Good afternoon!

Early morning birds singing in the Spring.. Lovely

 

11 years! I've got a way to go then. I took on my current garden three years ago and have spent a good part of that time retrieving it from nature.

 

It goes quickly! I think thats what the previous owners had to do a year before we bought it. I believe it was held onto as potential building land but they could never get permission, so I imagine it was pretty wild. Certainly still get loads of brambles everywhere! That sounds kind of satisfying but also hard work. Do you have photos? I’ll take a look later at your profile - is that where I’d find them? Forgive me, I’m new to all this!

 

Salvias are great, aren't they? My Salvia 'African Sky' and uliginosa are still going strong into November here in Nottinghamshire, it's lovely to have something flowering before the winter-flowering shrubs come into their own, although the latter are a tad disappointing recently due to the milder winters we've been having, the deciduous ones don't lose all their leaves and the flowering period is briefer.

Nick

 

They are! My Salvia ‘Amistad’ are still going strong albeit a bit leggy at the base! The seasons have all gone a bit ‘Pete Tong’ lately haven’t they!

 

Yes, clearing a garden and keeping it that way does take time, but it's worth the effort.

I'm sorry @KittyHound you won't find any information on my profile as I don't bother with it. My garden is rural surrounded by fields and livestock. Although the lawns had been reasonably maintained, there was nothing in the garden apart from trees and a bamboo. The bamboo has gone plus three of the trees. The boundaries were overgrown with 'scrub' and bracken, which are now clear. I've also just started to deal with the through growth from my neighbour's overgrown garden, battling with brambles, suckers from various trees/shrubs and ground elder etc. I've also spent quite a bit of time removing rocks from the lawns (still not completed) as the whole plot sits on bedrock.

I had started a thread on the garden which hasn't been updated, so I will do that and then post the link here for you.

 

It is definitely worth it! It sounds like you've done a lot of work - I love looking at transformations so it would be great to see your garden thread.

 

I wouldn't call it a transformation just yet.

 

I like seeing works in progress too!

 

Hi Shiney! Thanks for the welcome. Wow! Those turkestanica look amazing. They look great in those drifts. The Cleome look very interesting as well, I don’t think I’ve seen them before so will have a look online and find out more. Had a little cutting patch the other year with Nicotiana, Cosmos and Zinnias but the rest of the garden looked pants in comparison. So something had to be done. Sad that you weren’t able to open your garden this year - fingers crossed for 2021!

 

@KittyHound ,..welcome to the Forum,..lovely image of your garden and i see you have Lupins ,..i am slowly increasing my stock of them along with Delphiniums,..mine is a small Cottage Garden,..as seen in 'Members Gallery'.
My Garden in June.

 

Shiney. You are very fortunate. Having Mrs. S to share the workload. My beloved Valerie would check out the garden. WE! could do this, and we can change that. Then sometime later. Have you changed that er???????.
Happy memories.

 

Hi glengarry, thank you for the welcome! Enjoyed your video very much, what a beautiful garden. I’ll take a look in the gallery. Yes, I love Lupins - Lupin Aphids? Not so much. I thought I’d finally managed to get them under control, but not quite - I’m hoping next year I won’t see any!