My garden

MadeInYorkshire

Staceyann

Our roses are loving this heat -

Oh so are (most) of mine, have a beautiful Zephrine Drouhin that is absolutely covered in blooms - the fragrance is gorgeous, but it's supposed to be a climber, and is going out rather than up! Some of mine are inherited so no idea what they are, and I recently discovered another behind a load of deciduous viburnum, but it has not buds on as yet sadly, looks more like a rambler I think ....

Everyone's spaces big or small are looking lovely!

Do you know the name of the one in your second pic, the mid pink one, that's lovely!

*V3ra, that's lovely of your clematis - I have a very good Nelly Moser I think it is, that I inherited, did little last year as hadn't been pruned correctly at all previously, this year it is marvellous, branches so full of flowers they are hanging down!

How are you all getting your hostas looking so lovely?

This one? It’s Rosa Queen Elizabeth.

My garden - how lucky am I!?

Tizliz

Can you see the eyes of the Ent? Only if you are Lord of the rings fan

I see them!

Stillstanding

My garden is quite small, about 5m by 6m but I live in London so I regard myself as lucky to have it. Unfortunately, due to my bad health I cannot maintain it but it is impossible to get the help I need for just a few hours a month.

Before anyone says it, I tried Age UK but they only arrange voluntary gardeners AT A PRICE!!! and I was told that no one will do voluntary work for a garden on a council estate.

I have tried many gardeners but they all want regular weekly work or only do small jobs in the winter.

I have a small tree that was badly overlapping my miserable next door moany neighbours I had to pay £750.00 to get it cut down a bit. The worst of it is I know I was scammed. Then I emailed the local arboracologists I had tried to get the job done and one had the audacity to tell me his minimum charge is £150.00!

I do manage to keep a few pl;ants alive when I can do a bit of pruning and dead heading and an enormous jasmine is about to bloom so all is not lost

Oh my goodness that is AWFUL!

I know the feeling, I need help, a lot of help as my garden is large. I've got the centre sorted so that I can hoe it without bending, but the sides are horrific! Not sure yet how I am going to manage those - some evergreens are definitely required, but got to get shot of the deciduous stuff first and how I'm going to manage that God only knows!

Do you mean the elderflower? It is a Sambusus Nigra Black Lace. Has taken off since I moved it into a full sun spot

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Staceyann

Our roses are loving this heat -

Oh so are (most) of mine, have a beautiful Zephrine Drouhin that is absolutely covered in blooms - the fragrance is gorgeous, but it's supposed to be a climber, and is going out rather than up! Some of mine are inherited so no idea what they are, and I recently discovered another behind a load of deciduous viburnum, but it has not buds on as yet sadly, looks more like a rambler I think ....

Everyone's spaces big or small are looking lovely!

Do you know the name of the one in your second pic, the mid pink one, that's lovely!

*V3ra, that's lovely of your clematis - I have a very good Nelly Moser I think it is, that I inherited, did little last year as hadn't been pruned correctly at all previously, this year it is marvellous, branches so full of flowers they are hanging down!

How are you all getting your hostas looking so lovely?

Last year I woke up about 2a.m...could hear an Owl very close by...so I opened the velux window..popped my head out...and there he was...beautiful Barn owl sitting on the tv aerial about 4feet away from me...I was happily gobsmacked...we just stared at each other for quite a while and then away he flew...it was just so beautiful..🦉

Dogs and flower beds!! You might notice a lack of flowers in my garden. They either run/roll over them or dig them up. They also have a running track. I try and keep it simple so less to do. It is never going to be Chelsea flower show standard or anywhere near.

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Tizliz

I’m envious of you watching the owls. Can hear them but not see them.

I back onto Savernake Forest and there's a lot of wildlife around me, but the dogs generally see it off! However, one night last autumn, I was sat outside having a peaceful ciggy, when a screech owl flew just above my head, screeching as it went and I nearly jumped out of my skin! I could actually feel the flapping of it's wings! We have a lot of Muntjacs barking too, quite often during the day as well.

