Seaburngirl's Garden

Bought from primrose bank kexby 9.4.17.
for a shady place.

A heart shaped leaf that is similar to cyclamen. cost £4 at the rare plant fair.

Bought late 2009 from HPS stall. Not expensive but just leaves.
2012 there are flowers forming.

given as a 'cutting' form Barbara spring 2011. Doing well in its first season.

didn't know what this was but spotted it at an open garden and can now put a name to it.

originally from ...

Bought from John and Gail Sommerfield's stall at the Harrogate plant fair. It is about 45cm and a mid pink c...

a dark stemmed plant with a lovely soft lilac flower. it is a good flower and tall at about 5ft tall.

A white form 'Astary white' planted at the damp corner of the shed in the shed border.

A lovely pale pink form planted in the raised bed next to the pond overflow.

Bought from the HPS stall at Burton Agnes.

a lovely red flower. bought 2009 as a casualty plant. tlc and a good mulch means that it is doing well [2011]

I have several of these, most are the pale greenish one except for one red one called Star of Beauty.
Star of B...

50p as they were half dead. now growing a bit happier in the ground in the shade of the beech tree.

an evergreen fern that will grow to 70" tall by 50" width apparently. one of the japanese painted fer...

A smaller flowered plant. on the left of the rockery as I face the outplace.

A large flower form. on the right of the rockery wall facing the outplace.

I hardy shrub with small velvety purple, almost black star flowers. The yellow spots give a lighter effect in th...

bought in 1996 for £1 each. in a large container and dont know variety names.

bought 9.4.17 Primrose bank
it will go in the front as it prefers a sunny spot.

The second plant Victoria bought me for Mother's day it will have bright yellow flowers on it soon. I will h...

This is a gorgeous shady lady. Sadly the slugs love it.

A tuberous begoni that starts to appear above ground in May. said to be tender but so far it has survived for 4 ...

given 5 free tubers of one called aromantics. 3 have groen and flowered. scent is citrusy and i love it. the col...

I have two types, this pale pink one in flower in March. may not be B. purpurascens.
A darker one that I know h...

Bought for £2.50 from the plant-man 29.3.15

An aster-like flower borne on very fine stems. Form Westshore nurseries for £3.50. Harrogate flower show 17.4.11

The blue form is planted next to a purple haze geranium.

a delicate looking white 'bluebell' but not a close relative to the bluebell.

planted next to a monar...

Bought from Peter Beales nursery £3.60 [half price as it had finished flowering.] Day out to Norfolk with OH to ...

A lovely Brunnera expensive at 7.49 from colettas. 3.2.17.

primrose Bank Kexby 9.4.17
another brunnera to add to the 'collection'.

I have two, both in shady spots.
the normal species and the cultivar jack frost.
Jack Frost hasnt self sown bu...

have only got two, a small [max 8'] variety called Bright Pink, yes its pink but a soft magenta pink. and a ...

A lovely hardy yellow daisy. bees and pollen beetles love it. grows to a good clump 2ft tall but needs full sun.

Sowed several in 2013 and I had a lovely range of colours. Some set seed and others overwintered.

Potted direct into gravel and popped in the corner of pond. £3.00 from Beverley Market 13.4.13.

bulbs that flower May. thriving in the semi shade of the beech tree.

variety 'Ave Marie'
originally grown in a pot as i have chalky soil. 12yrs ago I put it in the ground a...

had this for at least 10 years. seeds around a little bit but a good doer.

have this in blue and white. love the clear open flowers. multiplies beautifully.

Bought from an open garden visit plant table back in June 2010 and as yet not got it into the ground. I know wh...

A gobful of a name and hopefully this will do well in the semi shade. Bought 3.3.11

for shade. has lilac flowers. bought 3.3.11

collected seed from plants in Harlow Carr in late spring 2009. with permission of one of the gardeners.

They ...

a lovely woodlander.

Growing in a mound of moss in the pond. A favourite wild flower from damp areas .

a £3.00 plant from the AGS at Caerleon. A nice full pot that will be happy in shady part of the garden.

white flowers with lilac anthers. for shade area. 3.3.11

i was given this by my brother 8 years ago in a 3" pot. it is now about 18" in diameter. it adds a dif...

