AT LOOK AT THE FRONT GARDEN

I thought I would share some photo's for how the front gardens looking at the moment.

Facing the house.

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towards the drive.

Left side towards the front wall.

across the front by the front wall.

back towards the front, looking at the island bed.

Front the other side of Island bed

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across the front by house.

The Crocosmia are starting to flower, we need to add some of the reds and yellows available to all these orange!

Looking from the porch to the front edge.

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Looking lovely and full right down to the front.

one thing about it having rained so much lately at least it gives the garden a good watering.



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SOME FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN

This Acanthus Mollis has been in the garden for a few years and this only the second time that it's flowered so well.

Verbena Bonariensis

One of our new rambling roses in flower.

Another new rambler flowering along with an beautiful pink Achillea.

Paul added a couple of orange and tangerine coloured Kniphofia's to his tropical area and I think they do add a little zing.

The Phormium Yellow Wave is in flower.

a closer view of the flower. We plan to move this in the autumn over to the tropical area and move the rose that's on the right hand side in that area to here.

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The damp area is coming into it's own with lots of leaf and flower.

The Ligularia's which we split at the beginning of the year and still quite small but will get bigger next year.
this one with the bigger flowers is Ligularia Przewalskii

and the tall slimmer petalled one is The Rocket. We also have Ligularia Desdemona which is not yet in flower which is more like an orange daisy flower.

Since this photo was taken the Agapanthus flower buds are starting to open, so hopefully I'll be able to show a photo soon of them all in flower!




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STRANGE HAPPENINGS

Well we have a couple of strange happenings in the garden, First I spotted this and called Paul to look at it,neither of us had ever seen it before!
I let Paul take these close up photo's!!

I saw thus strange happening on this Shasta daisy plant

It reached from one flower head to the other!

And this is the maker! A spider!

Hopefully it was only spending the day before moving on to pastures new, so hope it's not it's nest!!!

Next is this plant that for some reason instead of growing tall and straight it's leaning over and flat!

and still it tries to flower!!


Strange goings on indeed!!!


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IN THE GARDEN TODAY

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THE DAMP SHADED GARDEN

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 FROM THE LYCH GATE INTO THE RAISED GARDEN THE SUN IS SHINNING BRIGHTLY

 THE RAMBLER ROSE DOROTHY PERKINS IS IN FULL BLOOM

TOWARDS STONE CIRCLE

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BY THE STONE CIRCLE

TROPICAL AREA

THE DOROTHY PERKINS RAMBLER HAS REACHED THE ARCH AND IS TAKING OVER

THE CARDOON'S HAVE MANY FLOWER HEADS AND ARE REACHING FOR THE SKY!

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THE GRASS IS STILL RECOVERING FROM ALL THE PEOPLE TRAMPLING OVER IT AND NOW IT'S HOT IT WILL TAKE LONGER.

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THE POTS BY THE HOUSE ARE FULL OF COLOUR

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OUR £2 BARGAIN PLANTS IS CONTINUING TO FLOWER STRONGLY WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL DAISY LIKE FLOWERS.

THE PONDS LOOKING GOOD.

 YOU CAN SEE THREE OF THE FOUR FISH THAT LIVE IN THE POND

THE LILY IS FLOWERING WELL

POTS ON THE BRICKS

MORE POTS.


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