Seaburngirl's Garden

a lovely rich bule that grows 5ft tall. excellent cut flower but very poisonous. ocassionally sets seed.

som...

bright and cheerful annuals that self sow freely.
daughters call them pixie hats due to the flowerbud covering.

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

collected the seed from the fiels behind my childhood home. grows well good for bees and self seeds freely.

like the flower arrangement on this plant.

had this for years. reliable and will tolerate some shade.

a sweetly scented yellow flowered plant. forms blue black berries. has remained evergreen all winter.

A gorgeous haze of purple flowers. lovely foliage too.

asiatic lilies kept in pots to be put in gaps in the borders. i have: a rich red, a stunning bright orange and a...

have grown these for years. one of the first seeds my dad gave me to grow. love the fragrance and will only grow...

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

small corms that flower year on year.
Black beauty has been growing for 12 yrs. regularly split the clmp.
Blue...

must have been in the original bedsbefore we built the walled beds. or in the topsoil that we filled them with. ...

this sits and flowers for months on end at the edge of the conifer bed. such a good little doer.

these flower just as a small white one is going over.
spread well but such a lovely sunny yellow

a member of the onion family. flowers on stalks about 1m tall. greenish on the outside but a lovely blush pink i...

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

an original piece of rhizome from the leven canal, taken by my hubby when he was 10 yrs old or so. propagated an...

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

An old favourite that keeps getting bigger and bigger.
In when we moved in. now in 2 groups.

an all time fav from childhood. love the insides of this stunning flower. have a range of colours but still pref...

A lovely slender pale yellow flower. plant spreads happily in the shade of the beech tree and in other shady pla...

happy in damp shade. doing well. flowers are not very brightly coloured but a nice change.

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

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

A happy shrub except for the little caterpillars that are eating the leaves, hence the many holes in the foliage.

I have several that I dont know the names of.

a delicate pale pink fower, the plant disappears over winter.

started as a small piece with one flower spike and has over the last 5 years grown rather well.

give these by a friend I have made on GoY.
they are nearly all white though some have a hint of pink and one th...

I have several grown from seed. The oldest is a Russel Hybrid, yelon and pale pink. seeds freely and all come up...

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

A surprise seedling that was moved to fill a space in a hedge. it will need a trim to keep it in check.

There are many that have been bought or grown from seed, but many are allowed to self seed and i get some lovely...

A collection of tall bearded iris were in the garden when we moved in. A lovely white and a lovely yellow one. s...

A plant from a casualty corner that has given me years of pleasure. i love the felty nature of the leaves. propa...

this was in the garden when we moved in. i like the delicate pink of this one. it is in the shed border next to ...

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

a prolific self sower but a lovely plant non the less.

also called the star of persia. have it in front of a dahlia and along side another two A. aflatuense and A ...

in flower now 12th may. growing with A.aflatuense and A.cristophii. different heights and flowering times to ext...

Flowering slightly later than purple sensation, but planted along side to continue the allium aspect.

i love this maroon colour of the flower. seeds freely though.

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...

growing well in the only fully sunny bit of the garden.

I have the british native as well as its larger spanish cousin. the british one has a delicate scent too.
found...

a small cluster that is in a woodlandy bit where the silver birch used to be. Smell is 'interesting' b...

A Rowan tree, collected as a seed from my last home and germinated in 1996. It is growing well and flowered at ...

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

growing in full sun in the only full sunny bed in the garden. I have had this for 3 yrs now and is bulking up br...

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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bought may 3rd 09 from spring plant fair Harlow Carr
Harrogate.
another plant for the shade. planted down the ...

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

I love these plants.
Bowles mauve, Chelsea Jacket and a sunny yellow one too.

Bowles mauve is easy to propag...

Had trouble getting my first plant to grow and now it seeds freely. As the tulips go over they take over the reins.

doing well but creeping very slowly.

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

2 pale lilac that i enjoy tremendously.
also have a yellow one in a pot.

A british native that grows wild in all shady bits of the garden.

The seeds freely and I am sure I have the white as well as the blue form.

planted 3 in the shed border in th...

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

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

a narrow conical shrub, soft blue-green leaves 8ft by 2ft. its more than 2ft in my garden. birds love nesting in...

planted in october 1997

Dwarf mountain pine and it is still not 5ft tall. love the flowers it produces every ...

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

one of several in a very 'out of fashion' conifer bed.
love the shaggy appearance of the growth.

y...

one cooking apple that freezes well. Its not a bramley but tasty. another deep pink blossom coming from the root...

A large shrub now with 'shothole'. It will be heavily pruned this year and if it survives good if not ...

a good evergreen leaf on this good groundcover / rockery plant. I have taken cuttings year on year as it can get...

a pretty little tulip that has 3 red tepals and 3 inner yellow tepals.

a sweetly scented flower that will be at home in the shady parts of the garden. have one in beech border the oth...

a delicate pink flower above grey/green foliage. A chance seedling in Alan Bloom's Foggy bottom apparently....

a slow growing ground cover that is happy even in deep shade. I have two, the all green one and the variegated f...

can be a bit of a thug but it is good ground cover.

I have an all green blue flowered one and the variegated white flowered one. both in moderate shade doing a gran...

I love L galedoblein 'hermann's pride. also called yellow archangel, it can be a thug but it is easy t...

a small creeping ground cover plant that thrives in shade. produces spikes of greenish cream flowers not disimil...

a useful shrub. old stems used as pea sticks or larger supports.

A tall shrub that produces long flowers that become laden with 'grape like/sized' fruits. the birds lo...

a good plant for shade. sap can cause skin burns especially when exposed to the sun.

I have the normal form and alba. Alba is planted over a pet guinea pig so that she doesnt get disturbed during w...

Given this from the wooded area of Nunnington Hall Yorkshire. Love the pale pink colour form.

A lovely GoYer sent me this and it has produced its first mouse today [well i first noticed it]. An opening to l...

This cherry is well over 30years old apparently.
the flowers are a lovely pale pink with reddish foliage. .

A welcome and pure white shrub. cut for a vase with Muscari is absolutely stunning.

first plant i put in the ...

Dont remember planting this but its a welcome addition.

a pretty pale pink flower.

known as night phlox. it opens in the evening and the scent is heavenly. reminds me of the smell of lemon sherbe...

grew these from seed that i collected from a wild plant growing in the local embankment. from that original seed...

a shrubby tree for all seasons. i grow C.jackmanii through it too.

E pelargoflorum 'purple sweetheart' is doing well and will go in the border at the front in the sun.
...

Won these bulbs in a raffle. they are a beautiful flower.

i have two different colours. an older variety 'Winchester Fanfare' red-ish with a yellow throat and ...

nice foliage and a pretty pink flower. have this in full sun.

growing in full sun. leaves have a pinky tinge to them when young. A nice shape too.

A deep coloured leaf that is doing well in semi shade.

I have several of this genus.
D. dilatata 'Cristate Broad Buckler Fern'
D. filax-mas [Linearis polyd...

There are 3 in the garden:
A. scolopendrium 'Hart's Tongue Fern'.
A. scolopendrium angustfolia ...

common name is eared lady fern. it has good reddy brown croziers in spring and holds on to its fronds into late ...

A woodland favourite. clumping up nicely too.

M. latifolium Still not certain if i like this. i like the colours but not the shape.

M. botryoides a robust...