Celebrating 12 months of having a garden!

wow is it really a year? so glad the polemonium have done well for you. the landscaping looks lovely. So pleased you are happy with the garden and are enjoying this mild spring. I'm in Wales with my daughter at the moment and it has been 15-16 degrees over the weekend.

Thanks Julia - well we’ve had quite a few hard frosts recently and this Nemesia still looks perfectly happy :)

Thanks again for your generosity Eileen - I have even had enough seedlings to give some away. And thank you for your kind comment.

Has it been a year already Sheila? Wow, time flies. Everything is perfect. I'm still lovin' the brickwork - you had some talented help.

Incredible that its only a year - look how big things have grown in such a short time! Its a credit to all concerned. Love the bush Amelanchier - didn't know you could get those - how big does it get|?

A lovely garden. You have an very interesting collection of plants. It' lovely to have a greenhouse where you can spend many happy times out of the cold.

Its so lovely Sheila...and so 'you'. I agree with you on Nemesia, in fact I bought three good sized ones for a fiver this afternoon at Tescos. They are only good for bedding here, apart from N. Confetti which is perennial. But I love them. Its funny isn't it...how we have certain plants that we can't do without. Your Cherry looks lovely. And I know Amelanchier is another one for you too. Looking forward to seeing your garden maturing this year. :)

Thank you Paul . . . you’re right. We were so lucky with our two young landscapers - they were talented all right - just brilliant.

Sue thanks! I can’t say how big the Amelanchier will grow, but it’s currently about 4 feet after three years.

Exactly Marjorie - thank you for your lovely comment :)

Thank you so much Karen for your astute comments . . . you know me so well. I’m really looking forward to filling the beds with masses of beautiful flowers this summer :)

Wow it's lovely, the nemesia really pretty as is all, very tempted for a peony ive never grew one :-))

Thanks Daylily . . . I've never grown a peony either, but a normal one and a tree peony were here when we moved in, so we kept them. I like the leaves :)

It's looking really nice. Glad that you are enjoying it, now that all the landscaping is finished. Hope we all have a good summer. The leaves of the Pieris look like bright flowers themselves, as well as the blossom. A really good shrub to have isn't it.

The garden looks superb, worth all the upheaval (and cost) and your shrubs all look wonderfully settled and healthy.

Many thanks Feverfew and Honeysuckle - I do feel lucky to have such a manageable space, which makes gardening a pleasure.

Yes really like the peony foliage aswell an added bonus, lovely they were already there -))

Sheila ... your garden looks very pretty. Useful to have so much trellis.

Sheila, that really is a wonderful design to your garden, the contours are just perfect. Pleased to see the Bowles's Mauve plants are thriving!

Thanks Terra ... yes, I like the trellis but just need inspiration for plants to grow on it. I have sowed perennial sweet pea seeds but no sign of germination yet!

Thank you Shirley, I’m thrilled with the design and it makes the garden incredibly easy to care for :)

Well that time has flown Sheila, you must be in your element now, hard graft all done, now the enjoyable part, growing all the pretty smaller ones of your choice to fill in between the established shrubs, all to be done at your leisure.
I love the design, can't have curves now without a lot of upheaval, think I'm too old now to change all ours but can admire others....

Thanks Sue. As you can imagine, my little greenhouse is full of “pretty smaller plants” just waiting for their moment to be planted out. Nearly there . . . :)

Nice to see you're enjoying your new garden :)

Thanks Hywel - yes, very much :))