Sunday, 23 June 2013

In the garden

What a joy for gardeners, some sunshine in the day and a bit of rain at night. I'm busy in the garden trying to catch up with the effects of such good growing conditions. (Don't wish to brag but I think that I am probably growing the best weeds in the entire neighbourhood.)
In the early morning I look out of the bedroom window to see what sort of day lies ahead.
A misty start to a promising day.
The far section of the herbaceous border that I cleared last autumn is starting to to fill.



'Coral Reef' poppy, a lovely, delicate colour.

The alliums have been good but now they are going over.




The self-seeders, foxglove, campanula and aquilegia always do well.


We dug this round bed last year. It was a mist of forget-me-nots in the spring but now that I've pulled them up it's looking rather bare.
I call it the 'municipal bed'.
I love it when the roses start to bloom.





And things are finally looking up in the veg garden
where I've put up a few barricades to try to stop the pigeons from eating all the crops. 

A few roses to enjoy in the house.

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12 comments:

  1. Coulda shoulda woulda23 June 2013 at 15:56

    That tie dye rose is amazing - was that on purpose or a fluke?

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    1. Share my Garden24 June 2013 at 03:57

      It's Rosa Mundi, a variegated sport of Rosa gallica. It's been around since the 16th century. I just love these old roses. The only other variegated rose that I've got is Honorine de Brabante. She's a bit thin and weedy, but what a name!

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  2. Connie23 June 2013 at 16:13

    What an amazingly gorgeous garden. I am in awe.

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    1. Share my Garden24 June 2013 at 11:38

      It looks well in the photos, Connie. In 'real life' it is on the scruffy side, always threatening to get completely out of control. But I love it!

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  3. Tamera Beardsley23 June 2013 at 16:56

    My dear thank you so for sharing the stunning beauty in your garden! To me it seems the quintessential English garden. It was finding your blog last year that renewed my own love of gardening. Living here in the suburbs of South Orange Count California... my garden is stamp sized in comparison... but truly loved nonetheless!

    Thank you my dear for sharing the beauty and inspiration!!

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    1. Share my Garden24 June 2013 at 11:53

      Thank you for the praise, Tamera. It is, as I've said to Connie, not at all tidy but a very much loved space. It is typically English country cottage garden in style, as befits a small cottage in a quiet hamlet.

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  4. Sigrun23 June 2013 at 21:40

    What a garden! So lovely. I like your Stonewall, the House, that makes a very good background for the plants - and I love your greenhouse.

    Sigrun

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    1. Share my Garden24 June 2013 at 11:47

      The greenhouse was built a few years ago and is a good place to sit when the sun shines but the cold wind blows! The ridge is decorated with an image of my dear departed fox-terrier, Maisie. chasing a hare, chasing a pheasant. She was my constant companion in the garden, much missed.

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  5. Doc24 June 2013 at 08:51

    Our weather is so very similar and this year very agreeable to the roses, as yours are quite lovely. We have a wonderful nursery a few hours’ drive from Portland called Heirloom Roses. Their roses are not grafted they are all same root roses and the selection is amazing. I have over fifty roses at this time and have promised myself a trip soon.

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    1. Share my Garden24 June 2013 at 11:34

      Dear Better-looking Twin, how nice to hear from you. I read your last posting with tears in my eyes, it brought back memories of my father's struggles with lung cancer. It is lovely to see your photos of happier times.
      Quite a few of my roses are not grafted but the result of small pieces taken from the parent and bunged in the ground to root. Do you have favourites? Are you influenced by the names? Are certain colours a no-no? Please blog them!

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  6. Bonnie24 June 2013 at 13:35

    It is all beautiful. We have had a mild summer this year...compared to last summer.

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  7. WendyMcLeodMacKnight2 July 2013 at 11:22

    Your garden is so lovely I could weep! I am wretched with the roses and am eying yours very covetously! and the flower cordial - more good ideas!!!

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