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Some pics from my garden today

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thatbags Thu 12-Sept-13 21:27:57

in the rain

Nonu Mon 05-May-14 17:37:46

Oh Granny, I have tried to grow these, you are the lucky one , I have tried to get these going in my garden with nil success .

LONA what a pretty sight for you !

smile

janerowena Tue 06-May-14 11:41:41

Just now, from my kitchen window. The strange-looking grating you can see to the right is the anti-GC protection device on pond no1. Pond no2 is much further down the garden and is a wildlife pond, so not so easy to make childproof, and we have had to install fences and trellises across the garden at various points. Luckily it is quite a way from the house.

janeainsworth Tue 06-May-14 12:11:47

That looks so pretty Janerowena

Nonu Tue 06-May-14 12:12:35

UM, UM, Pretty , sort of romantic !

Lona Tue 06-May-14 12:26:24

Culag I love peonies. smile

Nonu smile

Nonu Tue 06-May-14 12:36:31

LONA

sunshine

I love peonies too but they don"t do so well in my garden !

janerowena Tue 06-May-14 13:04:23

Mine are still tight buds, as are my roses. We went to a walled garden a few weeks ago, north of here, and their peonies were out. Mine were still just stalks with leaves unfurling.

Culag Tue 06-May-14 13:33:00

The peony is P. mlokoswitschii (pronounce that if you can!) and my books say if flowers in late spring, whereas the ordinary one P. officinalis flowers in summer. This is its third year and it only had three flowers last year.

janerowena Tue 06-May-14 13:37:32

Thanks culag, peonies are not my area of expertise at all. I do have a peony tree too, but it's not looking very big even after four years.

dustyangel Tue 06-May-14 15:49:21

Lovely kitchen window views from you all.
Grannyknot beautiful California Poppies, they are one of my favourites.

janerowena Sat 10-May-14 09:46:14

It's all getting a thorough watering today, we really needed it.

Grannyknot Sat 10-May-14 09:53:21

Not quite from my garden (seen on Twitter):

"Wilderness. The word itself is music". How beautiful!

https://twitter.com/snwp/status/464892152812552192/photo/1

thatbags Sat 10-May-14 09:56:29

Brought some of the garden in last night

Agus Sat 10-May-14 10:03:59

I have the ordinary peonies nowhere near opening but the buds on my peony tree, which I planted 3yrs ago, are opening now.

Agus Sat 10-May-14 10:13:55

I was tempted yesterday too bags and brought in a couple of heads from one of the rhodies, creamy, with a tinge of pink. Beautiful.

janerowena Sat 10-May-14 10:24:34

Just the day for some cheering photos!

Culag Sun 11-May-14 16:52:00

Taken during a brief sunny spell - Lamium orvala, a favourite of mine.

Silverfish Mon 12-May-14 09:01:41

lovely photos, Im still struggling with a dinosaur phone, not yet managed to send photos via computer yet. Maybe one day I will put my 8tft leylandii hedges up for you all to see. lol

janerowena Thu 15-May-14 12:43:12

My favourite iris, 'White City'. My rhodo, I can't remember the variety off hand, and just a few chives... But the bees like them!

shysal Sat 17-May-14 07:32:13

My new squirrel-proof peanut feeder!

janeainsworth Sat 17-May-14 09:43:18

Shysal grin
At least in Northumberland we don't have that problem.... yet!

annodomini Sat 17-May-14 10:25:35

The crows discovered, and demolished, my half coconuts! They are as crafty as squirrels.

shysal Sat 17-May-14 14:40:31

Yes anno, here the rooks (crows?) do the same, lifting the string with a foot to get at the contents, sometimes unhooking in the process and flying off with them. The magpies are obviously less intelligent, leaning precariously from the top of the feeder trying to reach, mainly unsuccessfully.

annodomini Sat 17-May-14 14:53:45

It was a crow that I saw robbing the coconut. I'm sure there is a nest in the trees beyond the brook.

shysal Sat 17-May-14 15:01:29

Back to the subject of kitchen views. Mine is not great, being north facing, although I quite like the variegated acer in the communal area. The best sight is of a helpful neighbour who loves mowing, cutting the grass in front of 7 of the houses in my terrace! That is my least favourite gardening job, being on a steep slope at the back, requiring crampons on my boots and dangling a Flymo!