Simbad's Garden

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

Shrub covered in bright yellow flowers in spring. Prune after flowering.
Have two one at bottom of garden and o...

Shrub with bronze leaf growth in spring turning gold then green, followed by flat heads of pink flowers in summe...

Shrub with arching stems covered in spring with tiny white flowers.
Have two of these one in border at top of d...

Evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves, buds start to develope winter, creamy white highly scented blossom in ...

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

Green flowers deeply divided leaves, leaves smell unpleasant when crushed.
Found this in front garden seed must...

Had this one for several years always has loads of flowers lovely burgundy colour.
Planted in wood, looks like ...

Evergreen fern good for shade.
Have two of these growing in wood.

Love this hellebore almost like a shrub, evergreen with spiny stiff leaves, flowers feb-april, mine must be arou...

Lovely variety with white flowers speckled with pinky red.
Bought from Hodsock Priory last feb, looked today an...

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

Really proud of this grew it from seed three years ago had its first flowers this year, love it, should just get...

Swapped three of these on a swapshop only young plants, gave one away to a friend and planted one round arbour s...

Shrub with blue mallow like flowers, late coming into leaf in spring.
Border at bottom of garden.
Bought from ...

Love this shrub, weeping stems of double white flowers in spring.
Sloping border near wood and beside front pond,

Shrub mainly grown for red winter stems, prune hard in spring for best winter stem colours.
Sloping border by p...

Dogwood with variegated white and green leaves and red stems winter, for best stem colour prune hard in spring.
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Evergreen shrub with variegated leaves, yellow with a green edge, good wind tolerant shrub.
Border beside drive.

Evergreen shrub with variegated leaves, green with bright yellow edge, good for coastal or windy sites.
Bottom...

Love this shrub, can't grow acers here as to windy but this is next best thing, deeply divided almost black ...

Love this one has dark purply foliage and dark pink/red tubular flowers.
Border beside drive.

Shrub with large tubular pale pink flowers in spring.
Have two of these near cherry in sloping border by pond.
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Evergreen shrub with clusters of pinky buds opening to scented white flowers late winter to early spring, blue/b...

Lovely shrub highly scented pink flowers on bare stems in winter.
Border beside drive.
Bought from Saundby gar...

Deciduous shrub with flat heads of creamy flowers spring followed by red berries in winter.
Have several of the...

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

Lilac pink flowers in summer if cut back will flower again.
Have loads of this fast increaser, long right and l...

Shocking pink version of the normally blue verbena, candelabra flowers open from bottom to top in summer, 2-4ft ...

2ft tall with pale blue flowers in spring, don't know variety.
Border beside drive.

Grows to around 2ft with variegated cream and green foliage and pale blue flowers in spring.
Border outside lou...

Tall airy plant 5-6ft with purple flowers loved by bees, seeds around.
Have lots of this dotted through borders...

Lovely viola with dark purple foliage and violet flowers, seeds around.
Swapped on swapshop.
By front pond and...

White form of spring flowering viola.
Sloping border near pond.
Brought small piece of this and purple one fro...

Purple spring flowering viola.
Sloping border near pond.

2-3ft tall lemon flowers with a violet eye and stamens,said to resemble a mothes antennae,very pretty.
Swapped...

Another huge verbascum, 5-6ft tall, with exceptionally large yellow flowers 2inch across all summer, HB but seed...

Huge verbascum tall spikes of large creamy white flowers, 5-6ft tall, for long period in summer, HB but seeds ar...

Love this grass, tall stems topped with goldy coloured flowers, lovely when the sun catches them.
Border at top...

Lovely grass with bright red leaves.
Bottom of garden in border near wood.

Lovely low growing grass in summer leaves are green but in autumn some change to orange.
Long right hand border.

Low growing red leaved sedge.
Swapped on swapshop.
Growing by front pond.

Grown from seed several years ago, purple pink and white, 11/2-2ft tall.
Growing in border round house and long...

Growing in border outside kitchen, fleece this one in winter, not as hardy as green variety.
Bought from wilko&...

Have two of these one in border round house and one outside kitchen, have grown really well, first couple of yea...

Fern like foliage fluffy lilac flowers that look like powder puffs.
Grown from seed last year so hasn't flo...

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

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

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

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

Mounds of pale green foliage and feathery tiny creamy white star flowers June - Sept.
Bought from little nurser...

Strappy leaves and white flowers, 2ft tall.
Border near drive and long right hand border near bird bath, (must ...

Strappy leaves and purple flowers, 2ft tall.
Border round pond.

Huge perennial just gets better every year 6-8ft tall huge leaves and yellow daisy flowers, seeds around.
Swapp...

One of my absolute favourite perennials, up to 6ft tall with ferny foliage and tiny lilac flowers with yellow st...

Woodland plant with rounded leaves and tiny fringed flowers that start of cream and fade to pink, seeds around.
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Lovely grass,180cms tall, arching silvery plumes.
Border round house.

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

Tiny houseleek swapped on swapshop, has grown a bit this year but not as fast as other varieties I have.

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

Bouncing Bet ancient member of the carnation family, sprays of sweetly scented double pink flowers, forms a slow...

Stems of red flowers in autumn displayed above compact mound of dark foliage, good for full or part shade.
In p...

Semi evergreen bears panicles of white flowers above kidney shaped foliage, colourful leaves from late summer to...

Elegant medium sized shrub with toothed leaves and panicles of white flowers.
Border at bottom of garden.

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

Spreading succulent foliage with yellow flowers.
Swapped couple of these on swapshop, really easy to take cutti...

Late flowering sedum loved by butterflies and insects, dark pink flowers, succulent leaves.
Border top of hill...

The same as formosa but this one has bright lemon green foliage, same colour flowers and bracts.
Bought from Ha...

Lovely shrub with hollow stems and dangling clusters of small white flowers with purple bracts.
Border at botto...

Iris suitable for boggy area.
Couldn't resist this at gardeners world this year, large lilac/blue flowers, ...

6-12 inch tall covered in spring in blue bell shaped flowers, lovely little plant.
Grown from free seed sent to...

Lovely plant 4-5ft tall with ferny foliage and white bottlebrush flowers summer.
Grown from seed.
Bottom of ga...

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

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

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

Grows to around 2ft, lovely soft fluffy grass, in spring don't cut back just run fingers throungh to remove ...

Plantworld introduction, lovely plant up to 50 small yellow flowers on each stem which arches over at the top, s...

Another dwarf variety with tiny veined lilac flowers.
Grown from seeds sent to me by a friend on swapshop.
Fro...

11/2 -2FT tall with pale yellow flowers along stem, straplike leaves, seeds around.
Front border, near drive, b...

Dwarf form only around 6inches tall with yellow flowers, good for rockeries or front of border.
Seeds around pr...

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

Lovely veined purple/blue flowers, cut back after flowering for second flush and new growth.
Swapped 5 small p...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lovely arching leaves, cream with green edges, 3-4ft tall border near pond in front of decking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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