Simbad's Garden

Another swapped one, absolutely love this one as don't have to remember to keep dividing, just spreads arou...

Seedlings grown from seed in spring 2012 flowering for the first time 2014.

Seedling sent to me by Siris, pot in greenhouse.

Lovely architectural plant.
Planted in border at bottom of garden.
Brought from dads house after he died.

Green-red leaves summer,turn yellow orange in autumn, for best results grow in part shade to prevent scorching ,...

Acer with green leaves edged with cream,had been on my wish list for ages , bought 3 years ago as sappling still...

Lovely Acer which forms a bushy dome shape, deeply dissected brownish red leaves, brighter in autumn.
Planted t...

Green cream and pink leaves, 80cm spread x 100cm tall .
Trying in border at entrance to wood where its more she...

Bought for border near wood entrance hoping it's sheltered enough from the wind, B and Q £14.99, really nic...

Love the colour of this acer planted when we first moved here near front gate, lovely deep purple/red leaves.

Always wanted this tree and spotted it at a local nursery in bole for £13 !! around 6ft tall already, for new be...

5ft tall flat heads of mustard yellow flowers.
Planted bottom of right hand long border near rhus.

18-24inch flat heads of cherry red flowers.
Planted top of the hill border and border round house,grown from T+...

White aconitum grown from seed sent to me by Siris , three plants on third level of newly cleared area in wood i...

Lovely succulent swapped on swapshop 3 years ago, purple leaves, better in full sun, easily propogated, lives in...

15-18inch tall apricot flowers highly fragrant foliage.
Border next to drive, needs renewing every couple of ye...

An upright bushy perennial with whorls of long lasting violet blue flowers with black undertones on liquorice sc...

Grown from seed this year and planted in long left hand border in place of my caryopteris I lost overwinter.
2f...

Grown from RHS seed this year, rose or violet flowers, 1.2metres tall.

Grown from RHS seed this year, 2metres tall with white flowers.

3 lovely baby agaves very kindly sent to me by Tomoe(Tommymoo) from GOY :-)
Grey and cream striped foliage.

Low growing with purple leaves and pale lilac flowers, good groundcover, border top of hill, and side of steps g...

Lovely green frothy flowers leaves look lovely with raindrops on.
Planted in border at bottom of hill.

Swapped this this year,grown very rapidly,lives in pot on patio, in sunroom now, good medicinal plant especially...

Bargain plants bought from Hayloft Plants last year, two of three varieties only small so potted up to grow on b...

Well drained sunny site, 50-90cm tall, cover with straw first winter.
Bought from Breezy Knees Nursery York.

Bargain plants bought from Hayloft Plants last summer 2 each of 3 varieties, small plants so potted up to grow o...

Bargain buy last year from Hayloft plants got six plants two each of three varieties, only small roots so potted...

Sent to me by Siris.
Big pot in sunroom.

Grown from RHS seed this year, slow growing,willowy dark green leaves and clusters of starry pale blue flowers t...

Grown from RHS seed, very slow growing, rarely seen perennial good for sun or dappled shade, drought resistant, ...

White single flowers.
Planted in semi-shaded woodland border.
Bought summer 2009 trent valley garden centre.

Bought from Harrogate spring show 2013
Single 7 petaled white flowers in spring, spreads by rhizomes.
Planted ...

Dark pink almost purple flowers.
Growing in border at wood entrance.

Pink flowered japanese anemone.
Bought from Hall Farm.
Planted in shady border near wood.

Bought from silica lodge garden centre today for £2.99 lovely little plant with lilac/blue flowers going in new ...

Pale pink semi-double flowers august, grows to around 3ft.
Growing in border outside kitchen window.

Don't know what variety this is as swapped the seed, grows to around 7ft tall and biennial, with huge green...

Dark foliage version of cow sparsely potted up to plant in new border autumn.
Planted out in new area in wood a...

Grown from free mag seed, lovely purple and white flowers with spurs but not as long as mckenna hybrids.
Border...

Lovely plain and bi-coloured flowers in yellows ,pinks, all with long spurs.
Grown from seed.
Bed near greenho...

Lovely really double form green flowers.
Border top of hill.
Swapped these plants on swapshop.

Another double form with red and yellow flowers.
Border top of hill.
Swapped plants on swapshop.

6ft tall, frothy plumes of cream flowers springtime,
several clumps of this border beside pond, long border rig...

Grown from seed last spring, kindly sent to me by Sid on GOY, have 9 very healthy little plants, just potted on ...

Grown from seed two years ago flowered this year, but not as big as it should be yet.
Straplike leaves and tall...

Dramatic silver leaves grows 4ft tall by 6ft, had for three years and lives in pot on patio, greenhouse winter, ...

Don't know variety, double purple flowers 3ft tall, given to me by my dad, long border right hand side of k...

