Simbad's Garden

4ft tall with red/dark pink bottlebrush flowers above large leaves. Prefers moist soil.
Given to me by my dad m...

45cm tall, drooping pale pink flowers.
Bought from Malvern 2008.
Planted in border at entrance to wood.

Variegated foliage, pink flowers.
Another bought from Malvern 2008.
Just moved this autumn to shady border in ...

Pale pink bottlebrush flowers in spring.
Swapped on swapshop.
Woodland border.

Lovely rockery or ground cover plant grasslike foliage and covered in tiny pink flowers in summer.
Grown from s...

Have a few of these dotted around, bought from wilkinsons when they sold packs of bare root shrubs.
Spring flow...

4-5 ft tall with whorls of pink flowers along tall wiry stems.
Lovely plant grown from seed several years ago.
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4-5ft tall whorls of yellow flowers along tall stems, good plant for poor soils.
Border at top of hill.
Bought...

Pink and white striped flowers, height 32inch.
Bought from Malvern 2008.
Long left hand border near flowering ...

Pink/lilac flowers 10-12inch tall.
Bought from Malvern 2008.
Pot in greenhouse at moment, as where it was plan...

Alpine
Masses of light purple flowers, semi-evergreen.
New area near waterfall.
Pot Belly Pig nursery Morton,...

Salmon orange with pink eye , perennial, planted near log seat top of waterfall .
4 for £10 offer , when we wen...

Creamy-yellow and green variegated stripes with a predominently cream-yellow stripe down the centre, dwarf varie...

Quite a slow growing one have had this around three years now , lovely pinky red and green striped leaves.
Slop...

Smaller growing variety 2-3ft with olive green twisted leaves with dark brown edges and keeled midriff.

Arching leaves 3-4ft tall with green leaves striped with cream and pinky red edges.
Border round house at front.

Love this one peachy pink leaves striped with olive green, do tend to go a browny colur with age, still gorgeous...

More of an arching habit than purpurem tenax, not sure of variety but only around 4ft tall more bronzy coloured ...

Upright growing phormium mines around 6ft tall at moment, dark purple almost black leaves, have two one in long ...

Not sure of variety but maybe sundowner, upright form with similar leaf colour to purpureum but leaves have a pi...

Evergreen shrub with bright red new leaf growth in spring.
Have three of these, one beside drive one in long le...

Grown from seed sent to me last year by gardenerscorner member Hsuh,low growing plant for front of the border wi...

4ft tall yellow trumpet flowers summer, spreads by runners, not as rampant as salmon leap.
Next to salmon leap ...

Shrub like plant up to 6ft tall with salmon coloured trumpet shaped flowers in summer, spreads by runners can be...

Perennial with creamy white flowers followed by deep orange lanterns containing red berries, 60cm tall.
Sent to...

Love this shrub never flinches whatever the weather throws at it, green leaves with wavy cream edges, grows into...

Another beautiful evergreen shrub with green leaves and pink and cream edges, can't believe how well this ha...

Bamboo with green and cream striped leaves.
Swapped on swapshop, only very small piece so have been growing on ...

Lovely jacobs ladder with maroon bronzy ferny foliage and blue purple flowers, 20inch tall, sun to part shade th...

Growing in border at top of drive under trees, must remember to divide this year and move some into wood.
Archi...

Evergreen fern up to 40cm, spreading, fronds that divide at the ends to give a crested appearance, planted in bo...

Choice fern having interest at most stages of the year, emerging croziers are covered in scales, and as they dev...

Pond plant with bottlebrush shaped blue flowers.
Swapped on swapshop.
Planted in shallow water in pond edge.

Grown from seed.
Lovely orange, pink and red flowers, picture was taken quite late in year so colour not as goo...

Grown from seed.
Lovely pink flowered variety.
Sloping border near pond, front border near drive.

Deep red flowers almost look like velvet, love the colour of this one, grew it with daylily snowy eyes and colou...

Grown from swapped seed, yellow flowered variety probably recta.
Border top of hill outside kitchen and long le...

Lovely form with silvery young leaves and lovely double red flowers with flash of yellow on edges.
Swapped on s...

Grown from seed 3 years ago.
Planted near entrance to wood and border at top of hill, also sowed some seed in t...

Two plants bought quick sale last spring one red one orange .
Planted in wood near magnolia .

Grown from T+M seed this year, lost most of the seedlings from over watering (ooops) saved two though ,planted i...

Bought as small sapling from Aldi couple of years ago, growing nicely, white blossom in spring.
Border at top o...

Deciduous tree with dark red foliage turning purple, masses of white flowers March/April.
Bought this 4 years a...

Fabulous spreading flowering cherry, huge dangling clusters of pinky white double flowers in spring against youn...

Spring flowering ground cover for shady spot oval bristly spotty leaves with pink and blue flowers, also have th...

Lovely pulmonaria with intense blue flowers.
Bought from Hall Farm and planted in wood.

Perennial with ferny foliage and hairy white cup shaped flowers in spring .
Front garden to left of sedum Matrona.

One of my favourite trees had a lovely one at old house so just had to plant one when we moved here.
Weeping br...

Huge ornamental rhubarb, with pink flowers early summer, these were grown from seed and one plant has cream flow...

