Gwendas's Garden

Mat forming producing masses of pink flowers into late summer. To add colour in driveway border.

This variety likes the sun so in the driveway border. Small dark pink flowers with red veins and a dark centre. ...

For driveway border to add mid summer colour. Heads of rosy-crimson flowers on attractive foliage.

In raised driveway border. Likes the sun. Delicate palepink semi-double flowers for early summer.

On driveway border in full sun but may be too windy - have to wait and see if it is happy there!

Masses of dainty rose-pink flowers on a cushion of neat green foliage all summer long. On driveway raised border.

Very decorative dark purple centre with white petals in 'hot' border.

A spreading mat-forming perennial with abundant clusters of magenta-pink flowers.

Spreading clump of handsome bright glossy green divided leaves and funnel-shaped lilac pink flowers. In hedge bo...

For shady hedge border.

For shady hedge border to fill in gaps and add colour in Summer. Clump forming with flowers of dusky violet pink...

For the new brick bee planter.

Pink variety for beside the new bee planter.

Dwarf variety with bright pink flowers for new bee planter.

brightly coloured perennial poppies for in front of new brick planter.

Deep purplish foliage. More vigorous trailing stems than other varieties so will make good ground cover.

Dark blue flower spikes on deep purplish foliage.Shade lover so in front garden.

Multi coloured foliage for ground cover in the shady front garden.

Bought at the Royal Cornwall Show - fell in love with it! Blood red centre with white outer petals. Partial shad...

White fringed rounded flower heads. Long succession of flowers. In sunny 'hot' border.

White flowers in Spring and second crop later. Replaced gardenia in front garden. Very easy to grow the label says!

Perenial succulent with dark purple foliage and gold - yellow flowers on mature plants in Spring. Can reach up t...

Again from the Royal Cornwall Show 09 from the W.I. for my shady border. Lovely foliage.

Got this from the W.I. tent at The Royal Cornwall Show 09!
Recommended by them for my shady border. Lovely dark...

This ones for a shady border. Pretty red flowers on limey green foliage.

Buttercup-like flowers above clumps of dark green foliage.Shade loving plant so in front garden border.

Shade loving plant for front garden. Variegated foliage with white hooded whirls of flowers on short spikes in l...

Hardy annual in summer border for its rich dark red leaves. Striking!

Neat, upright bushy perennial with large white throated deep red flowers on short spikes.

Rich purple leaves in early Spring fade to greenish purple in mid-Summer when masses of pale pink tubular flower...

Easy to grow compact variety. Vibrant red buds open to bright pink flowers in Summer.

Flowering spikes of maroon flowers. Looking forward to seeing this through the Summer Spritz!

Powdery grey leaves die down in Autumn and return in Spring. Scented deep burgundy flowers with yellow rimmed wh...

Dark green leaves with purple veins and long pink flower spikes.

Alpine form. In front garden in partial shade.

Rich plum red flowers for hot colours summer border.
Finally found one Spritz!

Double, near black flowers for screen border.

Tricolour pink and cream foliage, purple and red flowers suitable for partial shade so in pot with dark oxalis i...

In summer pot with drumstick aliums - lovely bright pink tinged foliage.

Tall clumpforming variety with red-brown foliage and pale pink flowers. Loved by bees.

lovely vanilla scent - in birdcage pot together with trailing petunias.

double flowers resembling a clematis flower - gorgeous deep purple.

love the smell of these in the summer - in wall border.

Exotic looking plant, gorgeous deep red in container with dark grass and white dianthus for early summer.

Dark green foliage with deep magenta flowers in late Winter and early Spring.

Golden yellow Summer foliage, bronze tints in Winter and pink flowers early Spring.

Deep magenta flowers May - June. Striking clumps of large lobed leaves attractively zoned dark brown.

White flowers with crimson veins in summer. Marbled foliage.

Hardy variety in the front garden.
June 09 - taken out and put in a container where I can nurture it! It wasn&...

