Seaburngirl's Garden

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

Good leaf form and a super flower. another shady lady.

small japanese cherry that flowers for a surprisingly long time.

The first of the yellow daisy flowers, dandelions excepted.

A beautiful gift from a friend in Wales. Thankyou it is fantastic.

survived the winter 09/10 and is in full f...

started with 6 bulbs and they seed freely and clump up too.

This blue form is 'Pere David'. it is at the edge of the beech tree and gets a little sun in the spring.

in a sunny spot under the beech tree. a delicate lilac colour. only 4-6" tall.

a new one for me this year 2009, i will watch how it performs.

these are dotted about the garden, some in grassy area others between shrubs. unfussy and easy to care for.

a good mid of the border plant.

There are a few of these in the garden.
notably 'Apledorn' a rich red and 'Golden Apledorn'...

drops its leaves and grows new shiny ones in the autumn. flowers in spring and produces fruits abit like small g...

again i have several good ones but know very few names. They are dotted about the shady places but like most peo...

I love the fragrance of these. after the initial big flowers i prefer the less showy blooms of later years. i ha...

good in semi shade, pretty foliage at any time but especially after the rain.
One planted into the old birch co...

a mothers day gift many years ago . down to 3 bulbs and first time in 3 years that they have flowered.

I have 3 different ones. A very common hardy pale pink; Nairobi Purple which has dark purple flowers and a gift ...

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

first proper species tulip that I have attempted to grow. I have been delighted with it.

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

Pheasants eye are a favourite from my child hood. mum had lots in her garden.
A division 10 daff.

not sure if this is wanda but its a happy little thing

love this plant, such a good doer and propagates so easily either by division or root cuttings. prefer the mauve...

a good strong mid sized rhizomed iris. a deep purple almost black flowered plant.

I have had a few of these late spring early summer varieties. Black beauty is a favourite, a deep purple with a ...

I love these plants. I have Pacific giants that I originally grew from seed in the late 80's. they have bee...

a shady plant that this year [2009] has been nibbled beyond any decency. a wonderful periwinkle blue. under tree...

an excellent plant for shady places. the flowers smell sweet and remind me of a childhood sweet called floral gu...

grown from a berry 12 yrs ago, it has been dug up and moved three times now and so far so good.
beautiful scent...

never had success growing from the dry corm, but 2 pots 2 years ago are really happy. lots of seedlings in the f...

a nice blue one that can also turn pinky as it ages. good clear spots on its leaves too.

there is a another t...

a nice hard working plant that does evrything and more. it can flower from Nov - May.

I think this is the correct id for this plant. new to me. found in a gc outlet 3 pots of 3 for £1.

I have a range of H.x hybridus in white with pink speckles,all white and 3 or 4 shades of pink. all bar one clum...

i have several variaties and i suspect more than one species.
I have gipsy girl, geel [gold],and cream beauty b...

I have at least 3 varieties of these, Harmony is one of these.
Katharine Hodgkin is an odd shade of green becom...

i have many shades of pink and blue, some fully double like crinolines from the deepest rose pink to the palest ...

a must in the shady garden though often gets its leaves stripped by that iriatating fly larva.

a favourite annual but only in the blue shades. love the seed heads and allow them to self seed feely all over t...

i have one named variety Veitch's blue. another one is very similar so it might well be the same one. love ...

excellent ground cover. i have multicolour, bronze beauty and tricolour.

love this highly poisonous genus. have 2 different ones.

one is a paleblue A.carmichaelii. Ice Blue [shed bo...

a real favourite, from my mum's garden originally planted 1930's. with smaller leaves than its modern ...

a beautiful blue flower in this shade loving species. have had it 4 years now and it is spreading gently. the fl...

a lovely off white bell flower that seeds freely and the unwanted ones compost beautifully. full sun or semi shade.

'Pink Princess is a very pale pink and flowers from November onwards and is still in flower in February. Re...

have had this for 3 years now and divides very well for propagating. the bees love it and it is such a good colour.

another genus that is happy in the semi shade. i have 2 un-named ones but some that I do know names for, 'E...

have 5 un-named varieties as well as a nice yellow 'George Davies' and a soft peachy orange 'Culz...

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

the ones that have been grown and left to do their own thing and survived: Brutus, Harry Gray, Tom Thumb, Lady T...

strongly scented and growing slowly but strongly

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

another good genus represented by A.octengloren, A.laevis 'caliope', an unknown purple one from mum&#...

i like this genus I have Arriba, Bonanza, Chantliy lace, Frans Hals, and a variegated one, Golden Zebra. really ...

another favorite genus.
P.rubra a rich reddy pink and has been lifted cleaned of ground elder and replaced. al...

an AGM winner 1935 ish. a cutting from my mums garden now fully established in mine. only rose i have in the gro...

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

Newby Hall', have had this fantastic scarlet salvia for 7yrs now. has been fully hardy in east yorkshire. ...