot week later.

gift from Shirley Tulop 140922 - type unknown, so I’m calling it Heuchera Shirley

inherited from previous tenant.

bulbs planted 140307 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant

gift from Shirley Tulip 140914

first noticed it 140308 - seems to be only one so far

given to me as a parting gift by Hira, my befriender, in Novmeber.
Found tham again in February, planted them o...

bulbs planted 140307 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant

don't know which variety this is

As near as I can tell, the label calls it Japanese Sedge, with the above name

from Shirley Tulip 140922

1470515 - only noticed these when I'd cutback the overhanging bindweed and trimmed to Cotoneasters back

this shrub sits behind shrub 15, and appears to be split around it - can't imagne there being room for two i...

bulbs planted 140305 - be a while before I can put pics to this + even if I can work out which of the six variet...

bulbs planted 140305 - be a while before I can put pics to this + even if I can work out which of the six variet...

bulbs planted 140305 - be a while before I can put pics to this + even if I can work out which of the six variet...

bulbs planted 140305 - be a while before I can put pics to this + even if I can work out which of the six variet...

2012
Feb 24th: bought half a dozen in small pot at Sainsbury's - succumbed to temptation - at last a plant...

bulbs planted 140305 - be a while before I can put pics to this + even if I can work out which of the six variet...

from Bjs, arrived 120509 - not sure which subspecies: it has blue flowers so that narrows it down a bit - think ...

Was given three off-cuts via Freecycle. In pots for now till I can decide where they're going to go

look...

bought 140305, planted 130308. There don't seem to be many squirrels here (only seen two [or one twice] in ...

from Gary the gardener 150416. Not sure what variety it is: Wiki shows pink flowers, RHS shows white, so will ...

planted 1404 as a "blue garden" pack of seeds - only thing that's come up blue so far!
GoYers ID&...

Thanks, Scottish, Karen and Gee for triple confirmation!

to one side and in front of the flowering Quince.

moved it when I did that bed, it's now more forwrd and ...

bought 6-pack from Co-op 140526
plnated in reaised bed few days later
munched to pieces within a week
started...

it's got a lot taller since this pic!

thanks to CottageKaren and Dorjac for the ID

ink this is the name that was in before: changed the title and all the other details vanished!

150415 - from Ron. Huge root clump, he had to lift it out of the box for me!

140321
Beleive this to be a rose bush because of the leaf shape and small fruit - hips? and thorns!

bought at Sainsbury 130901 x 2

140829 - a gift from Samjp, "plant D" on her list and so labelled in my pot - easier than writing out ...

Guessing at the exact type, since this is the only one on the BBC plant-finder site to have yellow flowers.

bulbs planted 140309 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant

bulbs planted 140307 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant

I'd read that Spider plants could be put outdoors in summer - it helped to harden tehm. These ones seemed t...

thanks to Neellan for the ID

inherited from preious tenant. was crammed in a corner between paving and shed, overshadowed by other plants. ...

planted March 2014
miniature tulip, ID'd by CottageKaren

bulbs planted 140307 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant

bulbs planted 140307 so will be a while before I can add pics to this plant

saw something red in my "blu...

a gift from Samjp, "plant A" on her list and so labelled in my pot - easier than writing out the whole...

gift from Shirley Tulip 140914

amazing what Freecycle can do! I offered some seed trays, someone came to pick them up and started telling me t...

given to me by Gary the gardener 150307

I've no idea what plant this is, other than some kind of conifer
This pot has a reservoir underneath, but n...

2 close together - 20 + 21
took me a while to realise these were two different plants of hte same type! at lea...

bought 140523, planted 140525

no idea of sub-species!

bought 140523, planted 140525

botanical name: "we'll help" gives too many options! Google site...

only found what this was by a label I found a couple of inches down while thinning the plants. (Wrong!! it was ...

131107

there were four shrubs crowded into one small corner, must have looked nice when they were all small, ...

planted under flowering Qunice; noticed something growing there, but no idea what till the blooms appreared

n...

131009
and hedge 44 on the left, both in need of a haircut

ID'd by CottageKaren

2016: given aay via F...

130110 - Californai Lilac

ID'd by CottageKaren

hasn't changed much since I first saw it, except it...

This was one of the few plants that I was able to identify from the flowers that were in bloom when I first view...

plonked in the middle of the front lawn with a tiny border round it - been calling it the "lollipop bush&qu...

had this couple of years, just found out its name, or at least I think it's its name. The info I just found...

BBC and RHS plant finders spell it with a "j", which is why they both turned up 0 results till Google...