HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE VERY BEST FOR 2022
Mike did an exquisite job within the backyard which I used to be unable to are inclined to for a lot of months and he is executed an exquisite job this Autumn tidying up for the Winter.
So listed here are some images to offer winter cheer.
Fortunately I used to be properly sufficient to plant the Dahlias out and though we misplaced a number of the giant flowering ones within the late very chilly spring within the chilly greenhouse, most survived.
We actually struggled with our hanging baskets, all of the crops we purchased on line had been terrible, most died however fortunately our daughter Rebecca managed to purchase a second lot from the backyard centre in Chessington. I notably like to make use of Surfinia Petunias as a result of they flower so properly.
Mike takes explicit care of the hanging baskets and tidying the entrance backyard – I feel he simply enjoys the excuse to speak with the neighbours.
That is the primary yr I’ve grown these giant begonia from tubers purchased on line. They carried out very properly so fingers crossed they survive storage for subsequent yr.
This pretty bench was given to us by our subsequent door neighbours because the wooden was rotten. Mike purchased new wooden and restored it. It makes a helpful seating place particularly with household visits exterior, because of well being considerations. This was the primary of a number of restorations.
Within the backside left of the picture you will note a small part of edging tiles which we got from our daughter Rachel’s backyard. They’re pretty and Mike painstakingly put them in across the sides of the entrance backyard.
A birds eye view of the entrance mattress with the white Phlox making show. A few years in the past they had been pink as might be seen in weblog posts years in the past. Very unusual how they’ve reverted to white.
These pretty Galtonia Candicans I’ve grown in pots for just a few years however determined to convey the pots into the entrance backyard, they had been a lot admired by passers by.
I obtained Mike to convey the evergreen Agapanthus, that are giant flowering varieties to position within the entrance mattress. They add one other dimension to the riot of color.
Clematis Vitacella Etoile Violette nonetheless doing properly. I’ve misplaced a lot of the different clematis from the entrance backyard down to simply three today.
I attempted some Hollyhocks from seed I collected from a neighborhood backyard, though affected by rust they had been pretty flowers.
I usually overlook to submit images of the Agapanthus, which look pretty surrounding the grass within the again backyard. Because of a form neighbour giving us a desk one other bench and chair and Mike’s restoration now we have a stunning seating space for when household come to go to.
This pretty evergreen Eucryphia is all the time price celebrating.
Cuttings from Hydranga all the time look good in pots once they begin to flower usually of their first or second yr.
Not an excellent picture however that is one other Eucryphia Pink Cloud, it’s a smaller tree and such a delight properly price rising even in small gardens.
MAKE THE MOST OF EACH DAY AS IT COMES XXX
