Monthly Archives: May 2014
May has flown by. EOMV.
The woodland is much the same as last month, I’ve not got any more new planting done as I’ve been concentrating on trying to get the borders weeded in the main garden. With all the rain we have had, at … Continue reading
Who do you think has a garden like this?
We have been away for the weekend visiting our son and dil. We were taken out on the Saturday, not to visit a garden as such, but I couldn’t resist peeking over the walls to see what sort of planting … Continue reading
Foliage for May GBFD.
Foliage at this time of year is putting on such a spurt of growth, some need cutting back and some need tying in, whatever it is you can’t ignore it or you would have a garden that quickly becomes out … Continue reading
It’s Meconopsis time again!
Looking back through old photographs of my Meconopsis Lingholm, this year they are four weeks later to flower than in 2011, I can’t believe that they were in flower half way through April that year. Even though they are later, … Continue reading
Half way through May already!
It is half way through May already and time for another Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, kindly hosted by Carol at May Dreams Garden where we can peek at all the lovely flowers all over the world! Everything is growing so … Continue reading
Bluebell time is here!
I didn’t make our usual pilgrimage to the local bluebell woods last year, so this year I decided that I had to make up for it. About 25 minutes drive from us is an oak and beech wood and at … Continue reading
Just because it’s tiny…
My star of the back garden at the moment is a dwarf bearded iris, you know what they say about small packages, well it is true. A couple of years ago, this little unnamed iris was left at the end … Continue reading