Simbad's Garden

Bought this plant from gardeners world this year, absolutely gorgeous, grows to 2ft tall with white spidery bloo...

6-7ft tall perennial with purple thistle like flowers and silver foliage, growing in long border near pond.
Bou...

Love this grass, stiff bronze leaves with curly ends.
Growing in left hand long border, and two in pots.

Low growing bronze coloured grass with hints of orange,lovely, seeds around here.

Low growing grass with silvery green leaves, look especially lovely when covered in frost.
Grown from seed.
Bo...

Sent to me last year by Dawn, evergreen sedge grown for its variegated foliage, good ground cover for part shade...

Looks great when planted by water , have several of these originally given to me by my Dad, seeds around profuse...

Butter yellow leaves neatly striped with green
midribs,chocolate brown flower spikes in June, full sun or part ...

Swapped on a swapshop, as tiny plant three years ago, flowered for first time this year.
Love this one has love...

Low growing yellow and green stripe leaves, bargain table at focus half price split into two one beside front po...

Low growing stiff leaved grass leaves grow horizontally with brown flowers in summer.
Swapped on swapshop.
Gro...

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

Grown from T+M seed last year,flowered this year, good selection of colours pinks, reds, whites, stripey, and sc...

Grown from T+M seed three years ago, supposed to be double flowers but all except two plants were single, red fl...

Spreading succulent with large purple flowers, not hardy so growing in tall pot where it can trail over the side...

Shrub which has wonderful blue flowers in summer and aromatic foliage, prune in spring.
Planted in right hand s...

The same as heavenly blue but this one has very bright yellow green leaves in spring, do get darker as season pr...

2-3ft lilac papery flowers, border beside pond.
Grown from seed.

Same as lilac one but with white flowers with metallic purple centre, lovely.
Border outside lounge window and ...

Lovely semi-evergreen shrub covered with gorgeous pink (not the usual blue) flowers in summer.
Planted in borde...

Lovely evergreen tree, think this is my favourite tree in the garden, love the shape of it just hope it doesn&#x...

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

Grew from T+M seed, growing in long border left of kitchen, and anywhere else it likes, lol, seeds profusely.

White form of the normally red valerian, growing in both long borders and border round house, seeds profusely, g...

White flowers up to 8ft tall, planted in new border at back of pond .
Bought from saundby GC.

Another plant brought from Dads, huge perennial over 6ft with yellow scabious flowers, seeds around everywhere g...

Hill into wood .
3 for £5 Brigg GC.

Hill into wood.
3 for £5 Brigg GC.

Hill into wood.
3 for £5 Brigg GC.

Dwarf conifer reaching just 39inches, forms a shaggy mound of dark green cord like foliage with a gently weeping...

Related to sedum, succulent variegated leaves, and in summer chains of bright yellow flowers.
In a pot outside ...

Lovely shrub covered for weeks in spring with white highly scented flowers, deeply divided leaves.
Long right h...

Given to me by my Dad so name not known very reliable perennial with pink flowers late october november, 2ft tal...

Grown from seed 7 years ago supposed to be double flowers but all came up single like large daisies, flowers sum...

Love this plant 6ft tall with purple leaves and raecemes of heavily scented flowers late summer.
Planted in pon...

Lovely shrub with dark pink flowers, flowers look almost like silk open for a day then drop petals.
Border roun...

Evergreen with pale pink tissue like flowers, great for exposed sites, bought from Pot Belly nursery to replace ...

Fully double flowers with silvery mauve petals in many layers, height 6-8ft, any aspect, pruning group 2.
Plant...

Dark purple flowers May/August, group 3 pruning.
Nice little plant bought from The Range 5 for £10.

Pink flowers May/June and August/September, group 2 pruning.
Bought from The Range 5 for £10, nice healthy litt...

Deep red flowers June/September, group 3 pruning.
Bought from The Range 5 for £10, nice healthy plant potted on...

Light purple flowers June/September, group 2 pruning.
Nice healthy plant bought from The Range 5 for £10.
Plan...

Large wavy edged white flowers, 6-8ft, any aspect, pruning group 2, planted to grow through rose New Dawn on ri...

Large cream flowers in spring.
Growing on obelisk in long left hand border, supposed to like a bit of shade but...

Double candyfloss pink flowers in early spring followed by silvery seedheads , grows any aspect, planted in new ...

Vigourous clematis, white flowers, prune to size required after flowering.
Have 2, 1 growing over fence at top ...

Large blue double flowers spring and autumn/
Prune lightly.
Growing on side of smaller greenhouse, near forsyt...

Deep velvety red flowers July/August, group 3 pruning.
Bought from The Range 5 for £10, potted on and growing a...

Not really like a clematis at all as doesn't twine or climb, large leaves and knodding bluebell flowers in ...

Dark blue nodding double flowers April/May with a second flush in summer, good for cold exposed areas, 6.5-10ft,...