Deep pink buds develope into starry yellow flowers, fleshy glaucous foliage, very hardy perennial, needs full su...

Spring flowering currant with scented yellow flowers.
Swapped a cutting of this on swapshop autumn 2008 grown i...

Spring flowering shrub with dark pink flowers.
Have 7 of these dotted around the garden all grown from cuttings...

Spring flowering currant with white flowers.
Bought from Epworth garden centre.
Planted next to greenhouse.
A...

Large leaves and cream flowers summer, can't remember variety think labels still on so must check.
Good for...

Sent to me by Siris
Planted out in wood central raised hill below yellow tree peony.

Compact form, 2ft tall by 3ft spread with pale pink double flowers, Silica Lodge £6.99.
Bought to replace the o...

Lovely rambler with clusters of highly scented single white flowers.
Have two of these very vigorous roses plan...

Pink bourbon rose with beautiful scented flowers, stems can sometimes be a bit spindley on this one and sag unde...

David Austen shrub rose fabulous deep red highly scented flowers,lovely.
Rose bed outside kitchen window.

David Austen shrub rose, highly scented rose with white flowers.
Rose bed outside kitchen window.

David Austen rose, very scented rose with peach flowers.
Outside kitchen window.

David Austen shrub rose with highly scented huge yellow flowers, lovely.
Rose bed outside kitchen window.

David Austen shrub rose with highly scented orange flowers, really love this one.
Rose bed outside kitchen.

Another David Austen shrub rose, heavily scented beautiful pink flowers.
Long right hand border.

David Austen shrub rose, has to be my absolute favourite, amazing near blue flowers and heavily scented, repeat ...

Lovely climber bought from Wilko's for 99p, flowers none stop in summer if deadheaded regularly,yellow scent...

Really beautiful David Austen climbing noisette rose
with heavily scented buff yellow flowers tinged peach and ...

Another bought from David Austen, flowers all summer long none stop,clusters of single pink and white flowers.
...

Another shrub rose very similar to rosy cushion but flowers are much smaller.
Border round house.

Very heavily scented hybrid tea with really large toffee coloured flowers.
Top of sloping border near pond.

Dense shrubby rose with bristly thorns and scented deep pink flowers followed by large orange hips, loved by bir...

The same as the pink form but with white flowers.
Border at top of drive.

Bought years ago, and brought with us when we moved, can't remember name, but has pink and white flowers, ve...

Bought several of these when woolworths used to sell packs of bare root roses and shrubs while we were building ...

Another Woolworths bargain pale pink flowers ,around 4ft across, lovely.

Another Woolworths one, dark pink flowers, have several of these now as they root into the ground were they touc...

Another woolworths one, love the colour of this one really deep red, 4-5ft across.
Sloping border near pond.

Lovely surprise sent to me just before christmas by GOY member Dawn, rooted from a cutting sent to her by Hywel....

Earliest flowering rose, flowers spring, arching stems 6ft tall with scented single yellow flowers.
Long left h...

Vigorous rambler rose with clusters of creamy white single flowers, tolerates heavy shade.
Similar to Bobby Jam...

24inch bright yellow flowers up to 5inch on bushy plants, late flowerer.
Grown from seed.
Border outside loung...

Sent to me by Dawn last autumn , perennial, yellow daisy flowers black centres ,similar to Goldsturm but nicer I...

Another Malvern buy, loved the colour of this one orange and brown with dark brown centre, looks great next to m...

4-5ft tall with unusual brown cone shaped flower surrounded by green sepals.
Grown from seed.
Near clothes line.

Young plant sent to me by Siris potted on in greenhouse, growing nicely,
Up to 1 metre tall blue green foliage ...

Herb with grey leaves used in cooking, purple flowers, trim back after flowering to prevent plant getting leggy....

Strong square stems, fragrant silver bottomed leaves, lavender flowers with darker lip.
Grown from a packet of ...

Grown from seed this year, white and lime green bracts with maroon undersides, 3-4ft tall HB/HP, really love thi...

Yellow flowers with brown lips carried along the stems of 90cm spikes over bold leaves, flowers June-July.
Boug...

Large open mouthed pink blooms throughout summer, height 2-3ft,spread 2ft, hardy perennial.
Bought from Malvern...

3-4ft tall with magenta flowers, tawny to pink calyx, reddish stems, bushy plant, borderline hardy.
Young plant...

Grown from seed this year from the gardeners corner seed swap.
Compact habit with lovely red flowers, in a sunn...

intense sky blue flowers on tall stems 5-6ft tall, full sun or part shade will tolerate shade, grows in wet or w...

5 plants grown from seed sent to me by Dawn planted in new bed near pond behind bench.
Bushy plant to 75cm, ric...

Lovely salvia with near black calyx and dark purple flowers , bought earlier in the year and looking fabulous no...

Half hardy perennial, shell pink flowers, collected plenty of seed from this plant for next year so at 2.49 no d...

Swapped on a swapshop, not a hardy variety and forgot to take cuttings this year oops, just hope its survived th...

Swapped one young plant of this on swapshop, have loads now as seeds around.
Huge leaves with tall stems of pur...

Amazing blue hooded flowers 2ft tall, not hardy (although a few have made it through winter here) but forms a tu...

Grown from Chiltern seed, planted first ones out today in border round house at front,near phormium, 4-5ft tall,...