My garden is too big for me really - I do have help though. Moved here Jan '22, I've fenced around my flower beds as the dogs were destroying them, had most of a path laid, and am trying to grow u my arches. I can now 'move the soil enough to be able to hoe the centre bits, but the sides are ridiculous! Mostly filled with deciduous Viburnum, a massive Mahonia that needs something doing to it, but is impossible to get near and the soil is baked clay, so I've no hope! One big bush that died over winter, but was insignificant anyway - wish the Viburnum would kill itself off, it's mixed with bindweed and bramble, and holly, and when I chopped a couple of holly branches off there was a very well established big clematis, hasn't put any buds on yet, presumably as had no sun, or is hopefully late flowering! As for the lawn - the dogs have made there own path around one side that is either slimy or baked, there are weeds all over it, and it's growing in 'tufts' .... sigh ....

Dogsjj

Goodness me, it sounds wonderful, where on earth are you?

North highland. Managed to get the woodpecker on the feeder this morning - not the best photo but he is not very co-operative

Seabreeze

Lathyrus
that’s really pretty.

Oh, thank you. I do love it.

It makes me really happy to see all these lovely gardens. What a nice thread to sit and have my ☕️ 😁

Goodness me, it sounds wonderful, where on earth are you?

Lathyrus
that’s really pretty.

What lovely photos of beautiful gardens. I don`t have a garden, just a backyard, for which I`m thankful, as I don`t want the hassle or the work of gardening, but I do love to see a nice garden, so thank you all for your pics.

My shady corner. The philadelphus has excelled this year.
Sitting with a glass of fizz doing my Tesco online order for tomorrow 🍾

Unigran4

You are so lucky to have an Ent Tizliz . Mine fell over last year and now my garden is bare. I'm hoping he found the Ent Wives.

I feel so sad if a tree has to go. My puppy stripped the bark off one and it couldn’t survive

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I said to my daughter that I though the garden would be my salvation this year, and so it is proving. It’s a garden on two levels which is not ideal. DH always worked very hard on it and it showed, but it is coming together again this year and if the new plants don’t die from lack of water it should look good.
Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to want to let me choose files, so no photos. I’ll try later.

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Lovey gardens plants and flowers Here a three of my favourite bits of our garden today

My garden last year -- just starting to bloom this year.

You are so lucky to have an Ent Tizliz . Mine fell over last year and now my garden is bare. I'm hoping he found the Ent Wives.

I got our social housing home 20 years ago from being hidden homeless for just over 2 years after finally fleeing the ex with my youngsters, in 2000.

The house we got was an eviction so you can imagine the state of it. My 2nd husband and I rebuilt it and the garden too. It means everything to me.

The garden was a scrapman dream and a jungle then in 03. Here it is today

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Mirren, I have one of those 5 tier planters. It will soon disappear beneath the Tidal Wave Petunias. The same will soon happen with my patio pots.

Last year I collected lots of poppy seeds from the village verges and some have popped up in my beds, having survived the harsh winter. I already have my eye on some different coloured ones for this year, although they may not come true.

Just some of our beauuties

My garden is quite small, about 5m by 6m but I live in London so I regard myself as lucky to have it. Unfortunately, due to my bad health I cannot maintain it but it is impossible to get the help I need for just a few hours a month.

Before anyone says it, I tried Age UK but they only arrange voluntary gardeners AT A PRICE!!! and I was told that no one will do voluntary work for a garden on a council estate.

I have tried many gardeners but they all want regular weekly work or only do small jobs in the winter.

I have a small tree that was badly overlapping my miserable next door moany neighbours I had to pay £750.00 to get it cut down a bit. The worst of it is I know I was scammed. Then I emailed the local arboracologists I had tried to get the job done and one had the audacity to tell me his minimum charge is £150.00!

I do manage to keep a few pl;ants alive when I can do a bit of pruning and dead heading and an enormous jasmine is about to bloom so all is not lost