WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN MAY 2017

Our bed by the footpath is coming along but looks good in summer with lots of nice tall grasses as a backdrop.




Some of our Hostas are doing OK

 

Some of the work we've been doing for our Open Garden in under two week's time. Getting things ready for sale









Hanging baskets are not for sale but we won't hang them until closer to the date as they're easier to water whilst on the ground




Plants in nursery areas






and greenhouse

 

Self seeded




The bed forming part of our woodland area


and some ferns




The Freemontedendron tree seems to be on its last legs




Variegated summer Jasmine is not out yet




Started planting beans out.

 

Good morning after the rain

 

I have a reasonable collection of Perennial Poppies, alp, but none of them are flowering yet, they're budding up but not close to opening up. It looks like you know your stuff when it comes to gardening.

 

A bit of a mix, which is typical of my garden, .......Rhubarb, Alliums, Hostas, late flowering Daffodils, Japanese Anemones.

Rose Compassion just starting to flower.

With Rose Alchemist following on it's heels.


The Hedgehog Holly

The 3 Clematis, Two Roses, 4 Honeysuckle on the side of the Abour are just starting to form, and flower, around the sides and front as I pictured them when I first built the Arbour.


I cut back hard my Lilac Madame Lemoine last year, but it seems to have kept flowering without any effect.

 

Hi alp, well, I don't don't think the rest of the GC, of which you are a member, are gonna believe you""

I get asked the question about the camera every now and then but, as I have said previously, I have seen better pics than mine taken with a really "low level" camera because the person taking the shots knew what they were doing.
My camera is a Pentax K5 DSLR, which is "old hat" these days, but I really like it and have been a Pentax fan for "mumble, mumble" years.. But if you look at a lot of the members pics, like Strongy, Sheal, and others, you will see they have the "eye" and intuitively understand their camera and what and how the image should look like before taking the shot.

 

Then trust your instinct, as it's not letting you down in the garden.

Well, the K5 is about 5 years old, alp, and immediately after I bought it they brought out the K2, the K2II, and now the King is the K3. The one thing about Pentax is that you can still use lenses they made over 40 years ago.......and I do!! I think the older "glass", some getting on over 30 years old, are better than some of the newer lenses so I have acquired 22 Pentax lenses in my collection and love 'em all