Violet red flowers, 10-15 inches tall, perennial, planted to fight of rose rhapsody in blue .

A rare and beautiful aster with soft pink flowers and dark stems the yellow centres change to purple with age, 4...

Have wanted this lovely aster for ages so when I spotted it at Malvern this weekend what could I do had to have ...

Vivid salmon pink flower heads late summer, 1 -1.5metres tall x 0.5-1metre spread, sun to part shade , propagate...

Bright pink flowers September to October, height 1metre,full sun moist well drained soil.
Bought from Breezy Kn...

Masses of white daisy flowers with a hint of lavender and yellow centres, 2ft tall, full sun or part shade, anot...

Perennial with pale lilac pink flowers in late summer/autumn, 0.4 metres height and spread.
Planted in pond bor...

Perennial with semi double reddish purple flowers in late summer and autumn 0.1-0.5 metres height and spread.
P...

Perennial with soft mauve pink flowers in late summer/autumn 35cm tall, planted on the left of 'Jenny'...

Long lasting large blue flower heads July to September, height 60cm spread 40cm, full sun.
Bought from Breezy K...

Perennial which forms a spreading clump 30cm tall , fluffy spikes of rosey mauve flowers.
Sent to me by Siris, ...

Fluffy red flowers, planted near small front pond.

Fluffy white flowers, planted in pond border.

Spotted this at Harlow Carr plant fair, never heard of it before, one of those huge perennials I love :-), relat...

Very fine new form with blood red flowers, 2ft tall, good for sun or shade, bought for new shady border near woo...

24-36inch silver to rose cushions of flowers surrounded by a ruff of bracts, drive border and pond border.
Anot...

Bought March 2013 as a dry root plant in plastic bag £2.49, nice plant potted up until I decide where its going ...

Upright fern with silver fronds giving it a ghostly look hence the name, emerging fronds shimmering white colour...

Lovely fern with silvery and purple coloured foliage.
Planted by pond under trees.

Painted fern with grey leaves, paler midribs and a red purple zone along the centre.
Planted to the left of tre...

Hybrid Japanese painted fern with grey green foliage with a lacy effect fiorked and crested on the tips, deciduo...

Evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves spotted with cream.
Left hand side long border near greenhouse.

Small tuber potted up in greenhouse, sent to me by Siris.
Needs a shady sheltered site outside when bigger.

Grown from seed, growing in border outside lounge, 3ft tall flowers are supposed to be spotted but mine came up ...

Berberis with purple leaves like normal berberis but this one has silvery variegation on the leaves.
Border bes...

Vigorous shrub with spine-tipped dark green leaves, clusters of dark yellow/orange flowers April -May followed b...

Spring flowering with pink flowers,leaves lovely red autumn colour.Border near greenhouse and under rhus in long...

Swapped with Shiney on Gardeners Corner, several plants some planted in the wood near black grass and some under...

Lovely rounded green and silvery white leaves, forget me not blue flowers in spring. Pond border under trees.

Light green leaves with wide creamy margins, forget me not baby blue flowers mid to late spring.
Bought from Ha...

Have several of these dotted around the garden, purple flowered one, prune hard in spring to stop getting to large.

Lovely spring flowering buddleja with globe shaped orange/yellow flowers.
Planted in right hand side long border.

Grown from cutting autumn 2008, grown to 6ft already and still flowering 4th december, lovely yellow flowers.
P...

Grown this year from seed sent to me by Angie on gardeners world site.
From open woods and pastures of Central ...

Shrub with red bottlebrush flowers in summer.
Planted in sloping border near pond, near flowering cherry.

White form of the normally yellow marsh marigold.
Growing in front pond edges.

Lovely water/bog plant with yellow buttercup like flowers in spring.
Front and back pond.

3 huge bulbs bought from malvern 2010, haven't decided where to put them yet.

Grown from mixed packet of plantworld campanula seeds only got 1 plant of this variety.
Very pretty rare dwarf ...

Lovely plant, lower growing version of my white 'Beautiful Trust' I bought from gardeners world, pink ...

Grown from T+M seed this year,biennial with large cup shaped flowers (blues and whites), planted front garden ne...

Grown from a packet of mixed campanula seeds from Plantworld several years ago, perennial with heart shaped leav...

Ground cover,low growing,with blue bell shaped flowers.
Growing in border round house near phormiums and border...

White bellflowers clustered at top of stems.
Bought from Hall Farm.
Long right hand border near blue rose.

Lovely pale lilac/pink bell shaped flowers.
Grown from seed.
Border round house.

2ft tall large blue bell shaped flowers, seeds around.
Border round house.

White form of bellflower, 2ft tall , seeds around.
Border round house.

Trailing plant with lovely blue star shaped flowers.
Growing in left hand long border near greenhouse and front...

Compact plant with large intense ruby blooms up to 2.5inch long , shear flowers to prolong flowering , spreads b...