A fine leafed form of sedge. lovely bronze colour.

grown from seed 2007. growing steadily in the very front border. a lovely clear mauve/blue.

A large vigourous shrub that i was given as a 6" cutting. I love the deep blue of flowers.

deep red almost black flower. Caught my eye on a stand at Gardeners world live. Not in flower yet but full of p...

a deeply cut silvery leaf that has a stunning magenta flower. also self seeds too.

Grown from seed 3 years ago and flowered in its second year. the bees love it so do the pollen beetles.

A gentle self sower that brings colour to the borders.
I have a lovely delicate mauve form called
C.montana &...

a tall 7ft dominating plant. definitely back of border.
a delicate yellow flower.

this was a bargain at £10 from one of the local outlet centres. Bought a Ginko for £5 at the same time. It was i...

A soft apricot pink flower.
planted in side drive corner of conservatory.

Bought as a thank you pressie.May 2010.
planted against the wall down the side drive to the old vicarage.

This is called a dwarf blue snapdragon, due to its flower form. Bought from Pickering 2.4.12 for £2.50
plant in...

A lovely yellow leaf that is growing and merging with J chinennis 'stricta'

a darkish green form with a 'wavy' appearance. in the conifer bed. planted october 1997.

never got these to flower but I love the green of these leaves.

a 3-4ft tall stiff stemmed pinky purple flowered plant. steadily 'walks' through the border but non thug...

The rich blue form. Love the intense blue colour of these.

A delicate pink form. Hope to naturalize them in one of the borders.

planted 10yrs ago to fill a gap that i didnt have time to cultivate. it still does a sterling job but it is too ...

bought at the local HPS meeting. a pretty soft apricoty peachy pink. flowering its socks off.

this single was in the garden when we moved in 1996. the neighbours said it has been in for years before that. a...

Another shady lady bought from Caerleon 15.2.14.

C.montana 'Elizabeth', pale pink allowed to scramble where she wants.

This so floriferous I just had to get it.

Bought from gardeners world live for £3. a late flowering one, soft lilac flowers according to the label.

Bought to flower along the fence now that I have removed a holly and retrained the Jasmine.
bought 26.2.11 £2.9...

growing through the conifers. flowers in late summer. love the tulip shape of the flowers.

Bought in 2009 for £1.99 fro the 'plant man'. Planted it to grow through the dead Ceanothus.

deep red large flowering climber. I think it will go nicely through Buddleia Sungold.

Bought in 1999 in honour of youngest daughter. This grows up through Rosa New Dawn. It is described as purple wi...

growing up the climbing hydrangea and gate. flowers are cream with maroon speckling on the inside of the petals.

an herbaceous clematis with lovely blue flowers.

C jackmani grows through a snowy mesilopus.
Spring 2011 looks like it may have sucumbed to the harsh winter.

Growing through a Philadelphus and starts in March and then lovely seed heads in the autumn.

A dwarf mound forming, cream flowered clematis. Harlow Carr 28.4.13 £2.99

the cowslip clematis climbing in the yew hedge between no 2 & 3. flowers late summer early October.

I adore this late flowering form. This is my second attempt at growing this one. planted to clamber through the ...

Bought at gardeners world live. June 2013 planted against fence in the side garden. should have pink flowers lat...

planted these as a cluster of 3 bulbs. and they have multiplied beautifully.

I think they are autumnale but t...

a pretty dwarf form. in the rockery. from Janet Dolling.

excellent little dooer that never seems to mis behave, i wish it would once in a while as i cant get enogh of it...

one of my all time favourites for habit, shape, and scent. I try very hard to get it to go rampant but it wont.
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doing well but creeping very slowly.

moved one of the three from under the beech tree to the shed border. jul...

coverted fro Spritz's garden. bought one 7.4.11 from Norwell nursery. not sure where it will go just yet.

A sweetly scented form. Caerleon 15.2.14

Bought from Primrose Bank nursery for £3.50 at the Burton Agnes plant fair.

A nice blue flower form. Planted under the Deutzia/Yew. A slight fragrance.

bought 7.4.11 from Norwell Nursery.

Bought 14.2.15 at Caerleon AGS.

Cross between C elata and C flexuosa.
lovely acidy green foliage with deep blue flowers.

A very intense blue flowered form, that flowers for a long time apparently. £4.50 from Norwell nursery. 4.4.13