Hywel's Blog archive

A visit to a GoY friend

Yesterday I visited Steragram (Sue) at her home in Pembrokeshire. I had a lovely...

Mid-August flowers in my garden.

The garden is very overgrown and looks a mess to me, so I've started to cut back...

Pollen collectors.

The flowers on one of my cacti recently attracted some hoverflies. They were there...

Exotic Desert Flowers

I started collecting cacti when I was a teenager, back in the 1960s. I initially...

Fuchsias so far ...

Well, so far, my Fuchsias have been slow ... as usual. Other people get lots of lovely...

A look at what's growing at the moment ...

Come and have a look at some things in my garden. I'll show you some of the plants...

Mid Summer Garden (2014)

I thought I'd show some photos of my garden taken this summer, so far :) (I've been...

Work in progress ...

A while ago, I showed the area at the side of my shed, and what I was doing to it...

Fuchsias are not all about big showy flowers ... :o))

My Fuchsias are always slow in flowering ... much slower than anybody else's I'm...

Earre Barre

I don't know what it means, but it's the name of one of my Fuchsias. I had it several...

A change for the better :)

The part of my garden nearest the patio is in a bit of a mess ... I must tell you...

An Aquilegia Garden :)

My Aquilegias have been beautiful this year again :) I let them seed themselves wherever...