Album: Our Front Garden

00000000000000000000000000038172Our front garden in a village on the edge of the Peak District. The front is south-facing and has a deep layer of loamy topsoil over the underlying clay.

Our Front Garden

Updated Feb 6, 2024
Feb 6, 2024  
View across the front garden in early July. Anthemis 'E.C. Buxton' in the foreground with...
Feb 8, 2024  
Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton' flowers in their prime. First saw this plant at Bluebell...
Feb 6, 2024  
View the other way across the front garden in early July. Heleniums and Eryngium in the...
Feb 6, 2024  
Helenium flowers in their prime. Embarassed to say I'm not sure which variety - they've been...
Feb 6, 2024  
Stipa gigantea in early June just coming into flower. Grown from a seed I picked up in Sheffield...
Feb 8, 2024  
Stipa gigantea in full bloom in mid-July. Crocosmia lucifer also at its peak behind. My island...
Feb 6, 2024  
I managed to catch the Stipa back-lit by the early morning light.
Feb 6, 2024  
Eryngium 'Big Blue' and Allium sphaerocephalon growing up through the silky veil of Deschampsia...
Feb 6, 2024  
Crocosmia lucifer in full bloom.
Feb 6, 2024  
Beautiful red Japanese Acer which we inherited with the house. We usually lose the leaves to a...
Feb 6, 2024  
When the Acer leaves fall, for a few days they're just as beautiful on the ground.
Feb 6, 2024  
My wife puts together lovely hanging baskets every year.
Feb 6, 2024  
My wife's yellow basket.
Feb 6, 2024  
My wife's pink basket.
Feb 6, 2024  
Display of sempervivums in a trough.
Feb 6, 2024  
Helianthus 'Miss Mellish'. Bit of a thug this one (its rhizomes spread rapidly so needs to be...
Feb 6, 2024  
Miscanthus 'Starlight' - a recent addition - here backlit in the early sunlight.
Feb 6, 2024  
Helenium 'Mardi Gras'. Took me a while to find this one but I'm so glad I persevered. Nice and...
Feb 6, 2024  
The sunny alcove by the front door which my wife fills with colourful plants.
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LunarSea
00000000000000000000000000038172Our front garden in a village on the edge of the Peak District. The front is south-facing and has a deep layer of loamy topsoil over the underlying clay.
Feb 6, 2024
  1. simone_in_wiltshire, Sogni verdi, OwdPotter and 4 others like this.
  2. Bluejayway
    Bluejayway
    So colourful and lush. I particularly like the Anthemis - your pics on GW inspired me to plant a couple!
    Mar 19, 2024
    LunarSea likes this.
  3. OwdPotter
    OwdPotter
    Lovely garden.
    You have a good eye for a picture.
    Mar 20, 2024
  4. LunarSea
    LunarSea
    Thanks OwdPotter. You don't see all the ones I chuck before I get the good one.
    Mar 20, 2024

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