Blogs on spring colour plants

A Special Place ~~ Sweet Rocket ~~

Sorry I know you've already seen it before but this is such a special place it's become an annual walk for us , it's difficult...

Alpine Garden

Last year I decided that as my front garden suffered from prevailling North East/East winds.....an alpine bed would be a...

A walk in a local wood

There's something very special about this wood, the information board at the entrance tells of Bluebells / Rare Wild Lily...

The RAIN is here at last ! :o)))

The gardens were very, very thirsty ... Everyone was waiting for rain ... ..................................................................... For...

My garden is starting to come into colour

These are a few of my flowers in the garden

CONKER invites you along to see his front garden ...

Hello ... we sneaked out early into my front garden ................................................................... ......

APRIL DAYS ~ brief and precious

Early April ... my gardens are coming to life ...................................................................... This...

T'was just a garden in the rain

T’was just a garden in the rain Close to a little leafy lane, A touch of color ’neath skies of gray The raindrops kissed...

Treasure Hunt

Now that the cheerful yellow daffodils have started to fade my garden isn't looking very colourful, or so I thought, until...

❀ Glimpses of my gardens ❀

Near my front door ... ...cottage garden area ... ... across to the rain-water butt ............................................................. ......

More joys of spring...

One of the best things about bulbs is that you forget you where you have put them and then suddenly on a sunny day you see...

♪ ♫ ♬ SPLISH SPLASH ♪ ♫ ♬ ....... I was taking a bath ...

Inspired by Bobby Darin's song ♪ ♫ ♬ Splish, splash, I was taking a bath, On the morning of a spring time day ♪ ♫ ♬ ♪...

♪♪♪ THANK HEAVEN ... for little bulbs ... ♪♪♪

Inspired by the lyrics and music of Lerner and Loewe [ Gigi ] ♪♪♪ Thank heaven ... ... for little bulbs ... ... for little...

A Snapshot of My Downunder Garden During Our Mid-Spring Month.

I thought I would share a snapshot of what was flowering here in my dry tropics garden during the middle of Spring ... which...

Goodbye virus ... hello SUNSHINE ... :o)

Earlier this week a virus attacked me :o( ... so now I know exactly how a computer feels when it gets a virus ... ... really...

The Alnwick Garden - Cherry Orchard and Tulip Festival

A few days ago Hubby & I had a trip to The Alnwick Garden, hoping to see the cherry blossom before the wind blew it all...

Probably The Best Spring Garden In The World

After the Open Garden on Sunday, I decided to treat myself and have a day out yesterday. I went to a famous garden in Kent...

my spring garden

my garden is at its best right now part of it left to its own devices except that i weed it often.We will start at the top...

The colours of springtime

I was really surprised to hear Gardeners World describe blue as the colour of the moment last night. Dont get me wrong, I...

Longwood Gardens...Visit 2

We went back to Longwood Gardens just 2 weeks after the first time....My hubby wanted to see the spring bulbs in bloom. They...

Alnwick Spring Flower Show 2010

Yesterday we went to the flower show, held at The Alnwick Garden. It was a beautiful sunny day and we went early before...

Garden Pictures.

Here are a few things flowering this weekend :-) Miniature Tulip 'Little Beauty' alongside some pansies planted last autumn...

Signs of SPRING TIME in my gardens.

At last the sky is blue. JR's tassels are waving goodbye to winter ... Garrya elliptica "James Roof" ...................................................................... There's...

historic poulton-le-fylde spring crocus`s

hi all though i would show you the historic town "village as locals have always called it" where i was born and all my mums...

gardening

Have been out this morning to test out my new wheelbarrow, a lightweight one just for me!! Its from Netto and great for collecting...

Early Colour In The Foliage Garden

You may remember last autumn I planted up a new foliage garden (in my ‘Bit on the Side’). Even with cold weather and a late...

Looking forward!!

HOPEFUL SIGNS Of what? Well, even though it's only the second day of 2010, there are already signs out there that winter...

Wildflowers in bloom during our spring downunder.

This is a snapshot of various wildflowers that will be blooming now out in the wild-mainly in Western Australia where most...

A spring gardening weekend in northern Oz.

Here in my northern corner of Oz it's spring-but as we approach mid-spring the temperatures rise (today it was 31 degrees...

Spring at Normanby Hall

I don't know about you, but I am so fed up with this damp dreary dismal rainy weather....when are we to have some sunshine...

KEUKENHOF GARDENS PART 2.

First of all thank you all for your lovely comments and I am glad you all enjoyed the photos, more to come on this on blog. Sewingkilla...

MY EASTER TRIP TO KEUKENHOF GARDENS IN AMSTERDAM

Hello everyone. I want to take on a trip to the beautiful keukenhof gardens in Amsterdam. Myself and Christopher along with...

Aching but happy!

It has been a beautiful day. I had several jobs that needed doing in the garden but first I took Chloe for a walk to the...

Garden

Me again! took some more photos of the garden today (am getting very frustrated at not being able to do much!!) everything...

Kentucky Spring.

This past week I was in Lexington, Kentucky for a conference. Every time I go to Kentucky I fall in love yet again with...

Walk down the garden

Walked down the garden today, carefully LOL! Took the camera with me so i could add some pictures to my blog, and there in...

Brodie Daffodils and Rhododendrons

We went back to the castle gardens today with the camera to look at the daffodils and the rhododendrons. In the early 1900s...

Confirmation of Spring

Spring is offically here, at least in our house. Last night the stove decided not to stay in, so be it. It has been a super...

ALL THINGS....

....BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL my snakeshead fritilliary is now fully open and looks good inside and out. There are also white...

The Daffodils of Kempley

Just over the Herefordshire border in Gloucestershire, there is a collection of pretty villages set in gentle, pasteral countryside....

LOOK WHOS BEEN EATING MY FLOWERS..........

SOMETHING SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN HAVING A NIBBLE AT MY ANEMONES...... IT WASNT UNTILL I TOOK THESE PHOTOS THAT I FOUND OUT WHO................ AFTER...

Springtime Colour in My Garden

With the sun gathering her strength and the longer days, I have been wondering around my garden, watching my plants waking...

5 SRGC Early Bulb Day

We have just returned from Dunblane where we attended the Scottish Rock Garden Club's first meeting of the year. The event...

Little pretty flowers in shady places.

At this time of year, I seem to have a real collection of tiny flowering plants hiding under shrubs and trees. They are...