Join us in our morning walk.
By rose1949
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There is no better start to the day ( hubbies words) than walking round the garden first thing in the morning , smelling the roses and listening to the birds , so i’d like you to join us in our walk. I thought we’d startfrom the back entrance going past the small fruit area and the lilies.
walking on towards the hedge and looking down to the pond.
We will now turn right passing a philadelphus lemonoii which if I could bottle this perfume I would
On the left we are coming up to iceburg ( one of my favourites) and another philadelphus which has definitely excelled itself this year. Do you think the really cold winter had anything to do with it?
Heading towards the sitting area, shall we have a rest! “sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just thinks” One of the late Geoff Hamiltons favourite sayings. Bless him.
We’ll carry on shall we? Turning left past our little summer house on to the garden where " buphthalmum salicifolium"grows in abundance (can’t pronounce it but just love it. It will flower all through the summer whatever the position or weather.
Mickey one of our cats thinks he will join us. Carrying on through this part of the garden are various shrubs and perrenials.
Here is the last rhody to flower
Crossing the path to the next border we shall pause to look up at L.D. Braithwaite rose which is giving us a good show this year
You can see the woodland garden as we walk on..
but we wont go in as there is much more to see . Hope your’e still with us! To the left is “the Times” rose which never lets us down.
and to the right is our bog garden with astilbes ,aruncus and irise’s..
Walking up the garden we see the ballerina ..
nd to the right in the cottage garden is roses Wendy Cussons,Gertrude Jekyll and dear old Geoff hamilton
continuing through the archway with a cutting from the shrub rose Graham Thomas which i have trained as a climber and on the right are 2 clematises.One is Niobe which after I had moved it over 3years ago to a better position because it didn’t seem to grow , it disappeared until this year ,It’s amazing isn’t it (nature)! The other i got from our local nursery very cheaply as it wasn’t named. Any ideas ?
I think we’ll have a quick look at the larger pond now..
forgot to mention , the lovely geese were a present from our son and daughter in law.We are going through the old wooden pergola back into the little side garden and nearly to the end of our walk ( thank goodness your’e saying!)To the left is the yellow sedum .( it started off as one and over the years kept splitting it.
On the right in the little annual garden is a lovely clematis which has moved house with us twice previously and still flowers in abundance. It must be at least 16 years old now.
Now to my favourite of all my roses , the star of the show, it just keeps getting better and better no matter what the weather throws at it. Bonica.
and here is our Minnie fast asleep as usual!
Gleditsia sunrise which gives a goog back drop to this garden and is a lovely little tree, which does’t get too big.We will now have a quick look at the working part of the garden where more plants are waiting to go out and our storeroom which hubby ( in his well days ) built from an old gazebo and transformed it into this useful little building
Now if there any of you left and you haven’t fell asleep along the way I think its time for a cuppa! Thankyou for joining us on our walk .I hope you enjoyed it.
24 Jun, 2011
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What a lovely walk, garden and blog well done:)
24 Jun, 2011
Really enjoyed the walk through your garden, especially the roses. Bonica looks like one to consider for the future, should I find a space in my little garden.
24 Jun, 2011
Your hubby's right, a walk through the garden is just the thing first thing in the morning! Thank you for sharing.
24 Jun, 2011
well i can certainly see why you would want to walk round this garden, first thing in the morning; its lovely! those astilbes are doing so well but its that white rhodedendron is just gorgeous.
24 Jun, 2011
Yes I enjoyed it very much thank you :) It's a lovely garden you've got there, and I really like that little seating place :o)) Very nice indeed !
24 Jun, 2011
Hello again Rose, back from hols? Hasn't the garden filled out well! Such a lot of growth compared to the garden at the start of your blogs? It's gorgeous! Your hubby was very handy at building sheds when he was capable, they're always really useful...if you don't keep filling them up! The Gleditsia is a beautiful tree, I can't grow it here, the one I did have, just blew to bits in a storm one night! Their branches are very brittle, so I'm very jealous of yours... it's magnificent! I see a lot of Dahlias in pots on your aluminium table, are they next on the agenda for planting out, or are you keeping them in pots? Sorry for being nosy, but your garden is very interesting, and I've lots to ask! Last question, does your Niobe clematis always flower so early? Mine doesn't start until mid August! :0) Lovely blog Rose!
