What's Looking Good In May 2022

I haven't been able to get to the computer where we keep our photos on a separate hard drive (Mrs Shiney's computer) and still can't get it to link to mine so I only tend to post them in batches when she's not around

This time of year the front garden has more colour.

Some Irises and Clems.

Very little is organised in our garden. Plants are left to grow wherever they want and if/when we plant new ones they go in the nearest available spot.

 

We have a large variety of Weigelias, a few in the back garden, and with a whole range of colour and variegation. They mainly look after themselves very well - something that we both approve of



















This was/is an overgrown jungle area that we have been working on. It was completely hidden by enormously overgrown Dogwoods and full of weeds. A lot of the weeds can't be dug out but the area looks OK when the surface ones are removed and then raked with a spike rake.

This is from the other side

 

Random shots around the front garden










We had an enormous collection of Aquilegia that got totally destroyed by Aquilegia Downy Mildew about ten years ago. Some are just coming back

 

I said I hadn't accessed my photos for a while so I'm going to continue to bore you with them

Still in the front garden

Some Hebes that should flower very soon. They seem to have more flowers coming than usual whereas a lot of flowering shrubs and trees have done poorly because of the very dry conditions - especially all the Lilacs

 

Hostas do well in our garden








Part of our Hosta nursery area



People are always generous and drop plants in for us to sell. Someone had these four giant ceramic pots dropped off to us and they are completely overgrown with Hostas. In the winter we shall split them and pot them up. There must easily be a hundred plants there!

Another good seller is Allium siculum (Nectaroscordum) and we have just delivered 100 of them (with other plants) to a charity garden centre. Bottom two pictures are where we now 'cultivate' them for giving to the centre.

Some more plants we are selling (just about to give another £500 to the charity)

Some of the runner beans that have been ordered are waiting to be picked up

 

More random shots








This is Lamium maculatum (dead nettle) with white/silver leaves and pink flowers - about to open