Have two of these one on obelisk in swing seat border and one on obelisk at top of waterfall with Odoriba, blue ...

Lovely shrubby clematis with dark blue nodding flowers, kindly sent to me by Amy, love it.

Deciduous woody based non clinging perennial up to 60cm tall, pink nodding bell shaped flowers.
Bought from Har...

Bought from Hall Farm to grow through a viburnum to add a bit of summer interest.
Deep pink flowers with four s...

Lavender blue flowers from July to hard frosts , planted to grow through leaf obelisk bottom of garden in extend...

Nodding white flowers with a purple grey tinge turn pure white as they age, tips of the four tepals recurve, 6ft...

Semi double deep pink flowers and bronze young foliage, moderately vigorous.
Bought from Harrogate Spring Show ...

Love the flowers on this one spotted it in a local nursery, just had to have it.
Growing on lounge wall with an...

Another lovely clematis been beautiful in its first year white flowers edged with very dark pinky red, planted o...

Beautiful clematis with very dark purple almost black flowers planted on furthest obelisk behind waterfall , gro...

Another one of my bargain clematis, just pay postage from T+M.
Late flowerer with white flowers and purple stam...

Nodding yellow flowers followed by fluffy seedheads.
Prune hard to 3-4inches late Feb.
Grew these from seed am...

Vigorous climber with dusky purple flowers, distinctive and very double flowers, pruning group 3.
Bought from H...

Dark purple/red flowers summer to autumn , pruning group 3 ( prune hard early spring)
Planted on the right of s...

Vigorous clematis, pink flowers dark leaves and reddy stems.
Prune to size after flowering.
Growing over end o...

Have two of these one given to me by my brother and other bought from Wilko's grown into quite a nice shape...

Hill into wood.
3 for £5 Brigg GC.
Have two more of these one in border round house other bottom of garden.

Silver leaved evergreen shrub that forms a rounded shrub 2-3 foot tall by 3-5ft wide.
Rooted cutting sent to me...

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

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

Swapped this as a young plant so not sure of variety, has yellow flowers and very divided foliage, 2ft tall grow...

Light pink flowers with yellow centres , perennial for full sun, deadhead to prolong flowering , inclined to spr...

Sale stand at The Range £3
Green and cream foliage, yellow flowers with red ring in centre,,perennial.
Lovely ...

Two tone flowers with light pink edge and red eye, perennial, height 8-10inch, spread ,12-13 inch.
For new area...

Pink blooms June to October,drought tolerant,attractive to bees and butterflies, perennial,sun and well drained ...

Pumpkin orange flowers with a red eye , perennial, height and spread 15-18inches, good for butterflies and bees,...

Grows about a foot tall with large double yellow flowers, sometimes perennial, but tend to grow fresh each year ...

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.
...

Lovely spreading shrub/tree with variegated foliage , branches grow in tiers , £18.50 .
Wanted one of these for...

Large shrub eventually small tree with large creamy white bracts in spring and strawberry fruits in autumn, love...

Purple bronze foliage with fabulous electric blue flowers from spring to early summer, hardy down to -15.
Bough...

Grown from seed this year, really pleased these germinated got 18 plants, all now planted in semi-shaded woodlan...

Big heads of scented blue flowers mid to late spring,up to 2ft tall, evergreen tough perennial plant for good so...

Grown from seed last spring just planted in wood, only got 1 plant, still ones better than none.
Massed droopin...

Bought from Harrogate flower show spring 2013
Grey green leaves and pale purple flowers in spring, this one lik...

A very unusual and dark flowered hybrid of Solida with large deep plum coloured blooms.
£4 Harrogate spring sho...

Love this shrub, flowers very early spring, pale yellow bell shaped flowers on bare stems, bright green leaves b...

Dark purple leaves, plumes of pinky smoke like flowers in summer, prune hard late winter.
Front top border next...

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

Love this plant grown from seed, only got one plant but really all you need, 5ft tall by 4-5ft spread sprays of ...

Lovely succulent looks bit like a bonsai, covered in tiny pink flowers in summer, seeds around, sometimes evergr...

Bulblets sent to me by Siris, in pot in sunroom, pink.

Orangey yellow flowers B&Q £8.99.
Planted near dark leaved phormium in front garden.

Another bought from Malvern last year, only small yet, bright orange flowers.

Lovely crocosmia large orange flowers with mahogany throat, mulch in winter in cold areas.
Large pot from B &am...

Bought from Malvern last year, still only small,yellow flowers and bronzy green foliage, can't wait till it...

Dad gave me a few corms of this many years ago, my favourite crocosmia, grows to 3-4ft with gorgeous red flowers...

Hill into wood.
Brigg GC 3 for £5.

Bought three from hodsock priory last feb, 1 pale pink,1 dark pink and one white, planted in wood, hopefully see...