Simbad's Garden

Bottlebrush white flowers that bend at top thus name gooseneck loosestrife.
Bought off e-bay border near pond.

Grey green foliage with arching white flower spikes in summer, vigorous, 3ft tall.
Bought from Harrogate flower...

Bought this year from Hall Farm, wanted this for a while,lovely grey green rubbery leaves white flowers.
Borde...

Acid yellow/green leaves and yellow flowers, ground cover plant that wants to take over the world.
Bought for h...

Deep purple foliage tiny yellow flowers summer, can be a bit rampant.
Swapped on swapshop.
Long left hand bord...

Huge perennial, grew to 8ft this year, love it, huge leaves pale pink plumes of flowers summer, can be invasive ...

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

Lovely winter flowering shrub, scented flowers spiky foliage.
Bottom of garden near path.

Evergreen spiny leaves and yellow flowers in winter.
Bought for wood £7.99 Whisby.

Perennial grows 5-6ft pink, purple, and blue flowered plants.
Grown from seed, seeds around,can be prone to rus...

Lovely climbing plant with large flowers in summer and glossy leaves, have a white one already, but when I spott...

Lovely twining climber with glossy leaves and white trumpet shaped scented flowers.
Two plants sent to me by a ...

Turks cap lilies, huge lily around 5ft, 5 bulbs planted in part shade near rosa canary bird, probably won't ...

Lovely tall growing fern up to 5ft, spreads by underground stolons, bought from gardeners world this year, plant...

Shrub, tree stock highly scented flowers, in a sheltered well drained spot will get quite large and forms a trun...

Plant sent to me by Siris half hardy climbing snapdragon , red trumpet flowers,height 2-5 metres keep frost free...

Rarer red form of welsh poppy.
Grown from swapped seed.
Border near small greenhouse.

Yellow form of welsh poppy.
Grown from swapped seed, near small greenhouse.

Grown from RHS seed, ornamental perennial grass 0.75metres tall with narrow mid to blue green leaves and nodding...

Wildflower that grows along edges of streams and damp areas, lovely yellow flowers.
Grown from swapped seed.
P...

Lovely deciduous grass ,green leaves with cream stripes across the leaves.
Swapped on swapshop.
Border round h...

Clump forming deciduous grass to 1.5 metres tall, arching leaves that turn dull orange in autumn to winter, feat...

Lovely grass,180cms tall, arching silvery plumes.
Border round house.

30-40inch tall, mixed colours lilac, pink, darker pink and red, scented foliage.
Grown from seed.
Border near ...

Perennial for shade, producing sprays of white flowers in spring and maple like leaves, spreads slowly by rhizom...

Evergreen shrub with new red growth in spring and white flowers.
Bought from wilko's three years ago as qui...

36 -40inch tall scented foliage and violet blue flowers over long period in summer.
Border outside kitchen.
Gr...

Member of the agave family, stiff quite serrated grasslike leaves, spikes of pampas like cream plumes when matur...

4ft tall yellow flowers in summer, seeds around.
Border at top of hill.

Perennial white evening primrose, grows 1-2ft tall.
Sloping border near wood, grown from swapped seed.

Upright then arching pale green fronds from spring to autumn, good for shady beds with shelter from strong winds...

Grasslike plant with pink flowers and black berries winter.
Some growing near front pond and also one growing i...

Lovely evergreen shrub, small but very highly scented flowers in spring, love the smell.
Bought around 5 years ...

Lovely variegated holly with speckled leaves and pink tinged young foliage.
Still only small, growing at top of...

Shamrock with green leaves and dark central blotches pink flowers, in a pot in greenhouse, growing well sent up ...

Low growing evergreen with white flowers February-April, grows in many situations including deep shade, height 3...

Variegated form of this low growing spreading sub shrub for a shady spot green leaves with cream margins small c...

Double yellow flowered tree peony bought for clearing in the wood.
Harrogate Spring Show 2015.

Swapped on swapshop couple of years ago as small plant flowered for the first time this year, plumes of creammy ...

Seed sent to me by GOY member Amano in Italy, really pleased with these every seed germinated and have 12 very h...

Stunning column of blue grey foliage 1.2m tall with reddish seed heads loved by birds, full sun.
£2.29 The Will...

White oriental poppy with black blotches in centre.
Grown from seed.
Border round house

Oriental poppy with salmon pink flowers.
Grown from seed.
Long right hand border near phormium, front top of d...

Swapped these seeds on swapshop as mixed colours all came up orange, think they do have a tendancy to revert, st...

Double orange flowered (single first year) perennial poppy, flowers for very long period if deadheaded.
Grown f...

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

Another bargain plant bought from Wakefield garden centre today, half price £6.
Lovely passion flower with red ...

Lovely perennial deciduous grass with shiny arching leaves and deep rosy pink flowers in summer, height 90cm, pl...

White flowers with pink markings.
Border near pond decking.
Unfortunately lost this plant in winter 2011 but v...

Grown from seed this year , perennial with hairy stems purple blue and white trumpet flowers over a long period ...

Lovely penstemon with dark purple leaves and pale pink flowers.
Swapped on swapshop.
Border outside lounge.

Lovely penstemon with purple and white bi-colour flowers, semi evergreen perennial.
Bought earlier in the year ...

Dark purple flowers with white pattern on the inside,1m tall, 2 rooted cuttings very kindly sent to me in Feb 20...

Lovely variety with bi-colour flowers in purples, reds and pinks.
Grown from seed, take cuttings september just...

60cm tall with panicles of white flowers, 2 rooted cuttings very kindly sent to me in Feb 2012 by Graham from Ga...

Grown from seed this year from seed sent to me by Angie on gardeners world site.
Broad leaved penstemon, deep b...

Gorgeous pink peony with heavily scented flowers, bought from Elsham Hall around nine years ago when we took kid...

Can't remember name but sure it has label so put it on later, red single flowers.
Bought from Hall Farm 200...

Very similar to my pink one but with white flowers also bought from Elsham Hall at same time.
Long left hand bo...

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

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

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

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

Beautiful spidery flowers.
Admired this plant in a friends garden, she grew it from seed and had to wait severa...

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...

4-5ft tall whorls of yellow flowers along tall stems, good plant for poor soils.
Border at top of hill.
Bought...

4-5 ft tall with whorls of pink flowers along tall wiry stems.
Lovely plant grown from seed several years ago.
...

White flowers with a purple /pink eye , perennial, Harrogate Autumn Show 2018, planted

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

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

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...

45-60cm tall,pure white flowers, bought from Harrogate Autumn Show 2018
Planted

Lovely phormium with pink and red striped leaves,dwarf form up to a metre tall and spread, arching leaves.
Plan...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

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

Green leaves broadly edged in white rich lilac pink flowers,60-90cm tall by 45cm spread, full dun part shade.
B...

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

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...

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...

New fern for the wood,fully hardy evergreen for shaded woodland border (AGM), planted in old tree stump in new a...

Bought to replace one I lost due to ants burrowing underneath, planted centre front of new bed were swingseat wa...

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