A quick look at the new garden

Going to take a year or two to get a handle on what's here.

Between showers I dropped seeds for a couple of Cerinthe - C.palestina.............

(http://www.pbase.com/image/139848124)

.........and Cerinthe "Yellow Gem"

(http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/148/juli001b.jpg/)

 

There's no denying the potential..............

That's how I feel about the Kerria too - reduced it to four shoots at the moment.

Here's the previously mentioned Lilac in bloom................


It's hidden by the rather large Rose. Which poses a problem, as although I'm not a Rose lover I reckon that this one has potential..............

 

Out there, taking pictures in the dark again? A looks an interesting rose. Any clues on what it is? Thanks for the update Keith,

 

It's confirmed as staying!!


If anyone has any id for it I would appreciate it.
It will need a bit of a thinning out though.

 

Just red the whole of this thread

wot a Beaut & Delightfull Place

in side & out

love the fire place to Die for in my book

 

Cheers Folly Mon!

The wood burner is a godsend - it was 20°c in the living room when I got up at 6.30 this morning!!

 

My Polygala myrtifolia is now planted in the ground. I've kept it in a large pot to make it easy to lift come the winter.


Found these Lilies in a rather naff pot this evening..............




Now planted in a better spot in the garden.

 

By the time that I've got home & cooked for the youth, got the fire going again 'cos he "forgot" and finally done some digging or chopping it's dark by the time that I get the camera out!!

Good idea there though Shiney - a grotto would be cool!

 

There are a couple of barrel planters in the garden. This one gets some sun in the afternoon but is in shade the rest of the time, so I figured that it would be a good Hosta and Tricyrtis spot.
I've drilled a fair few drain holes around it, filled the bottom third with broken pots and largish stones and planted it up.





The Tricyrtis are sunk in their pots so that they can be put in the coldframe for the winter.
The Hosta was a swap for some of the Perriwinkle that I'm trying to eliminate - great deal for me!

 

You been spying on me again!!!!!

 

Rain has slowed progress a little. The other problem is that the area of the main planting area that I've reached is heavy going.............




In amongst all this is that horrible blue "river weed", Perriwinkle, Spurge, Dandelion, and now there is bramble too. Too make matters worse, the digging has to be done in amongst the Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum) and Wisteria roots.

Anyway, the cleared area now looks like this..............


The slow progress I can live with as there appears to be very few weeds returning in the area done so far.

I've also done a quick reclaim job on the cold frame.


Some weedkiller sprayed in there, covered with thick plastic sheet and then plywood over that. It'll be done properly later, but I needed the extra space that it offers for the seedlings.

 

Horrid weeding task Keith but transformation worth the effort.I like the cold frame. I feel there are a few artifacts that were left that you may grow fond of. For you, thank providence for a tardy Spring - must have helped check weeds a bit!! Now we all need SUN! Thanks for the update,