What's looking good in May 2011 ....

Shiney, your series came like a display of fireworks!
And, yes, I loved the trellis in the midst of a sea of aquilegias!

 

Great pictures again Shiney your yellow phlomis is way ahead of mine

 

Border beside the pond, I like the wild look

 

Hi Kyle, sorry not sure if it can be grown from cuttings, a friend sent me this piece I've never grown it before, although she said it is pretty vigorous and to give it plenty of room,its already grown quite a lot it my shady wood, if not maybe its a case of keep splitting and dividing.

 

I'd have to watch Chelsea till Im 30 to find a garden there that would take my breath away the way yours just did. STUNNING. Love this photo.

I love the layered border, the layers of texture and the symphony of greens you've got going on here. I love the soft blue hues.

Ive been trying to get that layered, densely planted look myself and Im slowly building up my stock of plants- it must take YEARS! This is such inspiration for the look I want to achieve eventually. I love being able to see through the more slender plants to the plants in the vista beyond.

Simbad, this is one of my favourite photos Ive seen on here. Im such a fan.
Id appreciate a list of plants in this photo if that's ok. I see day lilies, lupins, verbena, iris, liatris...

 

Melinda thats so nice of you I grew quite a lot of the plants from seed, the white plant at the front is geranium macrorrhizum(there's a pink and a white there) really easy to propogate just by breaking off a piece and sticking in compost,the tall blue plants are delphinium 'Tall Black Knight' should look a picture soon, the pink wiry stemmed plant is a pink form of knautia there's also a burgundy one 'macedonica' not flowering yet, catanache which aren't flowering yet, eryngium planum just taking over from the aquilegia 'Magpie', iris, a spreading low growing grass at the front, campanula which aren't flowering yet, monarda somewhere in there too, the tree with coloured leaves is a form of acer can't remember name offhand, phlomis, aruncus,siberian iris should open any day and yes lots of daylilies(my favourite perennial)white ,red/black, purples and pinks, the clematis on the right is tanguticum 'radar love'really easy one from seed, and a there's a rose 'canary bird' finished now but was lovely, echinacea magnus, think thats about it, oh and some foxtail lilies, this is only half the border there's around the same width again on the other side of the acer

 

Thanks for your reply.

I've taken some root cuttings yesterday and potted them up, hopefully they'll go on to grow alright! And the roots grow like no-one's business!

 

absolutely beautiful shiney and mrs shiney puts my baskets to shame (baskets were his thing so can see them being neglected :o)

 

An Iceberg shrub rose, Clematis Arabella and Alstromeria grow together here.


Miniature Rose 'Flower Power'


Astrantia 'Hadspen Blood', Dianthus 'Rose Joy' and Jasione all grow together here.

 

Mr and Mrs Shiney, - very pretty pots. Especially the herbs and alpine.
Were they the petunias you raised from seed earlier in the year? I scoffed (too much work for me!) but they do look beautiful.

So they are for sale at your open day or do you have a store or a stand?
Obviously you need to cover your costs regarding materials, but how do you monetize your time and effort?

 

Lovely Shiney, you certainly keep Mrs Shiney busy, the herb and alpine pots look great and love that arum.
Just put my baskets out today as the winds eased at last:yess:, I grew all my plants for them from seed this year too, not as colourful as yours yet though, one of the packets of seed was for mixed purple petunias and seems they're all going to be double purple and white really pretty one so don't care they're all the same.
Love the colour of that miniature rose Louise

 

Charming, Shiney! The sedums in the gravel are just great!
Wiseoldowl, oragne and blue is a breathtaking combination!

Well, I'll add the series of my decidous rhododendrons, the last one bloomed yesterday. They're still young plants, it's the first year I have them, actually.







Rhododendron japonicum