Charlie (and Giorgio's) Garden

Really enjoyed the horticultural society, though I was the youngest by a good 30 years...People kept asking if I was with the band performing! Going to their agm in February and then will get stuck in next year.

 

Your garden is looking really good Charlie , and the GH is looking good with the staging. Never been to a horticultural society , thought you had to be over 70 for that

 

A few pictures from today. Sadly last weekend we had to rip our lovely arch down as it was unstable. We're going to remake it at some point. I'm sure the clematis and rose will be fine.

Here you can see the dismantled arch on the left.

Up until last weekend this whole area was just brambles. I'd left them so the birds would eat the fruit but they didn't touch it for some reason. So I dug them out and replaced with 2 hydrangea, a caryoptis and buddlia my mum got me (99p each) and the huge buddlia which was where the greenhouse was. It survived 2 weeks bareroot in the rain so thought I'd give it a chance. It must be 20 years old at least. I'm going to plant a small box hedge at the front of the border and some blue roses here too.

Here's my new second hand greenhouse and home built staging. Need to reseed the lawn near it in spring. The containers next to it gave raspberry canes in.


I've sunk some containers of bulbs in here so they are easy to whip out and grown on after flowering next year. (Plus this bed has some residual bindweed) The spirea was £1.79 from home bargains!


Winter containers with bulbs underneath. (Lawn recovering from de-thatching/scarification)

Aaaand relax...

 

Well deserved rest there

 

A picture from yesterday morning.

 

Some pictures of today's graft and several things which are (to my delight) waking up. Didn't expect the rose to break bud on wood that old!
The three roses planted together should look quite nice- they are all different shades of pink.

So happy I brought in the agapanthus before the worst frosts as it has new leaves growing!
The metal obelisks are going to have sweet peas on. I'm going for symmetrical focal point there.
I thought if I posted a picture of the hellebore it might make it hurry up! I divided it successfully last spring not knowing what it was. Apparently they don't normally cope with it!

 

It looks great CharlieBot, you are doing a grand job , I'm looking forward to more photos throughout the year

 

First picture - top left.
Is that Camellia "Jury's Yellow "?
Jenny

 

It certainly is @Jenny namaste.
Many thanks for your kind comment @Beckie76 . I will update every now and then.

 

Wow. Good thread Charlie. Some great photos as well. What I like is how the photos really show the development as the months go by and I can tell a mile off the amount of work which must have gone into it all. Keep it up!

 

Thank you for the kind comment @Paullypaul , so nice of you to say.
I am overjoyed to see so many of the bulbs I planted last autumn on their way. Still loads of young perennials in the greenhouse, feel like I've lost the love for them as been mollycoddling them for so long. T&M perennial collection- avoid!
Got the arch to rebuild and still loads of garden rubbish to dispose of, but I'm excited for my cut flower patches and seeing new additions flowering.

 

Most of these in the above pic are bluebells, I'm going to have to thin them out and give them away once they've flowered I think. Sadly from what I can remember they are hybrids, not proper English ones. I might change my mind and just compost them, feeling a bit torn on that one.
Here's a few picture of things looking good. The 20 ft rose has responded well to a harsh prune. I know people think forsythia isa bit common, but I think mine are stunning. Just pushing their flowers out. The plain hellebore was a gift and the other is a Harvington one I got very cheaply.



The greenhouse- getting quite full now the dahlias are all potted up. Hopefully a fair few things in there can come out in a few weeks, such as the big acer and largest delphiniums. How big do they need to be to survive a slug attack?

Thanks for reading.

 

Charlie that Pampas in the background looks huge! If you want to get rid of bluebells don't compost them, they'll grow anywhere and in any form of soil. I used to like bluebells but they have now become a nuisance in my garden having self seeded from elsewhere. I've got them growing in my lawn too and it's now war! Glyphosate won't kill them so I have to dig them out where I can.

 

It is huge! Like most things here it's established/a bit mental, hence the 10ft high pile of prunings not pictured. We spent a very long time last year getting everything here under control, it's a wonder we managed to build a shed, a greenhouse and sort the borders out. Tbh I hated the pampas grass all summer but it redeemed itself when it flowered and the plumes have lasted well. It'll stay til we really need the room I think.
In the next few weeks, I'm planning on a new border in front of the greenhouse. It gets full sun so I think I'm going to put my tree peony there underplanted with hardy geranium, echinea and some dahlias. Might edge the front with bedding plants, something formal style is what I fancy.
I want to get my lovely trillium planted out, I wonder if @longk can advise where to put it and if slugs are likely to eat it? It's just showing a shoot or two at the moment, in a pot in the greenhouse. I've not had any plant like it before, the other half chose it because of the shape of the flowers.

 

You've got me there - I've never grown Trillium