Here I go again, using the methods outlined in the posting on Photographs, here are the shots of the garden taken Sunday 05.04.
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Very nice once again Eric.
I notice though your interest at this time of year is mostly foliage, I didnt see much flower out. Is this deliberate or a happy accident? Its good either way.
I still have loads of flower colour out in my garden, more than I could hope for. i suppose the combination of a wet August followd by this current warmth is keeping things going or has revitalised things. Its almost as good now as back in high summer.
Keep up the good work!
The colour is mostly yellow and orange at this time from Heleniums and Helianthus and Crocosmia. The pinks are from various Miscanthus. For some reason the colours go when I photograph the garden. I should try going out at a different time to see if the different light 'lifts' the colour. The Asters have only just started to flower so they will provide a lot of purple, pinks, red and white in a few weeks time. Glad you like the garden.
Why can't I see these photo's? I keep getting plagued with this xbox thingamy icon of late. ??? ::) :-\
Roy :)
Sorry Roy, but have no idea. It must be something to do with your machine or set up or server. Try asking on Computer/Internet and see if someone like Gavin can come up with an answer.
wow! thanks for sharing those. your borders look so well composed, with all different heights and textures, you must spend a lot of time out there.
can you tell me what the plants in picture 34 are please?
i thought i spied some ducks, are they yours, and the cat under the pergola? (posing for the camera!)
And is that you new excavated area planted up too? 'scuse all the nosey questions!
At the front is Knifophia northiae which has huge leaves and flowers normal red hot poker in early Summer. The grasses are various forms of Miscanthus, except the tall one on the left which is Stipa gigantea(possibly). The yellow flowers are a mixture of Rudbeckia nitiida and Helianthus decapetalus Lodden Gold. The small yellow flowr at the front is Rudbeckia laciniata flowering a little late.
There are 8 ducks, 2 definite females, 2 indeterminate as yet and 4 males. They are ours and have ruined the pond.
The cat is Mytton and old and slow. She came with the house and it took us 2 years to persuade her to come in, now she has to be taken out and waddles round the garden following me hoping to be let back in.
Unusually the bantams were nowhere to be seen!
And yes that is the new area planted up. just needs the bulbs now.
Do you garden it all yourself Eric or do you have 'helpers'? Your garden is absolutely amazing, it really is. I love the long pergolla leading up the garden. What do you have growing up it? I would love something like that over our deck. Do you ever have time to sit in that swing seat and relax? The new area is looking settled now. Marvelous...absolutely marvelous!
I blush. All the work is done by myself and Anne, with a occasional muscle from middle daughter and occasional watering from youngest. We have a perfect working arrangement, Anne does all the work and I take all the credit.
The Pergola is in the process of being clothed in Jasmine, white pink and red and Clematis viticella or texensis types. They are there, but with the odd weather they have virtually finished flowering before they normally would start.
Well I finally got to see your picys and remembered I have been round your garden in an earlier thread and was gob smacked. :o That’s too much garden for one, please send some down here. :D Have you ever thought about introducing a few sub-tropical palms and plants into a quiet corner like in with the ferns on pic no.42? I can just picture a few tree ferns, banana plants, Torbay palms, and a hammock, ice cold beer. 8)
Very nice, well done Anne. ;D
Oh! …and Eric ::)
Roy. ;D
ERIC!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!
It's really not fair - your garden just gets more glorious as time goes on.
How I envy you all that land.
The Pergola is going to look stunning once all the Jasmine, Clematis etc grow and cover it. I really don't know how you and Anne manage to cope with it all but the results of your labour are certainly well worth all the effort.
Thanks for letting us share your garden.
Eileen.
To me there are definate resonances of the Bloom family's bressingham gardens in your layout and plantings - only on a slightly smaller scale ;D
Beautiful Eric and Anne, can I move into the shed??!! I have always wanted a large garden, but the sight of that makes me think it would scare me to death! Where on earth do you start each day? A wonderful testament to all your hard work!
Your garden is lovely Eric and is a result I'm sure of a lot of hard work, it must be very satisfying to sit back and enjoy it at the end of a long day. I do wonder how long it takes to cut all those lovely lawns and grassy paths, do you have the luxury of a ride-on mower I wonder.
Hoovering the grass( hah, clover and moss) takes Anne about a day to do. The mower is a self drive petrol one, but not a sit on. We would have had to do the beds different shapes to fit. All the grass (hah) has concrete edging between it and the beds so edging needs only to be done twice a year or so and that saves an awful lot of time.
Eric, nearly all our lawn areas (all 3 of them) are edged with pavers laid without cement end to end. This makes a neat mowing edge, and only needs the occasional clip/strim. Being without cement means also that the edge can be changed easily. (which it often is ;D).