24 Jun, 2011
A 'silly-ism' on our part - "Coming for a Teddy?" (Walkie round the garden, like a teddy bear .....) Enjoyed the Teddy round your garden. :o)
25 Jun, 2011
I just walked round again - it's such a lovely garden, thank you.
25 Jun, 2011
Loved walking around your garden ... so much to see and so many lovely different areas. : o )
25 Jun, 2011
Thankyou again all of you. I am hoping to put all my roses up soon. By the way Libet I tend to get loads of gaps in the borders now especially where all the blue geraniums as i cut them all back . It's also useful to have some backup plants incase of any problems that might occur. We are having alot of problems with baby foxes digging every thing up at the moment.
26 Jun, 2011
Oh no! Not foxes! That's a bit of a nightmare! The geraniums grow back though, don't they? The bare patches are a pain to look at, but it's only us that see them, other people don't notice gaps at all! I can see that's why you would have the dahlias in the pots, they would be very nice to drop in to fill a space! Hope the foxes grow up and move away soon!
26 Jun, 2011
The foxes seem to stay on the site even when they are grown up libet and as the geraniums don't flower again i cut them hard back as the leaves on this one are not exactly pretty. Hubby thinks i'm too particular.By the way your garden is amazing . Ilove the last lot of pics.
27 Jun, 2011
Hi Rose ....Thankyou for the walk...thoroughly enjoyed it...A lovely Garden...
3 Jul, 2011
what a lovely lush garden you have Rose.
beautiful, every part of it
Thanks for showing us.
just going back for another look....
8 Jul, 2011
Having a catchup on this rather bad day Rose and the walk around your garden has really cheered me up, its absolutely gorgeous, the cuppa was very welcome as well...
8 Jul, 2011
Just been back for another wander...surprising what you miss first time around, well worth a second look....thanks Rose...
9 Jul, 2011
Thanks again all of you. I really enjoyed doing this and i'm now wondering what i did before i joined goy ( gardening aside of course).
11 Jul, 2011
LOL :o)It is good fun thise site.
11 Jul, 2011
hi Olive how's you...it is a good site, difficult keeping up though lol... :))
14 Jul, 2011
I am well thanks Crissue, I too have trouble keeping up, just waiting to get off out - going to get my annual check up at Docs and then off to GC, so thought I would upload some pictures and have another natter on here before I set off. Hope you are enjoying your garden and getting some nice weather.
14 Jul, 2011
Yes I am enjoying the Garden...and we've only had one day and one nights rain I believe its 6 weeks now...glad of that little bit anyway....Hope the Doc's visit is ok...
keep your hands in your pockets at the GC... :))
take care...
15 Jul, 2011
Check up was good, all fine, but not kept hands in pockets, bought another rose and another plant (Bears Breeches) lol. so no money left now. lol.
15 Jul, 2011
All good news... :))...expect to see a new pic soon then...
15 Jul, 2011
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15 Jul, 2011
Such a lovely walk with you Rose around a most exquisite garden..How wonderful..!\0/x
20 Oct, 2012
Thankyou Flori. I enjoyed looking back at this myself.
20 Oct, 2012
I think we sometimes forget just how much we do achieve, and it is a really pleasant surprise to look back and think, 'Yes, I did that!'.. This was a really enjoyable blog my friend, and I am so glad I checked it out..\0/x
21 Oct, 2012
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I am tired out now, but it was well worth the walk, tea is lovely thank you. Enjoyed myself so so much, look forward to your next blog, thanks Rosie for inviting me to your garden viewing it has been really worth the effort - off to get myself ready for my cricket teas this weekend now, that was the break I needed to get me kick started. Thank you once more. Hope the sun keeps shining on you and your garden.
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