Blogs on annuals

Glorious Petunias!

Glorious Petunias! Before the summer is well & truly over I thought I might do a blog with some of the photos of the...

Portulaca grandiflora

One of my favorite annuals is Portulaca, or Moss Rose. They are in the Purslane family and get to 2½ to 3 inches across....

Flowers from seeds

When it comes to growing from seeds my results are not usually very good, apart from sweetpeas and nasturtiums, which I grow...

Gazanias

I love Gazanias and this year they have been lovely with all the hot weather weve had.

the vibrant colours of Mesembryanthemums[Livingston daisies]

These livingston daisies are so cheerful and bright and the recent awful weather does not seemed to have harmed them. I love...

Bye bye Birdies

I love feeding the birds but unlike my front garden, the back garden has never been very popular with the local bird population...

Petunia Galore

I never relaised how many petunias I grew until I looked through my photos on my laptop. Below are some of the best. Purple...

Sunflowers, Sunflowers & yet more Sunflowers!

Sunflowers, Sunflowers & yet more Sunflowers! This journal is about, you guessed it – Sunflowers, Sunflowers & yet...

In praise of Plumbago

This year I've grown Plumbago (capensis) for the first time, and to say that I'm pleased with them is an understatement! I've...

Sunflowers: Big & small

Sunflowers: Big & small What springs to mind when you think about Sunflowers? I bet it is a Champion Sunflower like this...

Beautiful Corn Poppies

This week I've been at least 3 times to our local nursery and each time, I've been amazed at the beautiful Corn Poppies surrounding...

Coleus arrived today, Very Pleased with them :)

Some of you might remember my blog about not being able to find coleus in any GCs or online this year and how gutted i was...

Black Petunias - yes please!

The world's first black petunia flowers named Black Velvet, were developed using natural breeding techniques to turn them...

Baskets

Its been a busy summer with visitors and grandchildren and burglars and as a result very little time for GOY. I did want...

A view from the kitchen window............. or not!

This the view from my kitchen window, .................................. I can usually see the garden, my pond etc, but...

Flower time

Flowers in my garden

England flag

Planted this flag up to support England in the world cup . Ha flag lasted longer than England ha .

A LOVE AFFAIR (confessional)

This year, after much GOY encouragement, I grew my first sweetpeas. Soaked and sown as per Spritz's instructions into saved...

Flowers in my Garden

I love this time of year winter behind us all the summer to look forward to.I am feeling nery happy as I have the day off...

My local garden center

These are some of the plants they have on display

Martha Washington Pelergoniums also known as Regals (Part Two)

Potting of Regals is coming right along saving 4 of every variety in the collection is proving to be difficult to keep track...

Martha Washington Pelergoniums also known as Regals

I have been fascinated with Regals the better part of twenty years. In that period of time i have learned a thing or two...

Goldsmith Seeds Spring Trials 2009

This week is the week when the seed company that I work for puts on a big flower event to show off how beautiful their seeds...

Garden colour inspiration - New Feature

Hello all, We sort of hinted this was coming when Majeekahead asked for colour search a few days ago... we have just put...

Annuals in 2007

Like everyone else, I suspect, I have made a start in tidying up from this summer and preparing for spring by planting bulbs...