Beautiful dark-burgundy foliage throughout growing season.Pink flowers in spring. Tolerates partial shade so in ...

Miniature variety with bright golden leaves and dark lavender flowers. Likes shade but not too wet so in 'sh...

Trailing plant for driveway border -deep blue flowers through from May to September.

Compact variety with lovely nodding bell-shaped pink and white blooms.

Really pretty blue and cream variety.

Found this rare one at Boconnoc Spring Flower Show already growing as it doesn't grow well from dry corm app...

Crimson flowers topped with pale pink bracts in summer. In new summer border.

From Jekkas - frost hardy - lime green flowers with pale green bracts. Known as lemon lavender it has culinary u...

Large furry buds on fern-like leaves - alpine in drive border, one deep red and the other purple. For Easter - r...

Copper red foliage with dark grass like flowers in summer. In pot by stone bench in full sun - to be accompanied...

In a 'shady' pot by front door.

I never tired of these plants for their varying gorgeous coloured foliage. Another one for a container before pl...

Flowers of creamy brown for the summer border.

Decorative foliage for summer border.

Wanted this for flame red colour in the summer border.

2 of these vivid orange-red heads above green foliage for summer border.

Sea Thrift with bronze foliage and pink pom-pom flowers for up the driveway.

Love the colour of this one

In hedge border - look forward to enjoying this next Spring!

Bright sugary pink flowers mid-spring to summer. Bronze foliage that creates lush carpet that stays all year. Ha...

Haven't got this yet but is planned for front garden in Autumn!
Small Spring flowering tree followed by red...

to go in summer container as a trailing plant with sweet peas and small verbena

little alpine version for driveway raised border

both coloured ones to go in sweet pea summer container

another lovely reddish one to bring out colour of Cornish stone wall.

in border by wall

Black flower gold edged - my ambition one day is to have an Auricula theatre as in Victorian gardens! This is in...

In a container so I can see the lovely orange and copper Winter/Spring foliage on the patio.

So pretty! Shady hedge border plant.

Chosen by my Dad for me as I love all things Italian! This one has lovely pink to cobalt-blue flowers in Spring....

Lilac to vivid blue flowers in Spring. In front garden because prefers shaded spot during summer months. Leaves ...

A dark red dahlia for the summer border this year.

Another dark dahlia for summer border

Part of a group of dark dahlias for summer border. Came as tubers now potted up in greenhouse.

Lavender-rose large single blooms from June-September in container with willow wigwam may go up by stone bench i...

After admiring Terratoonie's I just had to have one for Winter interest - to be seen from my kitchen window ...

Wanted some of these so it called to me at the GC! Hope it spreads a bit next year.

Pink double hellebore - couldn't resist it as it was a bargain- a late addition!

Star-shaped yellow flowers late Spring planted in driveway rockery border.

For shady hedge border. Already had a few selfseeded plants there- thanks to the birds? Wanted more of these lov...

Magenta pink variety with silver-grey woolly foliage suggested for dry driveway border by Seaburngirl. May grow ...

Suggested by Seaburngirl for dry soil border up driveway.

Spreading mat of purple-red foliage with deep pink flower heads in early summer. Wanted to add that deep red col...

Alpine for the side of drive- mauve yelloweyed flower spikes from spring to early autumn. If successful may buy ...

Mauve/purple flowers with blue- grey foliage from late winter to early autumn. Hardy to -10 degrees.

Eye catching red tinged leaves all year with lilac-blue flowers in early summer. Hardy to -5 degrees.

Wanted one of these for winter interest next year and it smells delicious!

New hybrid bred for the flowers to look upwards. Pretty pale pink that deepens to deeper colour.

Tall, rare variety bought from Bosvigo House and Gardens on Hellebore Day 2009. Planted in front garden border -...

Bought at Hellebore Day 2009 - chosen for me by Carol Klein!

Bought to add reddish foliage to the wall border.