July Garden Photos

Was a nice day so I thought I would take a few garden pictures :D


The main border next to "the middle patio"


Crocosmia lucifer




For the first time since 2005 the big Phormium tenax decided to flower.


The jungle




A few more July photos on Webshots.

Hows everyone elses garden looking?

 

I love your garden Tropical Gaz, it looks amazing. We're trying to make a cottage garden, still only on the second year and it looks a bit overgrown, but I'm pleased with progress so far. :thumb:

 

I'm dead jealous Gaz having lived in Luton and the surrounding area for years ... it's scrumptious .... I can't even compare to here now because of our heat ... 33c today.

Will, yours is also wonderful and so quintessentially British.

Love both gardens although completely different. Well done to you both.

 

Will that looks delightful. Is it an older house as i notice the weather board.

Victoria where about in Luton were you? (and please post a few of your garden photos too)

 

WOW Gaz its looking Fantastic, is that a Daliah in your first pic? Bishop of something, and the plant in the 3rd pic light green one, im looking for something for my border next year to replace a mock orange im taking out..Im still waiting for my Lucifers to flower, first year wth them.. Again,your garden is Amazing and loads of ideas for me to nick

I Love your Cottage garden Will Ting, very well planted out, are they Verbina in your last pic? ive planted some in my tropical border, still waiting for them to flower, I seem to be way behind you guys flowering wise..

 

Thanks, no we built about 3 years ago, its a high spec house in an old design, and thanks for your comments Victoria, and youngdaisydee, yes that is Verbena. :thumb:

Tropical Gaz your garden looks like its in the rain forest, do you have to cover much of it up in the winter or is global warming helping?

 

Gaz, it was Luton/Dunstable borders a long time ago (I went to school at St Marie Convent and then Challney School for Girls), emigrated to America and then went back but I left there in 1978 and moved to Bucks.

Here's here where we moved to in 2001 (having bought in 1997) ...

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/algarve-garden-19067.html

 

The red Dahlia is Bishop of Llandaff, the white one is After Eight. The light green tree in the third is an Indian Bean Tree (Catalpa bignonioides), and has been faily slow growing for us. That was planted July 2005 and hasnt grown much.

Victoria, Im very close to Leagrave Train Station, so wouldnt have been far at all.

Will, many of the plants are tougher than they look, lots of plants are used that are hardy but have the right look (eg big leafed hosta's) but some do get a shelter for winter, and others are only outside in pots.

 

Have you got a banana plant in the garden? and have you had any fruit from it?

 

Thanks Baz, Slow growing eh, Im gonna need a big plant for the space.. the Daliah looks great by the way...

 

I used to walk to Leagrave ..... but in those days we walked a long way .... :hehe:

 

Gobsmackingly beautiful TG my kind of garden.:gnthb:
Will you have every reason to be pleased well done magnificent display.:gnthb: