Simbad's Garden

Young plant potted on in greenhouse sent to me by Mari from gardening UK. Very bright golden chartreuse leaves a...

Huge plant sent to me by Sue from Gardeners Corner in our large swap.
Curved border round house left hand side ...

Lovely variety with pink flowers in spring.
Right hand long border near phormium purpureum.

Airy plant often used by flower arrangers, tiny white flowers, perennial variety.
Front border round house near...

Magenta red flowers with ivory white centres.
Wilkinsons reduced to 99p for 10 bulbs , planted near new seating...

Grassy leaves to 3ft white hooded flowers with purple throat , sent to me by Siris last autumn , not hardy, plan...

Clump forming perennial,(invasive), pale lilac flowers with yellow and lilac marking , 3ft tall, really love thi...

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

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

Architectural plant huge leaves, good for boggy areas.
Planted near back pond, only had for a couple of years s...

Bulbs sent to me by Sirus, potted up in sunroom.

Lovely bright yellow grass for half shade, planted in new area in wood near tree stump, 25-40cm tall.
Hemswell ...

Yellow and green variegated foliage , sun to half shade, 25-40cm tall, planted in new area in wood.
Hemswell an...

Lovely red flowered witch hazel with agm, leaves turn yellows and reds in autumn .
Bought for newly cleared are...

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

Don't know the name of this one either, has green leaves tinged with purple and dark purple flowers, grows t...

Lower growing variety around 2ft with pale lilac flowers in summer.
Right hand border near path.

Large shrub with dark pink flowers in summer, name not known.
Border at top of drive.

Small growing variety, have three growing together in border at bottom of hill, very narrow leaves and white flo...

Huge shrub covered in masses of white flowers in summer, name not known.
Border at top of drive, one either end...

3ft tall,unusual helenium, central cone surrounded by tiny yellow petals, seeds arround profusely here.
Grown f...

Mixed colours, daisy like flowers,3ft tall, late flowerer.
Grown from seed.
Long right and left hand borders.

Red flowers spotted yellow from July to September, 70cm tall, moist well drained soil in full sun.
Bought from ...

3ft tall, orange/brown flowers.
Bought from Malvern 2008.
Border top of hill near hellebore argutifolius.

Mat forming evergreen shrub with small green leaves and masses of double pink flowers with yellow centres late s...

Alpine
Grey green foliage and primrose yellow flowers.
For new area near waterfall.
Pot Belly Pig nursery Mo...

Low growing, spreading, shrublike plant, small grey leaves and covered in yellow flowers in summer.
Growing on ...

4ft tall perennial with pale lemon daisy flowers late summer.
Given to me by a friend, border at top of hill, b...

Much larger and darker flowers than lemon queen, taller growing too around 6ft.
Swapped on swapshop, border at ...

100cm in flower, forms neat blue grey clump,full sun.
£2.29 The Willows.

Double purple flowers with white centres edged purple, very pretty, 2 plants from Hayloft 10 plants for 14.99 of...

Double pale pink flowers, 2 young plants from Hayloft offer 2015 (14.99 for 10 plants), 1 entrance to wood to ri...

Double purple flowers, from Hayloft offer 2015 (10 plants for 14.99), 2 plants 1 flowering in entrance to wood n...

Double dark red flowers , 2 young plants from Hayloft offer 2015,( 10 plants for 14.99) one flowering February 2...

2 plants from Hayloft 10 plants for 14.99 offer 2015, neither plants flowering 2016, 1 planted near horse chestn...

Bought Epworth garden centre March 2013, planted in wood.
Dark purple double flowers.

Very dark purple double flowers , each stem carries a good number of flowers giving a cascade effect, planted en...

Lovely yellow single flowered hellebore with ring of red speckling in center, planted on hill in wood to right o...

Fab new hellebore noted for its ability to produce masses of pink tinged green flowers from mid winter to mid sp...

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

Young plant from Hayloft offer spring 2016, planted in wood, 14 x 14.

Young plant from Hayloft offer spring 2016, planted in wood , 14x14 inch.

Young plant from Hayloft offer spring 2016,planted in wood , 14x14inch.

Young plant planted in wood Hayloft plant offer spring 2016.

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

2 plants in slightly different shades of pink, 1 with smaller flowers, bought from Hodsock Priory on our visit t...

Double yellow flowers red speckled centre, 9.99 Hodsock Priory 2017, planted bottom entrance to wood left hand s...

Pale pink flowers , veined, very dark centre. £9.99 Hodsock Priory 2017, planted right hand side of steps arbour...

Young plant from Hayloft plant offer 2016, planted in wood, 12-18x 12-18inches .

Hayloft plant offer spring 2016 , young plant planted in wood, height and spread 12x 18inch.

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

Young plant from Hayloft plant offer spring 2016, planted in wood.

Young plant from Hayloft plant offer spring 2016, planted in wood.

Young plant from Hayloft plant offer spring 2016, planted in wood, 14x 14 inches .

Lovely hellebore with silvery grey spiny leaves( like argutifolius) and green flowers, bought from trent valley ...

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

Harrogate Spring Show 2014 1 of 3 for £10 offer.
Planted in wood beside hosta and Epimedium 'Omeiense' ...

Harrogate Spring Show 1 of 3 for £10 offer, planted in wood beside Epimedium 'Amber Queen' colour matche...

Green leaves deep pink flowers.
Swapped on swapshop, border outside lounge window.

A new hybrid tolerant of drier conditions and poorer soil, the new foliage is pink violet, winter foliage turns ...

Harrogate Spring Show 2014, 1 of 3 for £10 offer, planted in wood beside Heuchera 'Delta Dawn'
Moved fu...

Pink flowers, silver leaves with almost black veining, lovely plant from quick sale area Brigg GC 3.50, planted ...

Dark grey edged silver-green leaves with dark purple contrasting veining, green flowers.
Another bought from Ha...

Lovely heuchera bought from Harrogate flower show,seersuckered ruffled foliage of peach and gold, cream flowers ...

Dark purple leaves and white flowers summer.
Growing in border at bottom of hill near potentilla melton fire.

Dark purple/burgundy leaves with silver metallic markings, cream flowers.
Another Harrogate flower show purchas...

Bronze maple shape leaves sprayed with pink, light pink/white flowers height 15cm width 30cm.
Malvern May 2012

Bought this one last year but forgot to add to my garden, growing under tree at bottom of garden , bright yellow...

Yellow gold to lime green leaves splashed with red, planted new border near pond near red carex.
Quick sale are...

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

Grown from seed this year, really pleased with these lots already flowering, veined single and semi double flowe...

Medium Hosta green leaves with yellow margins.
£3 Wilkinsons, planted in wood new area first level from top to ...

Large blue leaves lavender flowers 75cm high.
Bought from Hall Farm, going in the shady border in wood.

Blue green leaves with very wide cream border, medium size 35-45cm tall, another that will grow in part-full sha...

Lovely dramatic hosta with green and cream( almost white leaves),
Bought from Hall Farm.
Near small front pond.

Medium sized Hosta with green leaves edged with white.
Wilkinsons £3, planted in wood to left of Acer in new area.

Thick puckered grey/green leaves irregular green yellow margins 60cm tall.
Bought from Silica Lodge, another fo...

Blue leaved hosta that keeps its colour all season.
Height and spread 1-3ft.
bought 2 from Wilkos dry root in ...

Sun colours the leaves yellow, lavender flowers, another huge one 75cm high.
Bought from Hall Farm, planted in ...

Lovely medium-large size hosta with grey green leaves and a narrow cream margin,18-28inch tall, will grow in ful...

Medium sized hosta, dark green leaves with wide creamy yellow margins, heavy puckering leaves that offer slug re...

Thin twisted pure white leaves very irregularly margined with dark green, medium size.
Bought from Harlow Carr ...

Large growing variety with yellow/cream and green leaves, bought from Harrogate flower show september 2010.
Goi...

Don't know variety, green with cream stripe,
Border bottom of garden, near giant scabious, must move next y...

Swapped on swapshop variety not known, only small plant waiting to see how big it grows, plain green leaves.
Bo...

Another I don't know name of but has lovely grey leaves, have two clumps growing in border by back pond.

Shrub with pink flowers, very slow growing, bought for us as moving in present still only couple of feet tall (b...

Lovely young shrub bought from Silica 2014, huge dinner plate size white lacecap flowers.
Planted in clearing i...

Robust shrub with huge cone shaped heads which open lime green fading to white with some flushed pink florets at...

Dark pink sepals surround tiny paler pink flowers.
Hemswell nursery.
Planted in curved pond border between pin...

Award winning hydrangea bred in France 100 years ago,masses of white florets for months fading to pink in sun, 6...

Hydrangea with variegated foliage dark and light green and cream, white sepals surround either pink or blue inf...

Have two of these lovely climbing hydrangeas, taken a while to settle but got going a bit now, white bracts and ...

Lovely shrub around 5ft tall covered in summer in yellow flowers followed by red berries, seeds around.
Bougt f...

Have several holly tree's, were planted before we bought plot as part of planning permission, to extend our ...

Bought from Malvern September 2012.
Never seen this plant before and can't find much info on it but thought...

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

Perennial 12 -18inch tall spidery yellow daisy flowers.
Grown from seed.
Border top of hill and near front pond.

Giant perennial, up to 8ft, yellow daisy flowers encircled tall stems late summer.
Grown from seed.
Border top...

Tall golden brown, sent to me by Siris , to left of Firenze front border top of drive.